The IAB Scholarship was established in 2005 by Mr. Fotouhi and Mrs. Shafai, with initial funding provided through the generous donation of Mr. Nader Darehshori, which supported Iranian students for many years. Since then, another generous anonymous donor has continued to support this cause.
The committee members have been carefully selected from diverse academic fields, with each individual serving on the committee during different years. The past members include Dr. Mohamad Mobasherat, Dr. Sadeghi, Dr. Farnaz Haghseta, Dr. Bahram Shafai, and Dr. Khaksari.
The current members of the IAB Scholarship Committee are Dr. Masoud Salehi, Dr. Ali Touran, Dr. Amir Zamani, Dr. Mehdi Zarghamee, and Dr. Jamshid Latifpour.
This report provides a summary of the IAB Scholarship Program awards from 2018 through 2025. Each year, the committee received several qualified applications. All submissions were carefully reviewed, and interviews were conducted with the top scorers.
Awardees and Their Academic Programs from 2018-19 to 2025-2026:
- 2018–2019: Two students — Law (Yale University) and Public Health (M.S., Harvard University)
- 2019–2020: Two students — Earth & Environmental Science (Ph.D., University of New Hampshire) and Technology, Innovation, and Education (M.Ed., Harvard University)
- 2020–2021: Two students — M.D. (Harvard-MIT Program) and M.D. (Tufts University)
- 2021–2023: Two students — Landscape Architecture (M.S., Harvard University) and Architecture in Urban Design (M.S., Harvard University)
- 2023–2024: Three students — Music (B.A., Berklee College of Music), Design Engineering (M.S., Harvard University), and Law (J.D., Harvard University)
- 2024–2025: Two students — Public Administration (M.S., Harvard University) and Musical Arts (Ph.D., Boston University)
- 2025–2026: Three students — Landscape Architecture (M.S., Harvard University), Music (B.A., Berklee College of Music), Music (MS. NE Conservatory)