Opportunities

This database contains emergency contacts as well as emergency funding opportunities for scholars and students in the fields of the Social Sciences and Humanities, for artists and cultural workers, journalists, lawyers and human rights activists at risk from Ukraine, as well as for those at risk from other East-Central, Eastern European and Central-Asian localities. If you are searching for academic opportunities in other areas, such as Natural Sciences or IT, please register them at Science for Ukraine.

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  • SAFE Fellowships for Supporting Researchers At-Risk

    As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institution in the EU.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: European Union | Workplace: On site Support period: up to 24 months Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Free Russia NL

    From civil initiative to registered ANBI foundation in the Netherlands.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia Location: Netherlands | Workplace: On site Support period: Not applicable Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Professorship of Premodern Ukrainian/East Central European History

    As one of Europe’s leading research universities, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in research and teaching. Building on its more than 500-year-long tradition, it offers a broad spectrum that covers all areas of knowledge within its 18 Faculties, ranging from the humanities, law, economics and social sciences, to medicine and the natural sciences.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Germany | Workplace: On site Support period: 6 years/ tenure track Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Oxford Slavonic Graduate Programs and Funding

    The Slavonic sub-faculty at the University of Oxford welcomes enquiries and applications for its DPhil (PhD) program; the Modern Languages MSt. and MPhil (with specialization in Russian, or Russian+another language); and the MSt. and MPhil in Slavonic Studies.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Oxford | Workplace: On site Support period: - Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Slavonic Studies Section in the University of Cambridge invites applications for MPhil or PhD in Slavonic Studies

    The Slavonic Studies Section in the University of Cambridge invites applications from qualified students for a 1-year MPhil or 3-year PhD in Slavonic Studies, beginning Autumn 2025.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: University of Cambridge | Workplace: On site Support period: 1-year MPhil or 3-year PhD in Slavonic Studies Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Job Announcement: Postdoctoral Researcher

    The Open Society Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene (OHPA), a research project based at the Department of International Relations of Central European University (CEU) in Vienna (The position is also available for Budapest-based individuals), invites applications for three one-year-long postdoctoral research positions.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Vienna, Austria | Workplace: On site Support period: 12 months Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    A postdoc vacancy: research on the Soviet residential heritage in Ukraine and on reconstruction following wartime destruction from a comparative perspective

    The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) conducts comparative research into historical and cultural developments and processes
    in the region between the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the Adriatic from late antiquity to the present day.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, other Location: Germany | Workplace: On site Support period: until September 30, 2027 Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    A Search for Research – Mapping Archives in a Time of War (online resource collection)

    Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, fundamentally changed how scholars in the social sciences and humanities could conduct research in Ukraine and Russia. Concerns for personal safety, government-issued travel warnings, and university policies limiting travel have made archives in those countries inaccessible to most scholars located outside the region. “A Search for Research: Mapping Archives in a Time of War” stands as a centralized hub for scholars to locate needed archives and documents and serves as a platform to generate conversation and collaboration.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Online | Workplace: Remote Support period: Not applicable Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work, Journalism, Human rights activism

    The Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC) of Hokkaido University Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program for 2025-2026.

    Foreign specialists in studies of the former Soviet and East European countries, who are interested in undertaking research at the SRC during the academic year of 2025-2026 as well as initiating and continuing international collaborations with our staff, may submit applications for this program.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Japan | Workplace: On site Support period: 2-5 months Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe

    ACLS in partnership with the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS) will convene leading scholars from Eastern Europe and North America for a two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria from June 5, 2025 to June 20, 2025.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | Workplace: On site Support period: 2 weeks Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work

    Self Help Tools

    Overview of self help tools and online psychological help.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Online | Workplace: Remote Support period: Not applicable Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work

    Caring Universities

    Caring Universities offers free online services to improve student’s mental wellbeing. Caring Universities offers 9 free online programs: mood, stress, procrastination, get a grip on your life, sleep, general life skills, self-esteem, social life and perfectionism. You can do them anonymously and you even get text-based guidance from an online coach.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia Location: The Netherlands | Workplace: Remote Support period: none Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work

    UKRAINIAN GLOBAL EXCELLENCE FUND

    XTX Markets has created a new Ukrainian Global Excellence Fund of £7.5mn over two years

    For applicants from: Ukraine, other Location: Not specified | Workplace: On site Support period: Not specified Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Open Access Book: Creative Under Fire Project

    Creative Under Fire. A Survival Guide for Creative People on Staying Sane while Solving the World’s Insane Problems is a book by Mark Woerde with the collaboration of numerous creatives, including award-winners undergoing brain scans, social entrepreneurs, students, activists, scientists, psychiatrists, soldiers, and 450,000 research participants.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: Online | Workplace: Remote Support period: Not applicable Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    University of Oxford – The Refugee Academic Futures Scholarships

    The Refugee Academic Futures Scholarships offer financial support to pursue graduate study at Oxford to students who are refugees or other people with lived experience of displacement.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other Location: United Kingdom | Workplace: On site Support period: Either a one-year full-time or two-year part-time master’s degree, starting in the 2024-25 academic year Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine

    The Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for Ukraine Programme (2024-25) is proudly supported by XTX Markets.

    For applicants from: Ukraine Location: United Kingdom | Workplace: On site Support period: 1 year Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities