New Sarshar Research Grant for the Study of the Iranian Diaspora

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new 5-year fund for the study of the Iranian diaspora. Made possible by Ms. Homa Sarshar, the gift provides funds for Stanford undergraduate and graduate students conducting research on topics related to the Iranian diaspora.

Projects can be undertaken during any quarter of the year; students may apply for a quarter or year-long research project. 

More information and to apply for funding

Ms. Homa Sarshar is a published author, award-winning journalist, writer, and media personality. She is an established women's rights activist, the author of four books and the editor of eleven other volumes, including five volumes of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation Journal and four volumes of The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews.  

Throughout her 50-year career with Iranian and Iranian-American print, radio, and television, Sarshar has conducted more than 3000 interviews and has produced and anchored as many radio and television programs.  She has also written, directed, and produced a collection of twenty video documentaries on exiled Iranian writers, poets, and artists, some of which have been acquired by the Library of Congress for the library’s permanent audiovisual archive.