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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  • Fedor Stepun Fellowship Program for Postdoctoral Researchers Affected by the War in Ukraine and Beyond

    The Zimin Foundation in partnership with the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom provide financial resources to fund the “Fedor Stepun Fellowship Program”. With this, we can support postdoctoral researchers affected by the war in Ukraine and beyond.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia

    Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

    Support period: 4 months

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Institute for East European Studies at the Free University Berlin – Bridging Fellowships for Academics at Risk from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

    The Institute for East European Studies at the Free University Berlin offers bridging scholarships for academics at risk from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia

    Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

    Support period: 3 to 6 months

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    MoovaBot

    MoovaBot помогает связаться людям, нуждающимся в помощи в устном общении на немецком с переводчиками-волонтёрами.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

    Support period: Not applicable

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    The Ukraine-Australia Research Fund: Short-term Visits

    The Australian Academy of Science (the Academy) has partnered with the Breakthrough Prize Foundation to deliver a program to support Ukrainian researchers in eligible fields of science who have been impacted by the war with Russia.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Australia | Workplace: On site

    Support period: 6 to 12 weeks

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences

    Petro Jacyk Non-Residential Scholars Program

    The Petro Jacyk Non-Residential Scholars Program will bring together Ukrainian scholars, public officials, advanced PhD students and public intellectuals to participate in regular virtual seminars moderated by a faculty member affiliated with the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the University of Toronto. Under “Ukrainian” we understand individuals who lived/worked in Ukraine and/or had primary affiliation with a Ukrainian institution at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Remote | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: Virtual engagements will run September-December 2023 and January-April 2024

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Lawyer – Pro Bono (Dutch Tenancy/Labour Law)

    As a lawyer, I specialise in tenancy law, labour law, IP law (copyright law), corporate law and procedural law.

    My girlfriend studied Russian in Amsterdam and lived in Kyiv for a while. She speaks and reads Russian if necessary.

    If you need legal support in the Netherlands, I can help. I’m a “sociaal advocaat” as they say in the Netherlands; this basically means taking cases pro bono or supported by government funding for people who cannot afford legal support.

    I can imagine I could help if you run into trouble with your landlord, employer or publisher.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: Netherlands | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: Until needed

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work, Journalism, Human rights activism

    Call for Applications for the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study

    This is a call exclusively for applications for six VUIAS Fellowships in Ukraine for the academic year 2023/24.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Ukraine | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: 10 months (September 2023-June 2024)

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    EURAXESS: Jobs and Funding/Hosting Opportunities

    EURAXESS lists thousands of vacancies and fellowships from more than 40 European countries and other regions in the world.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: EU | Workplace: On site

    Support period: Depending on job / funding opportunity

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Language Buddies for Ukrainian Researchers

    The “Language Buddies” project is designed to help scholars affected by the war in Ukraine, who struggle to get their work published in international academic journals for English language-related reasons.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Online | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: Not applicable

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    DAAD Future Ukraine – Scholarship

    Through the Future Ukraine initiative by the German Academic Exchange Service, the Univeristy of Gießen can offer 5 scholarships in the research fields of history, language, literature, cultural studies or social sciences to PhD researchers, that have fled from Ukraine to Germany.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

    Support period: up to 3 years

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Gerda Henkel Stiftung – General Research Grants

    The Gerda Henkel Stiftung is glad to announce that the application for general research grants are now open for international postdoc researchers. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is one of the largest private research founders in Germany and has a reputation for supporting high-quality, innovative research in the fields of history, archaeology, and Islamic studies.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: Germany | Workplace: On site

    Support period: up to 2 years

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    SAR Ukraine Fellowships

    Scholars at Risk (SAR) announces new fellowship support for SAR network member institutions in North America looking to host threatened and displaced scholars from Ukraine. The purpose of the funds is to support the Ukrainian research and academic sector, enable continuing collaborations between scholars and institutions in or displaced from Ukraine and the international research community, and to anticipate and support rebuilding of the Ukrainian higher education and research sectors as conditions permit.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: USA | Workplace: On site

    Support period: 12-24 months

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    Swiss National Science Foundation – Scientific Exchanges / Scholars at Risk

    Scientific Exchanges is aimed at researchers who want to host their own scientific event in Switzerland, invite colleagues from abroad for a research visit to Switzerland, or visit their colleagues in another country.

    Scientific conferences and workshops are the two types of event covered by the scheme. Research visits by Swiss researchers to other countries or by researchers from abroad to Switzerland are funded for a period of 1 to 6 months. For scientific events, the travel expenses and food and board costs of participants from abroad are covered, for research visits those of travelling guests.

    The Scientific Exchanges funding scheme also supports the organisation of events that allow research communities to exchange best practices on how to develop a Data Management Plan, preparing research data and making it publicly available.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: Switzerland | Workplace: On site

    Support period: up to 12 months

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities

    A beginner’s guide to Swedish academia

    As a new researcher in the Swedish research system, one is faced with a series of questions, about proper qualifications, networks within the system or even practical issues. The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) has developed a guide for international researchers, to help navigate Swedish academia and remove time-consuming obstacles.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: Sweden | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: Not applicable

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work, Journalism, Human rights activism

    A beginner’s guide to Dutch academia

    This guide, an introduction to Dutch research and higher education, serves as a support document for researchers and instructors who are unfamiliar with the Dutch academic setting. It may also provide insight for those who have already been working in Dutch academia for a few years. It was written primarily with new ‘senior’ academic staff in mind, but will hopefully be useful for postdoctoral and doctoral researchers as well. The emphasis lies on professional challenges and opportunities.

    For applicants from: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, other

    Location: Netherlands | Workplace: Remote

    Support period: Not applicable

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities, Cultural or artistic work, Journalism, Human rights activism

    American Councils offer Philanthropic Support for Displaced Ukrainian Scholars

    Three American foundations, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, and The Stirling Foundation have awarded grants to American Councils for International Education to create a Ukrainian Visiting Scholars Program (VSP). The program will support displaced Ukrainian university faculty and researchers whose work has been disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and continuing violence. The VSP allows affected scholars and teachers from Ukraine to resume their work in safer parts of the country, or at institutions outside the country.

    For applicants from: Ukraine

    Location: United States of America | Workplace: On site

    Support period: up to 1 year

    Discipline / work field: Social Sciences, Humanities