The project provides emergency grants and capacity-building to Human Rights Defenders in Turkey, as well as institutional grants for human rights organisations, promoting the development of effective advocacy strategies and networks of HRD. Target groups are all human rights defenders wether individuals or organisations.
Includes stay in Taiwan to complete an independent research project for up to one year
Application form: http://www.tfd.org.tw/opencms/english/fellowships/international/
The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is accepting applications from human rights defenders (HRDs) living in exile to participate in a dynamic capacity-building project called “IDREAM.” To participate, exiled HRDs must have a demonstrated track record of advocacy in human rights.
In most cases, this is a one semester or one year position as a visiting scholar, researcher or professor at a higher education institution in a safe location anywhere in the world.
Scholars at Risk also provides advisory services for host institutions and scholars, including those still under threat as well as those forced into exile who are struggling to restart their lives and their careers.
Online Application: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/secure-submission/
Offers an opportunity to spend five months in residence at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), in Washington, D.C., in order to undertake independent research on democracy in a particular country or region. The application for the 2021-2022 period is now open. The deadline for submitting an application is October 15, 2020.
Justice and Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for applications for at risk human rights defenders to participate in Shelter City . The deadline for applications is 14 May 2021 at 23:59 CEST (Central European Summer Time). Please be aware that special conditions apply because of the COVID-19 situation.
These yearlong fellowships support temporary academic positions at institutions of higher learning anywhere in the world where fellows can continue their work in safety. In most cases, fellows are eligible for a second and final year of fellowship support.
Professors, researchers, and public intellectuals who face threats to their lives and careers in their home countries can apply.
Application Information:http://scholarrescuefund.org/scholars/instructions-and-application
Provides an average of $2,000 financial aid for Writers whose primary professional occupation is writing.
Application: https://pen.org/writers-emergency-fund/
Freelance Journalists' and their family members' financial costs including medical and rehabilitation costs, emergency subsistence, legal advice, and relocation costs are covered.
Freelancers and families in a critical situation can contact RPT directly by phone at +44 (0) 20 3219 7867/7865 or by email at assistance@rorypecktrust.org
Application Form: https://rorypecktrust.org/freelance-assistance/Assistance-Grants
It provides relocation: safe space where writers/artists at risk can live and work temporarily.
Application form is currently available in English. Applications may be scanned and submitted to ICORN at icorn@icorn.org or sent by surface mail to:
ICORN Administration Center
P.O. Box: 310
4002 Stavanger
Norway
Information: https://www.icorn.org/application-guide-writers-and-artists-risk