Scholars at Risk Maynooth University

    MU has a Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network of people across the institution who engage in SAR activities in MU.

    Please contact the following for more information:

    Dr Gemma Irvine, Co-Chair (and VPED), acting Admin Mentor for MU SAR Fellowship
    Professor Rowena Pecchenino, Co-Chair
    Dr Chandana Mathur, MU representative on SAR Ireland

    Maynooth University (MU) Scholars at Risk (SAR) Fellowship 2021/22

    This is a fully funded 1-year Research Fellowship being offered under the ‘Excellence in Exile’ pillar of the Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Interculturalism (EDI) Office.   

    Potential candidates: include researchers at all stages of their research career (excluding doctoral students), from all around the world who are experiencing threats to their life, liberty, or research career, and those who are forced or have been forced to flee because of such threats.

    Identification of potential candidates: Candidates could emerge ground-up through MU contacts or could be offered to MU via international networks (SAR, IIE-SRF) and require a top-down call to MU departments/institutes to gauge their interest in hosting candidates from particular areas. 

    A department/institute who wants to propose a potential candidate to host will be required to submit information on the potential scholar including a credible threat assessment issued by a third party, such as the Scholars at Risk Network (SAR) or the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA), within the previous 12 months.

    The department/institute will be required to identify an Academic Mentor and Office space for the Scholar.

    Please contact excellenceinexile@mu.ie if you are interested in finding out more.