Information and funding programmes for refugees from Ukraine
Information and funding programmes
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It is with deep dismay and concerns that we look at the injustices that are currently happening in Ukraine. We express our solidarity and compassion with those that suffer from this war and its consequences. The University of Jena and the city of JenaExternal link jointly coordinate aid efforts.
We have initiated this website for researchers from Ukraine. Here you can find an overview of all contact persons who can help you find counsel and support and provide information on funding programmes.
Graduate Academy refugees from Ukraine who are interested in starting a PhD-programme or who already are PhD-researchers
Dr. Alexander Schwarzkopf
07743 Jena Jena
Welcome Point of the International Office for refugee researchers from Ukraine who already have a PhD-degree
Susanne Golz und Dr. Mareike Rind
07743 Jena
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Funding programmes
For PhD students from Ukraine
Friedrich Schiller University Jena supports doctoral candidates financially who have fled Ukraine due to war to begin or continue their academic qualification at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The programme is funded within the framework of the DAAD programme "Future Ukraine - Scholarship programme for refugees from Ukraine at German universities"External link.
- Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Funding Programme Forced MigrationExternal link. Please contact the responsible contact at the SFTExternal link
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
In addition, the DFG offers further possibilities. In many funding programs (e.g., grants-in-kind, priority programs, research groups, research training groups), it is possible to submit supplemental proposalsExternal link to integrate individuals who have fled their home countries in the last three years into DFG projects that are already underway. Supplemental proposals can be directed at any funding that allows the persons concerned to be integrated into the project as research assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs or professors.
Application and support by the research funding of the University of Jena. Please contact the respective contact personExternal link for your faculty.
- DAAD Hilde Domin-Programm
https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/scholarships/hilde-domin-programm/External link
For postdocs and experienced researchers from Ukraine
- Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Funding Programme Forced MigrationExternal link. Please contact the responsible contact at the SFTExternal link
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Opening of the Walter Benjamin ProgramExternal link to refugee scientists at every career stage from doctoral level onwards.
Special programme for Ukraine External link
Supplementary proposals External link(In many funding programs (e.g., material grant, priority program, research group, research training group), it is possible to submit supplementary proposals to include refugees in DFG projects that are already underway).
Application and support by the research funding of the University of Jena. Please contact the respective contact personExternal link for your faculty.
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Support and funding opportunities of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for refugee researchers from Ukraine
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Lists of institutes worldwide that host researches from Ukraine
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Support and networking activities for researchers from Ukraine
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Support services and first points of contact
You will find important information and further links:
Information and first steps after arrival in Jena in German, English, Russian and Ukrainian can be downloaded here:
https://rathaus.jena.de/en/admission-ukrainian-war-refugeesExternal link
- University of Jena - Unterstützung für die Ukraine de