International resources
ONGOING SUPPORT & OPEN CALLS
VARIOUS COLLECTIONS of RESOURCES aiming to help scholars at risk, especially from Ukraine
Throughout the world, there are several parallel initiatives of collaborative efforts to put in one place the available resources for scholars at risk, especially from Ukraine. Whenever we encounter one, we list it here. NOTE: Some may contain overlapping information, and, as the deadline for various applications passes, not all information might be still relevant.
The University of New Europe collection of resources for scholars and cultural workers at risk (158 pp PDF, last update 13.06.2022)
Science for Ukraine (Facebook page)
InSPIREurope: Support for Ukrainian students and scholars (list of resources compiled by Scholars at Risk Europe)
Academics - funding (open collaborative Google doc)
Labs supporting Ukrainian scientists (open collaborative Google doc)
Resources for scholars at risk (open collaborative Google doc)
Ukrainian Scholar Placement Database (collaborative Google doc)
In Solidarity with Ukraine. ES/PE Statement. Resources for Ukrainian Social Scientists (Webpage maintained within a network of economic sociology and political economy scholars)
Ukraine support (Github thread)
SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
Upcoming deadline: 15.06.2022
Aspire Institute (Deadline: 15.06.2022)
https://www.aspireleaders.org/program/
Language availability: English
Type: Support for studying Harvard University courses
Created by: Aspire Institute
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European Students' Union: Help for Ukraine
https://esu-online.org/help-for-ukraine/
Language availability: English
Type: Information and advocacy resources for students from Ukraine
Created by: European Students' Union
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CEU: Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU)
https://www.ceu.edu/non-degree/Ukrainian-students
Certificate program (offering ECTS credits) for junior and senior undergraduate (BA) and graduate (MA and PhD) students from Ukraine, whose studies have been affected by the war, whether still residing in Ukraine or in refuge. Deadline for applications: 14 April 2022
Language availability: English
Type: Certificate program
Created by: Central European University
EVENTS TO SUPPORT SCHOLARS AT RISK
US UNIVERSITIES invite Ukrainian scholars, artists and filmmakers to give paid online lectures
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqrsoboXyUuTa8-lUIJ1oYOGLrRy1WVYH5eMoMxSnmw5Q-HQ/viewform
Call for application for online lectures that Ukrainian scholars, artists or filmmakers could give to US university
Language availability: English
Type: Honorarium for online lectures
Created by: unidentified yet (anonymous document circulating via scholarly networks)
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CLOSED
ACADEMICS AND CULTURAL WORKERS AT RISK Emergency meeting: 15.03.2022 (closed)
Online meeting for scholars and cultural at risk from Ukraine
Language availability: English
Type: Online organizational meeting
Created by: University of New Europe (network of scholars from major European and US universities)
GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARS AT RISK
OPEN
SCHOLARS AT RISK
https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/
Global protection, advocacy and learning network that supports freedom of thinking in academia and scholars in need (check also their Twitter page)
Language availability: English
Type: Support network and resources platform
Created by: Founded at the University of Chicago in 1999. Current headquarters at the New York campus of the New York University (NYU). Chapters established in Israel (2005, now dormant), the United Kingdom (2006, with CARA), the Netherlands (2009, with UAF), Ireland (2009, with Universities Ireland), Norway (2011), Canada (2012), Switzerland (2015), Sweden (2016), Germany (2016), Finland (2017), United States (2018), Denmark (2019), Italy (2019), and Slovakia (2019). Partner networks are established with pre-existing higher education networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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SCIENCE FOR UKRAINE
Group of volunteer students and research scientists from academic institutions in Europe and around the world who collect and disseminate information about support opportunities (especially accommodation, funding - jobs, fellowships) at the university, national, and international level for students and researchers directly affected by the recent Russian invasion (check also their Twitter page)
Language availability: English
Type: Support network and resources platform
Created by: A team at the University of Latvia and Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Current contact points in Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, Moldova, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
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THREATENED SCHOLARS INITIATIVE
https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/threatened-scholars-initiative/
Fellowships in OSUN institutions for scholars who have lost their academic positions or cannot remain in their home countries due to threats or actions from authoritarian regimes, persecution for their views or identities, or other risks.
Language availability: English
Type: Fellowships
Created by: Open Society University Network (OSUN)
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ASSOCIATION FOR SLAVIC, EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STATES (ASEES)
https://www.aseees.org/resources/help-displaced-scholars-ukraine
Webpage centralizing information on available resources and support for displaced academics from Ukraine
Language availability: English
Type: Webpage
Created by: ASEES
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MEMORY STUDIES ASSOCIATION (MSA)
2 Fellowships for scholars at risk.
Language availability: English
Type: Fellowships
Created by: MSA
EU-FUNDED SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
ERA4Ukraine
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ukraine
Collection of resources for Ukrainian scholars offered by EU and within EU member states and associated countries
Language availability: English (and languages of EU member states / associated countries, as well as Ukrainian for various specific resources)
Created by: European Commission: Euraxess
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NEP4DISSENT (EU-funded, international scholarly network dedicated to research on resistance and dissent in former socialist countries): Emergency Fund for Ukrainian Scholars
https://nep4dissent.eu/calls/emergency-fund-for-ukrainian-scholars/
Short-term scientific missions and virtual mobility grants. Deadline (to finish the project): 15th of April 2022
Language availability: English
Type: Fellowships and grants to support (hosting) researchers at risk
Created by: NEP4DISSENT
AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
Upcoming deadline: 30.06.2022
OPEN
Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust Studien: Ukraine Emergency call
Short-term emergency support fellowships (max 4 months) for PhD students in the field(s) of Holocaust and Genocide Studies or Jewish Studies. Deadline: 30th of June 2022
Language availability: English, German
Type: Fellowships for hosting researchers at risk
Created by: Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust Studien
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CLOSED
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ: Fellowships Ukrainian Scholars at Risk
Three 4-months fellowships at the Faculty of Law and Humanities. Deadline: 8th of March 2022 (closed)
Language availability: English, German
Type: Fellowships for hosting researchers at risk
Created by: University of Graz
FINISH SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
CLOSED
Tampere University
This job opening is targeted for a Ukrainian PhD student who cannot continue their work in Ukraine due to the war and are seeking for a temporary position outside Ukraine. The position is open with the project “Gender, party politics and democracy in Europe: A study of European Parliament’s party groups” (EUGenDem) directed by Professor Johanna Kantola and funded by European Research Council (ERC-Consolidator Grant 2018-2023). The project provides a systematic analysis of the gendered policies and practices of European party politics. The research comprises a comparative study of the European Parliament’s (EP) political groups and generates empirical findings about the significance of gender in the current party political transformations in Europe. Deadline (for applications): 15 April 2022
Language availability: English
Type: Job / Doctoral research
Created by: Tampere University
GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
Caucasus University Academic Solidarity Fellowship
https://www.cu.edu.ge/en/information-column/ukraine-fellowship-solidarity-cu
GERMAN SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
CLOSED
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION - Philipp Schwartz Initiative
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/philipp-schwartz-initiative
Institutional grants for hosting Ukrainian researchers may be submitted by the 18th of March 2022 by the following categories of German academic institutions: public and state-recognized universities; Max Planck Institutes, Helmholtz Institutes, Leibniz Institutes, Fraunhofer Institutes; federal and federal state research institutions; other research institutions that can convincingly demonstrate their research portfolio and structures. Contact directly a German institution in the list above to inquire about the option.
Publicly available contacts via international channels
GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences: eurolab@gesis.org
Language availability: English, German
Type: Grants for hosting researchers at risk
Created by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation / Stiftung
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IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students and Postdocs from Ukraine
Fellowships for doctoral students and postdocs from Ukraine working in the field of European history and modern religious history. Research stays of two to six months in Mainz are funded. Deadline: 31 March 2022
Language availability: English, German
Type: Grants for hosting researchers at risk
Created by: Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG)
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ERC Starting Grant SOCMED „Socialist Medicine: an Alternative Global Health History”
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1413524115764785&set=gm.984870828830881
Fellowship for Displaced and At-Risk Scholars
Language availability: English
Type: Research fellowship for displaced and at-risk scholars
Created by: Humboldt University in Berlin
ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
LUXEMBOURG SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG
Fellowships, social support, job offers
Language availability: English, French
Type: Various support initiatives
Created by: University of Luxembourg
POLISH SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
https://institution.pan.pl/index.php/755-visits-of-ukrainian-scientists-to-pas
3-month visits, with possibility of extension, at the Polish Academy of Science
Language availability: English, Ukrainian
Type: Grants for hosting researchers from Ukraine
Created by: Polish Academy of Science
SPANISH SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FROM UKRAINE
TECNALIA
https://www.tecnalia.com/en/home
TECNALIA is the largest center of applied research and technological development in Spain and it offers an aid program for research personnel, especially women, who as a result of the war have been forced to leave Ukraine, providing them with jobs at TECNALIA at various levels (technical staff, research staff and technologists). The program also includes accompaniment and orientation to facilitate their reception and integration in our country and in our organization (administrative matters, search for accommodation, access to Health, schooling, languages, etc.).
Contact: Dra. Silvia Quintela, PhD (silvia.quintela@tecnalia.com)
Type: Job offers
Created by: Tecnalia
UK SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS & STUDENTS FROM UKRAINE
CARA - Council for At-Risk Academics
https://www.cara.ngo/what-we-do/a-lifeline-to-academics-at-risk/ukraine-crisis/
Network, resources and fellowship for academics at risk
Language availability: English
Type: Support network and fellowships (through a partnership with more than 120 UK universities)
Created by: A group of academics and scientists from British universities created this initiative in 1933 to support fellow scholars fleeing from Hitler's Germany
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Imperial College London: Sanctuary Scholarship Fund
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/234714/new-funds-support-refugees-asylum-seekers/
Language availability: English
Type: Paid fellowships
Created by: Imperial College London
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Ukrainian Scholars at Risk: Fellowships in History and Slavonic and East European Studies
https://royalhistsoc.org/ukrainian-scholars-at-risk-history-and-slavonic-and-east-european-studies/
The Royal Historical Society offers three short-term fellowships (minimum 3 months) at higher education institutions in the UK, European Union or elsewhere in continental Europe to provide a place of academic refuge for three scholars from Ukraine.
Language availability: English
Type: Paid fellowships
Created by: Royal Historical Society
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University College London (UCL): Academic Sanctuary Fellowship Scheme
12-24 months fellowships open to academics at risk as a result of the conflict, from early career to senior academic levels. They will be for a period of between 12-24 months, depending on individual circumstances.
Language availability: English
Type: Paid fellowships
Created by: UCL
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NEW! University of Oxford: The Graduate Scholarship Scheme for Ukraine Refugees
Scholarship for full academic training at graduate level starting with the 2022-2023 academic year.
Language availability: English
Type: Paid scholarship
Created by: University of Oxford
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS FROM UKRAINE
ROMANIA: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Language availability: EN, RO