Opportunities

The Einstein Foundation is committed to fostering academic freedom and international collaboration. Two special programmes (EINSTEIN JUNIOR SCHOLARS and EINSTEIN GUEST RESEARCHERS) are offered on a temporary basis in order to reach this objective and to enable international researchers and scientists who are experiencing constraints in their work to come to Berlin for two years to pursue their research without undue restrictions or threats.

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) supports researchers who have fled their home countries by making it easier for them to join research projects and apply for funding under the Walter Benjamin Programme.

The University of Sheffield is funding two fixed-term posts in support of Ukraine. Interested parties can either apply for a position as visiting lecturer or as visiting researcher.

The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters opens a call for grants for Ukrainian researchers in Finland. Grants can be awarded to Ukrainian citizens in Finland or Finnish researchers for inviting Ukrainian citizens to carry out research work in Finland.

The grant is intended to support highly-qualified scientists and scholars of all disciplines. Candidates are experienced researchers who completed their doctorates less than 12 years ago. The fellowship allows them to conduct their own long-term research project (6 to 18 months) in cooperation with an academic host of their own choice at a research institution in Germany.

The programme is intended for highly qualified scientists and scholars of all disciplines.

The fellowship enables early-career post-doctoral researchers who completed their doctorate less than 4 years ago to realize a long-term research project (6 to 24 months) of their own design in cooperation with an academic host they have chosen at a research institution in Germany. The research must deal with issues of major relevance to the future development of the applicant’s home country or region of origin.

The Gerda Henkel Foundation is making grants available for Ukrainian scholars. This initiative is aimed not just at Ukrainian citizens but also at researchers from Russia and Belarus who for political reasons are no longer allowed to work, are being threatened, or have to leave their country.

Ukrainian citizens working at a Ukrainian university can apply for funding for a research stay at HHU of up to 30 days via Erasmus funds.

We will once again provide funding from the Initiative and Networking Fund to offer people from Ukraine transitional professional prospects in Germany. In justified exceptional cases, funds can also be granted to refugee scientists from Russia or Belarus. In doing so, the Helmholtz Association is fulfilling its social obligation to offer transitional professional prospects to refugees.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel is providing qualified individuals who have fled Ukraine (Status S) with the opportunity to continue their academic activities and research projects at the Faculty on an interim basis.

The Unipd Scholars Rescue Fund offers research fellowships for Ukrainian scholars and other nationalities who are entitled to international protection.

This website gives an overview of emergency resources available to students and scholars from Ukraine at the University of Texas.

We have recently offered emergency support to 16 scholars under threat from Turkey from the generous donations of ISPP members. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any more applications to the emergency fund until further notice. Thank you for your understanding.

EDUFI Fellowship for doctoral students from Ukraine provides doctoral level students from Ukraine the opportunity to continue their academic work in Finland and supports the academic community and the reconstruction of higher education system in Ukraine.

The German National Academy of Sciences introduces a special fellowship for scientists from Ukraine who have their careers in science endangered or interrupted by the war to resume or continue their research activities, and remain in academia.

The Dubnow Institute offers:
1. short-term fellowships for Ukrainian researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) of Jewish Studies/History for up to 3 months.
2. to host Ukrainian Researchers with support by the Volkswagenstiftung, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Philipp Schwartz-Initiative, DFG: Walter-Benjamin-Programm.