Help and funding opportunities in and from academia

This is an open list with links to funding, scholarships etc. for hosting and supporting refugee scholars. It is provided in cooperation with Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) and will be regularly updated by Karin Reichenbach (GWZO) and Bernhard Kleeberg (UE). For further details on the individual initiatives and programmes, please refer to the contact people of the listed organisations/institutions.

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GERMAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS

• DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The Walter Benjamin Programme as well as additional funding / integration into ongoing funding for DFG projects of all kinds (also GK, SFB): https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/antrag_gutachter_gremien/gefluechtete_forschende/
• Volkswagen-Stiftung. Funding for refugee scholars and scientists from Ukraine: https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/funding-for-refugee-scholars-and-scientists-from-ukraine
• Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung. Philipp-Schwartz-Initiative: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/bewerben/foerderprogramme/philipp-schwartz-initiative   https://www.humboldt-founhertzdation.de/bewerben/foerderprogramme/philipp-schwartz-initiative#h6388
• DAAD German Academic Exchange Service. Students at Risk: Hilde Domin-Programm. For students and PhD students (attention: requires nomination by German institution until 15 March 2022): https://www.daad.de/de/studieren-und-forschen-in-deutschland/stipendien-finden/hilde-domin-programm/   update https://www.daad.de/en/the-daad/ukraine-announcements/
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. The Max Planck Society offers support for Ukrainian scientists via its research fellowship and stipend program, see mpg.de for the general announcement. - lacking further information
• The Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History, based in Rome, Italy, offers #ScienceForUkraine Art History Fellowships: https://www.biblhertz.it/3218298/Ukraine 
• Albert Einstein Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI): https://services.unhcr.org/opportunities/education-opportunities/albert-einstein-academic-refugee-initiative-dafi
• Academy in Exile: https://www.academy-in-exile.eu/
• DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt. Special MOE Fellowships programme for Ukrainian graduates on environmental and nature conservation topics: https://www.dbu.de/3044.html
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Studienwerk der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, scholarships for refugee students: Informationen für Geflüchtete
• Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung. For public museums and collections employing refugee scholars from Ukraine, or for Russian scholars who had to leave Russia due to their opposition to the Ukraine war: https://www.ernst-von-siemens-kunststiftung.de/ukraine-f%C3%B6rderlinie.html
• Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is now more strongly reaching out to past and current grant holder as regards individual scholarships for scholars who are at risk or who had been forced to flee. They can themselves get assistance or can recommend support for other persons employed at Ukrainian universities. Contact for funding/grants Dr. Birte Ruhardt E-Mail: ruhardt@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de  https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/pressemitteilung?page_id=123908#top

GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTES

• Leibniz-Institute for Educational Media. Different fellowship programmes to support Ukraine and persecuted Russian researchers: www.gei.de/en/fellowships.html
• DAI German Archaeological Institute. Short-term fellowships for young scholars, specifically to support at-risk colleagues from Ukraine to conduct research at one of the DAI sites in Germany or abroad: https://www.dainst.org/-/research-fellowship-global-archaeology-sustainable-archaeology-and-the-archaeology-of-sustainability-deadline-29-04-2022-?redirect=%2Fkarriere%2Fstipendien%2Ftermine-und-ausschreibunge
• Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Young Researcher Internship Program open to applicants from Ukraine (prioritized screening efforts): https://jobs.cispa.saarland/de_DE/jobs/detail/young-researcher-internship-program-2#scrollTop=0
• Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Six-month internship for students or young scientists with Ukrainian citizenship:
  https://www.adwmainz.de/ausschreibungen.html
• Leibniz Institute for European History. Fellowship program aimed at PhD students and postdocs from Ukraine: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/stipendien/foerderung
• Association of German Art Historians. See the list of institutional contacts at the bottom: https://kunsthistoriker.org/meldungen/scholars-at-risk/
• Deutsches Museum. 6 month scholars in residence scholarship for Ukrainian applicants: https://www.deutsches-museum.de/forschung/aktuell/scholarships-fuer-ukrainische-wissenschaftlerinnen (only in German)
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. Applicant portal for researchers from Ukraine, mainly for Phd students and postdocs working in the research fields of the HZDR - energy, health and matter: https://www.hzdr.de/db/!BewUkraine
• Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS). Up to 4 short-term fellowships and/or support for funding applications at IOS Regensburg: https://ios-regensburg.de/aktuelles-details/2022/03/unterstuetzung-fuer-aus-der-ukraine-gefluechtete-wissenschaftlerinnen.html
• Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut. The KHI offers its support to art historians, heritage scholars and professionals at risk. We can provide fellowships, also on a non-residential basis, adaptable to individual situations. Please contact us at: sahar@khi.fi.it or use the established networks of collaboration: https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/support-to-ukrainian-scholars-and-concern-about-the-destruction-of-ukrainian-cultural-heritage.php

REGIONAL FUNDS IN GERMAN FEDERAL STATES

• Baden‐Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg Fund for Persecuted Scholars: https://mailchi.mp/iie/iie-srf-beacon-february-2022?e=d51a244ee8#BWF
• Bremen. Bremen Fellowship programme for at-risk scholars: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research/support-for-researchers/calls/fellowship-programme-for-at-risk-scholars/
• Hamburg. Science Bridge for Ukraine (in the making by Hamburg Science and Research institutions and Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke): https://hias-hamburg.de/en/science-bridge-for-the-ukraine/  https://hias-hamburg.de/wissenschaftsbruecke-fuer-die-ukraine/
• Hessen. HessenFonds - Expansion of the HessenFonds scholarship programme for persecuted scientists in Hessen: https://wissenschaft.hessen.de/presse/hessen-und-seine-hochschulen-unterstuetzen-studierende-und-forschende-aus-der-ukraine

SCHOLARSHIPS AT GERMAN UNIVERSITIES

• Augsburg University of Applied Sciences. Encourages Students from Ukraine to Apply for the Master's Program International Business and Finance: https://www.hs-augsburg.de/en/Business/Augsburg-University-of-Applied-Sciences-Encourages-Students-from-Ukraine-to-Apply-for-the-Master-s-Program-International-Business-and-Finance.html
• HU Berlin. 5 short fellowships for Ukrainian scholars (espec. historians, economists) for a maximum period of 6 months: https://www.experience-expectation.de/sites/default/files/inline-files/Fellowships%20for%20Scholars%20from%20the%20Ukraine.pdf
• Bremen  University: 1. Scholars at Risk programm: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research/support-for-researchers/calls/fellowship-programme-for-at-risk-scholars/  2. HANS KOSCHNICK SCHOLARSHIP for an archive and research stay at the Research Centre Eastern Europe I 2022: https://forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/UserFiles/file/09-Archiv-Bibliothek/Stipendien/2022_Hans_Koschnick_Stipendium/FSO_2022_AusschreibungStipendien_de.pdf
• CINCH Health Economic Research Center University of Duisburg-Essen. Ukraine CINCH Fellowship for stay at CINCH: https://cinch-web01.wiwinf.uni-due.de/
• Düsseldorf University. Emergency programme for scientists at risk from Ukraine: contact  Aleksandra Lipińska (aleksandra.lipinska@kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de ) or Julia Trinkert (trinkert@uni-duesseldorf.de ). https://www.hhu.de/internationales/internationale-forschende/programme-fuer-gefaehrdete-wissenschaftlerinnen
• Frankfurt Goethe-University  History Department. Project Polycentricity and Plurality of Premodern Christianities (POLY) 5 fellowships for Ukrainian Historians: https://www.geschichte.uni-frankfurt.de/92594738/Polycentricity_and_Plurality_of_Premodern_Christianities__POLY
• Hamburg University. Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk (HPSAR) –  funding program for Ukrainian researchers at acute risk in preparation, more information coming soon: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/internationales/mitarbeitende/mitarbeitende-wissenschaft/gefaehrdete-forschende/funding/hpsar.html
• Munich Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) – History Department. Department of History at LMU  Munich, together with the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission (DUHK), the Project House Europe and the Center for Global History, has launched a program that enables Ukrainian scholars in the historical sciences to spend up to six months at LMU: https://www.geschichts-und-kunstwissenschaften.uni-muenchen.de/ua_aktuell/ua_en/index.html (English) https://www.geschichts-und-kunstwissenschaften.uni-muenchen.de/ua_aktuell/ua_ua/index.html (Українська)
• Munich Technical University - Institute for Advanced Study. TUM-IAS Fellowships for Researchers from the Ukraine: https://www.ias.tum.de/ias/news/news-single-view/article/tum-ias-fellowships-for-researchers-from-the-ukraine/
• Trier Center for Digital Humanities. Regular fellowships for Phd students and postdocs open to Ukrainian young scholars: https://tcdh.uni-trier.de/de/news/67
• Tübingen Eberhard Karls University. Scholarships for Ukrainian scholars (postdoc and higher qualification): https://uni-tuebingen.de/international/universitaet/solidaritaet-mit-der-ukraine/#c1528199
• The Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies (IZWT) at Wuppertal University: Scholarships for researchers from Ukraine who work within the scope of the research fields of the IZWT (philosophy of science, history of science and technology, sociology of science): https://www.izwt.uni-wuppertal.de/en/homepage.html

AUSTRIA

Also see this link: https://ukraine.univie.ac.at/en/aid-projects/  and/or subscribe to this mailing-list: Mailing list Slavic Studies, University of Vienna: It bundles different funding opportunities, e.g. short term scholarships of Doctoral Schools etc.: https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/slawistik

• Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) – Emergency call: https://stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/stipendien/jesh-ukraine
• Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) - expanded fellowship opportunities for scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals from Ukraine: https://www.iwm.at/news/iwms-renewed-commitment-to-solidarity-with-ukrainian-scholars
• Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) Special Research Fellowship for Ukrainian Scientists: https://www.esi.ac.at/news/n23
• Graz University: Fellowships Ukrainian Scholars at Risk: https://europaeisierung.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten/detail/article/call-fellowships-ukrainian-scholars-at-risk/

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Czech Academy of Sciences: https://www.avcr.cz/en/news-archive/The-Czech-Academy-of-Sciences-supports-scientists-in-Ukraine/
• Czech science foundation: https://gacr.cz/en/support-for-ukrainian-scientists-and-students/

DENMARK

• Aarhus University research fellowships for researchers affected by the war in Ukraine: https://aias.au.dk/events/show/artikel/aarhus-university-ukrainian-research-fellowships-at-aias

FRANCE

• PAUSE National program for the urgent aid and reception of scientists in exile: https://www.campusfrance.org/en/pause-program-urgent-aid-scientists-exile

ISRAEL

• Haifa Center for German and European Studies of the University of Haifa. Ukraine Emergency Fellowship: https://share.zeit-stiftung.de/f.php?h=0cegLLgc&d=1
• Tel-Aviv University . Emergency Fellowship Fund for Ukrainian Graduate Students: https://tautrust.org/tau-launches-emergency-fellowship-fund-for-ukrainian-graduate-students/

NETHERLANDS

• UAF Foundation for refugee students and professionals (uaf.nl) 
• Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). Fellowships and in-residence programs: „applications of all scholars will be judged on equal merit with special attention for those at risk“

POLAND

• Die Akademia Młodych Uczonych PAN helps Ukrainian scientists with accommodation and job search: https://amu.pan.pl/   
• The Polish Academy of Sciences within the framework of cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) introduces a new tool supporting cooperation with the Ukrainian researchers. https://institution.pan.pl/index.php/755-visits-of-ukrainian-scientists-to-pas
• IMOL The International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines Polish Academy of Sciences offers fast-track recruitment opportunity for scientists from Ukraine: https://www.imol.institute/post/imol-for-scientists-from-ukraine
• Łukasiewicz Research Network: https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/job-offers-for-ukrainians-in-poland/

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

• Slovak Academy of the Sciences: https://www.sav.sk/index.php?doc=services-news&source_no=20&news_no=10197  Komenský Universität Bratislava: https://uniba.sk/spravodajsky-portal/detail-aktuality/back_to_page/univerzita-komenskeho/article/stojime-za-ukrajinou/
• Komenský Universität Bratislava: https://uniba.sk/spravodajsky-portal/detail-aktuality/back_to_page/univerzita-komenskeho/article/stojime-za-ukrajinou/

SWEDEN

• Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF). Individual grants for Ukrainian scientist to conduct strategic research within SSF’s areas: Natural Science, Engineering and Medicine: https://strategiska.se/en/ssf-supports-ukrainian-researchers-with-30-million-sek/

SWITZERLAND

• Swiss National Science Foundation: https://www.snf.ch/en/JCcfnAcUehMitWUw/news/news-201029-protection-from-persecution-snsf-supports-scholars-at-risk

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS and FELLOWSHIPS

• BRiDGE. Bridge for Researchers in Danger Going to Europe: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/profil/international/bridgeprojects/bridge/index.xml  Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF)  https://www.scholarrescuefund.org/for-scholars/
• Memory Studies Association. Fellowship „Memory Scholars at Risk“: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/encounterpoints/newsevents/encounterpointsexpressessolidaritywithukrainiancommunities.html
• Science for Ukraine: http://scienceforukraine.eu/
• List of labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jGFCqP2kj1ZAN6xy6EoRN1bozaggk9VEsbzYaIkkYcQ/htmlview#gid=0
• Open Society University  Network: https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/threatened-scholars-initiative/
• NEP4DISSENT (New Exploratory Phase in Research on European Cultures of Dissent): https://nep4dissent.eu/calls/emergency-fund-for-ukrainian-scholars/ 
• Cara - a lifeline to academics at risk: https://www.cara.ngo/what-we-do/a-lifeline-to-academics-at-risk/ukraine-crisis/
• Science4refugees (platform for job search) science4refugees | EURAXESS (europa.eu) 
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Relocation Support for Displaced Trainees  https://iubmb.org/

SOCIAL NETWORKS (no funding)

• Chance for Science Social Network: https://home.uni-leipzig.de/~chanceforscience/index.php?lang=en
• Scholars at risk network: www.scholarsatrisk.org
• Endangered Scholars Worldwide www.endangeredscholarsworldwide.net
• ASEEES Netzwerk: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S0qKI9NoIMKVSoJ17R-_d4vkcolvCK4Is1dgGkFjgto/edit
• Academics in Solidarity: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/academicsinsolidarity/
• Science4refugees research buddies: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/euraxess/research-buddies-initiative
• European Association of Archaeologists Solidarity with Ukraine: https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Navigation_News/Ukraine_war_detail.aspx
• Inspireurope: Inspireurope | Maynooth University 

OTHER SIMILAR PAGES

• Overview of help and assistance (map): https://scienceforukraine.eu