{"id":3153,"date":"2022-02-28T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/donate\/where-to-give\/iie-odyssey-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:59:19","slug":"iie-odyssey-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/where-to-give\/iie-odyssey-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Odyssey Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-controls\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Giving at IIE<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav id=\"navigation-wrapper-menu\" 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Molina, Artist Protection Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-26872\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/stories-and-impact\/impact-stories\/naw-bee-bi-odyssey-scholar\/\">Naw Bee Bi, Odyssey Scholar<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-29629\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/donor-bill-of-rights\/\">Donor Bill of Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3268\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/giving-at-iie\/fundraising-disclosure\/\">Fundraising Disclosure<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Odyssey Scholarship<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"video-embed-container\" style=\"position: relative;width: 100%;aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9\">\n    <iframe class=\"video-embed-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9f_TmR-m7mQ?si=rfSOHBWGSKFkjjcf\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;bottom: 0;right: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%\">\n    <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the world\u2019s refugee and displaced populations continue to grow, and the length of displacement is increasingly protracted, millions of young people are being left behind. Lack of access to higher education opportunities is a major issue affecting young refugees and displaced persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2021, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/iie-odyssey-scholarship\/\">IIE Odyssey Scholarship<\/a>\u00a0is a comprehensive scholarship package for refugees and displaced individuals around the world, and covers tuition, housing, and living expenses for students pursuing bachelor\u2019s or master\u2019s degrees. Students also receive advising services, mentorship, and leadership training. Through the IIE Odyssey Scholarship for higher education, we invest in the potential of motivated young adults uprooted by displacement to\u00a0pursue their own unique paths and create thriving futures for themselves and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first five years of the program, the IIE Odyssey Scholarship has supported over 200 forcibly displaced students from more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Central African Republic, Turkey, Syria, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#XPELRUDF\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-iie-contacts\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"has-h-6-font-size contact__heading\">\n\t\t\tContacts\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"contact__name\">Office of Philanthropy<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"contact__title-program\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"contact__program\"><a href=\"tel:+12128838200\">212.883.8200<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:philanthropy@iie.org\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\">philanthropy@iie.org<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give to IIE Odyssey Scholarship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":3084,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"content-type":"blog","featured-content":"","promo":"","redirect_url":"","is_board_member":false,"iie_show_breadcrumbs":true,"iie-exclude-from-subpage-nav":false,"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[490,39],"class_list":["post-3153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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