The UKRainian Academic International NEtwork
28 July 2021

Dear colleagues,

With this 28th issue of our Newsletter we announce the finalists of our PhD Thesis Presentation Contest and the opening of the registration for the Days of Ukraine in Berlin and Brandenburg (16-17 September 2021), celebrate some remarkable awards and, as always, provide you with a digest of the latest news, selected funding opportunities and events related to academic cooperation with Ukraine.

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Stay healthy in these testing times!

With kind regards,

Dr. Oksana Seumenicht, Managing Director, the German-Ukrainian Academic Society/ Research Development Manager, MDC, Berlin & Professor Olga Garaschuk, President, the German-Ukrainian Academic Society/ Chair of the Department of Neurophysiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Anna Grebinyk for her significant contribution as the Newsletter’s Assistant Editor, as well as to Oleksandra Antoniouk, Ielizaveta GorodetskaIryna Kozeretska, Olesia Lazarenko, Jana Liashko, Pablo Markin, Tetyana Rodionova, Andreas Umland and Kostiantyn Yanchenko for their valuable contributions of news items included in this issue and posted on our web-page and in the LinkedIn group.

Community Corner
Days of Ukraine in Berlin and Brandenburg, 16-17 September 2021: registration is opened!
Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine and the 70th Anniversary of the Institute for Eastern European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Days of Ukraine in Berlin and…
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Introducing the finalists of the PhD Thesis Presentation Contest 2021
This year 17 applicants from Germany, Hungary, the UK and Ukraine applied to our PhD Contest. After a peer review by independent experts eight PhD students won the right to…
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The first Ukrainian Academic Accelerator (UAA) fosters research skills of future journalists in Ukraine
By Kostiantyn Yanchenko, U. Hamburg/ DUAG This pilot half-year project (January-June 2021) with the focus on Journalism, Media, and Communication was organized and conducted by the DUAG associate members Kostiantyn…
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Interview-Series "Education Inside Out Germany - Ukraine"
This video interviews “Education Inside Out Germany – Ukraine” are aimed at the popularization of education and science while focusing on the activities of the German-Ukrainian NGOs and achievements of scientists,…
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UKRAINE, Kharkiv & Kyiv: 2 German-Ukrainian DAAD Autumn Schools “Lessons in Biomedicine Learnt from Nanotechnology & Artificial Intelligence”, apply until 15 August
The schools are breaking the ground not only by bringing German and Ukrainian scientists but also Nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence under the moto “Science of today is a medicine for…
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Awards and Distinctions
Mathematician Oleg Pikhurko wins an ERC Advanced Grant
Professor Oleg Pikhurko from the Mathematics Institute and the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, University of Warwick, UK was awarded his second ERC grant. This time it is the ERC Advanced…
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Borexino experiment awarded the EPS 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize
The 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize for an outstanding contribution to Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology is awarded to the Borexino collaboration for the groundbreaking observation of solar neutrinos from…
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2021 Huttenbach Prize awarded for the paper on the Holodomor
Nataliia Levchuk and her colleagues from the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Oleh Wolowyna from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (North Carolina, USA) and the…
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Oleksandra Keudel is awarded the ASN 25th Annual World Convention 2021 Doctoral Paper Award
The DUAG member Oleksandra Keudel (FU Berlin, Germany) received ASN 25th Annual World Convention 2021 Doctoral Paper Award for her doctoral research paper entitled “Citizen Participation in Ukrainian Regional Centers: The…
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Igor Komarov awarded International Excellence Fellowship by the KIT
Professor Igor Komarov from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, is one of two first awardees of the new KIT International Excellence Grants and Fellowships Program. See Komarov’s short…
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GERMANY: Scholarships from German-Ukrainian Historians Commission awarded in 2021
The German-Ukrainian Historians Commission, established in 2015, aims to deepen the connections between German and Ukrainian history and to promote the mutual dissemination of knowledge about German and Ukrainian history.…
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Maksym Kovalenko (ETH Zürich and Empa) awarded the Dan Maydan Prize in Nanoscience Research 2021
Prof. Maksym V. Kovalenko is distinguished for his pioneering work on the surface chemistry of nanocrystals and their use for electronic and optoelectronic devices, including batteries, photodetectors, thermo-electrics, solar cells and light…
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First Drahomán Prize winner is Claudia Dathe (Germany)
Claudia Dathe (Germany) is translator from Ukrainian into German, coordinator of literary translation at the University of Tübingen. She was nominated with her translations of Serhii Zhadan’s collection “Antenna” in…
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Cooperation Highlights
Cooperation Highlight: Odesa National University and Freie Universität Berlin expand their cooperation in field of international economics
In 2021-2022 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports the fruitful long-term cooperation in field of international economics between the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology of Odesa I.I. Mechnikov…
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Antarctic biodiversity research brings Ukrainian and German researchers together
By Iryna Kozeretska, National Antarctic Scientific Center (NASC) of Ukraine Terrestrial ecosystems of Antarctica are characterized by very low biodiversity, which makes them very fragile on the one hand and a…
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The darkness of BRCAness: the latest update from a German-Ukrainian Collaborative Project
By Ielizaveta Gorodetska, OncoRay, Dresden Novel results revealed the frequencies of BRCA1 mutations among Ukrainian cancer patients, which are highly beneficial to the risk management of affected families. A potential molecular…
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New Developments in Ukraine
Science Park "Academ.City" launched in Kyiv
On July 19, 2021 Kyiv Academic University and twelve institutes of the National Academy of Sciences signed the Memorandum to establish the Association of Academic Cooperation “Academ.City” in Kyiv, in the presence of the…
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UKRAINE to Modernize Higher Education System with World Bank Support
The World Bank approved a $200 million project to support the Government of Ukraine’s efforts to strengthen efficiency, quality, and transparency of the country’s higher education system. The project –…
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Event Report
Winter School Ukraine 2020 „Five Days History – Economics – Literature – Politics”, Ukrainian Free University, Munich
For the third year in a row, a Ukrainian Studies winter school aimed at students and early stage researchers was held at the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) in Munich.…
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A selection of the forthcoming events, August - October 2021

Discovering Ukraine: a selection of recently published books

Funding News & Opportunities
BAYHOST scholarships to participate in Summer Schools 2021 in Bavaria or Eastern and Southeastern Europe, no deadline
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Funding Call for Summer Schools "Challenges and Potentials for Europe: The Greying Continent", apply by 17 November
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Funding Call "Global Issues – Preventing Pandemics: the Role of Human-Environmental Interactions", apply by 4 November
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Various DAAD funding programs: Forthcoming deadlines
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Philipp Schwartz Initiative, apply by 10 September
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Horizon Europe Info Day Ukraine (25 June 2021): presentations published
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GERMANY: Merck research grants program, apply until 31 August, 2021
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GERMANY, DAAD: Scholarships to study language, history and culture of the German minorities in CEE / CIS
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EU Marie Skłodowska- Curie Actions (MSCA): The first calls published
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ERC Synergy Grants: apply by 10 November 2021
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