The Florida Legislature initially funded FLVS as a pilot project in 1997 and kicked in $ 1.3 billion to begin course development; to ensure that the project didn't
threaten general education funding, Bush created a separate budgetary line item for it.
Scholar Rescue
Fund Institute of International
Education Contact: Sarah Willcox, Deputy Executive Director;
General Email Phone: +1-212-205-6488 Fax: +1-212-205-6425 The
Fund provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are
threatened in their home countries.