Discover support being made available by the EU and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions host organisations.
The information provided on this page is a summary of what the EU does to help Ukrainian researchers. It also contains useful links to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)host organisations on how they can help Ukrainian researchers and their families.
EU support to Ukraine
Following Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU) has agreed on a series of restrictive measures on Russia. The European Commission has taken action to implement these.
In the field of research and innovation, these measures include:
not engaging in further cooperation projects with Russian entities
halting any payments to Russian organisations involved in ongoing projects
ensuring continued participation for and support to Ukrainian entities and researchers in the Horizon Europe programme, including the MSCA.
Read the statement by Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, on the measures taken by the Commission.
The EU stands united in its solidarity with Ukraine and will continue to support Ukraine and its people together with its international partners, including through additional political, financial and humanitarian support.
Read more about the EU’s solidarity measures with Ukraine
Learn more on how to get help if you need it or how you can help
ERA4Ukraine portal
ERA4Ukraine is a one-stop-shop for information and support services to Ukraine-based researchers and researchers fleeing Ukraine. The portal brings together initiatives at the EU level, per country and from non-governmental groups as well.
Through this portal, affected researchers can find housing and job opportunities, facilitate the recognition of their diplomas and receive other supporting services.
Beneficiaries of MSCA projects are encouraged to post their vacancies for Ukrainian researchers through the ‘Science4Refugees’ tab in the portal.
Post vacancies through Science4Refugees
Guidelines and other helpful materials
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Guidelines for the Inclusion of Researchers at Risk is a guide for institutions and organisations open to host researchers at risk. It also includes useful resources for MSCA projects and host organisations.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Guidelines for Inclusion of Researchers at Risk
Inspireurope
Inspireurope is a Europe-wide alliance for researchers at risk. The network facilitates cooperation between initiatives and programmes supporting researchers at risk. Inspireurope provides useful resources: webinars, publications and contacts for prospective employers and host institutions in Europe seeking to support researchers at risk.
Learn more about Inspireurope.
Webinars and workshops
This Inspireurope webinar provides guidance on hosting researchers at risk. It also covers how employers and hosts can help researchers make the most of their stay.
Watch the Hosting Researchers at Risk webinar
This workshop from the Inspireurope 2020 Stakeholder Forum provides guidance for prospective employers and host organisations on mentoring and supporting researchers at risk.
Watch the Mentoring and Supporting Researchers at Risk webinar
This webinar provides guidance for new employers and host organisations to welcome researchers at risk in Europe.
Watch the Welcoming Researchers at Risk webinar
This webinar provides guidance on academic publishing for researchers at risk.
Watch the Academic Publishing for Researchers at Risk webinar
This webinar provides guidance on various approaches for host organisations to employ researchers at risk.
Watch the Funding Researchers at Risk to join the Host Organisation webinar
This 2020 Stakeholder Forum panel discussion addresses how academia and other organisations can create and expand opportunities for researchers at risk.
Watch the Expanding Opportunities for Researchers at Risk webinar
Jobs and refugee hosting
The Science4Refugees initiative and EURAXESS portal provide research, refugee-friendly internships, part-time and full-time jobs, access to a European research community, as well as a complete range of information and support services on working and living in Europe.
MSCA projects and participating organisations are encouraged to post their research vacancies for Ukrainian nationals on the portal.
The EU Neighbours Portal offers interesting jobs, volunteering opportunities, training and courses open also or only for Ukrainian citizens.
Learn more about Euneighbourseast.eu.
Support in EU Member States
Jobs and refugee hosting
Austria
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is offering an emergency call for applications from Ukrainian researchers as part of its academic mobility programme ‘Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities’ (JESH).
Czech Republic
The Neuron Science Endowment Fund, its patrons and IOCB Tech have teamed up to help young scientists who are currently leaving Ukraine to seek refuge in the Czech Republic.
Denmark
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies will launch a fellowship programme for researchers affected by the war in Ukraine. 10-15 fellowships will be awarded.
AUFF-Ukraine Research Fellowships
France
The Collège de France supports the PAUSE program in its solidarity action towards Ukrainian scientists in danger. The PAUSE program opens a special appeal for emergency aid to Ukrainian researchers.
Solidarité Ukraine - Programme national PAUSE - Collège de France
Germany
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 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.
DFG, German Research Foundation - Refugee Researchers
Technische Universität München has put in place an ad-hoc support programme for researchers from Ukraine on different levels. Fellows are welcome to bring dependent family members (for example, their children) with them.
Support Program Fellowships for Ukrainian Researchers - Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) (tum.de)
This funding offer from VolkswagenStiftung is aimed at Ukrainian scientists who have already fled to Germany after the Russian invasion of their country or who will arrive in Germany in the coming weeks.
Funding for Refugee Scholars and Scientists from Ukraine | VolkswagenStiftung
Poland
The Polish Agency for Academic Exchange has launched the NAWA Ukraine website providing information for nationals from Ukraine seeking to conduct research in Poland.
NAWA Ukraine – Research in Poland
Sweden
Ukrainian researchers arriving in Sweden in 2022 can now apply for the grants offered by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) to conduct their research there. The call is aimed at Ukrainian citizens with a doctoral degree.
SSF individual grants for Ukrainian scientists 2022
Other initiatives
Jobs and refugee hosting
Science for Ukraine is a platform where students, scientists and scholars from Ukraine can find vacancies and accommodation possibilities all over the world. Organisations can also post their vacancies and help offers. There is a guide available for institutions with frequently asked questions and answers.
The Scholars at Risk network protects scholars suffering grave threats to their lives, liberty, and well-being, in part by arranging positions of sanctuary at institutions in their network for those forced to flee.
These positions, which can range from six months to two years but are usually one year in duration, are visiting scholar, researcher, or professor engagements at a higher education institution in a safe location anywhere in the world.
Housing and logistic support
UkraineTakeShelter.com is an independent platform connecting Ukrainian nationals with potential hosts and housing. This website is a public bulletin.
Awesome Ukraine Support is a website updated on a daily basis containing an array of useful information for Ukrainian nationals about housing, research funding, aid organisations and much more.