The Polish Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) have selected 18 Ukrainian research teams across various scientific disciplines to receive financial support of up to approximately $200,000 USD per year for up to three years – a total of around $8 million USD (33 million PLN).The goal of the funding is toprovide outstanding Ukrainian scientists with stable conditions for conducting research that, in the future, will lead to rebuilding science in Ukraine. Financial support for the grants is also being provided by the Royal Society of the U.K., Elsevier, the National Cheng Kung University of Taiwan, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
Selected from among 174 applications, the 18 grant recipients are working in the following scientific disciplines: astronomy, environmental sciences, mathematics, psychology, materials sciences and engineering, agriculture, biomedical sciences, physics, and chemistry. Eight of the 18 research teams are led by women.
The Ukrainian research teams will conduct their work in scientific units of the Polish Academy of Sciences.The principal investigator will remain in Poland for the duration of the project, while the other members may conduct research both in Poland and in Ukraine. Participation in the implementation of research projects under the affiliation of scientific units of the Polish Academy of Sciences assumes that scholars from Ukraine will keep their affiliation with Ukrainian institutions.
“As the war in Ukraine wages on, disrupting science and diverting resources from research programs, supporting Ukrainian scientists and keeping them connected to the global scientific community is more crucial than ever,” said U.S. National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt. “We are pleased to be able to help support these outstanding researchers so that they can continue to make important contributions to science and to the future of Ukraine.”
“The program offers tools and resources enabling outstanding Ukrainian research groups to carry out scientific projects. Planning this program, we aimed to consider, among other things, the dual affiliation of all team members and the possibility of conducting research in Ukraine. I am convinced that the work of these outstanding scientists will contribute to the development and reconstruction of science in Ukraine”, said prof. Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The long-term grant program is the latest in a series of efforts to support scientists from Ukraine implemented by the Polish Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the NAS and external partners. The program builds on an earlier initiative begun just after the start of the war focused on providing individual support to researchers who left Ukraine. In 2022, a total of 218 Ukrainian researchers (82% of whom are women) benefitted from this support.
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