Resources for Artists and Scholars Forced to Flee Ukraine

In support of artists, scholars, and all people forced to flee Ukraine because of the Russian invasion of the country, the editorial collective of ARTMargins Online is compiling a growing list of resources (primarily art- and research-related), including residencies, fellowships,  internships, and emergency funds. We will continue to update this list as we become aware of new opportunities and resources. Please let us know of additional resources by contacting us through this online form.

For Scholars

• The Austrian Academy of Sciences announced support for Ukrainian scientists to come to Austria: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/…/PDF/Solidaritaetsadresse_EN.pdf. 
• German funding programmes for scholars at risk and a list of institutional contacts: https://kunsthistoriker.org/meldungen/scholars-at-risk/
• Visits of Ukrainian scientists to Polish Academy of Sciences: https://institution.pan.pl/index.php/755-visits-of-ukrainian-scientists-to-…
• Emergency Fund for Ukrainian Scholars: https://nep4dissent.eu/calls/emergency-fund-for-ukrainian-scholars/
• Two paid internships for Ukrainian students currently residing in Poland: https://enrs.eu/news/two-paid-internships-for-ukrainian-students
• Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, support (fellowships) for historians, scholars, and professionals and collaboration on documenting and preserving heritage in Ukraine: https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/support-to-ukrainian-scholars-and-concern-about-the-destruction-of-ukrainian-cultural-heritage.php
• Bibliotheca Hertziana Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome, Italy #ScienceForUkraine Art History Fellowships: https://recruitment.biblhertz.it/positiondetails/9699329
• CfA: HANS KOSCHNICK SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS AT RISK. Research is conducted in two departments – “History and Culture” and “Politics and Economics” – under the joint theme “Between Dissent and Consensus”: https://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de/en/5/20110606112743/202203041846…
• Emergency Fund to support the evacuation of artistic material values (art works, archives, books) from all over Ukraine ​​and to preserve them in safe space in Ivano-Frankivsk: https://inshaosvita.typeform.com/to/NgVTHZsK
• The Ukrainian Scholars at Risk Fellowships, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Graz: https://europaeisierung.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten/detail/article/call-fell…
• Scholars at Risk Fellowships general website: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org
• Tübingen/Germany: Finding shelter in the city: https://unterkunft-ukraine.de/ (EN/DE/UA/RU)
• Special conditions for scholars at risk who want to apply to the German Humboldt Stiftung. The deadline is March 18: Philipp Schwartz Initiative der Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
• German-Ukrainian Academic Society. Website with a range of services and opportunities for scholars at risk: https://ukrainet.eu
• Aalto University in Finnaland offers help to Ukrainian refugees:
  https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/aalto-university-offer-assistan…
• University of Sankt Gallen, Institute of Political Science : Doctoral Research Position Comparative Politics for Ukrainian Researcher: https://www.unisg.ch/en/wissen/hsg-newsroom/themenschwerpunkt-ukraine
• List of Resources provided by the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, https://www.aseees.org/resources/help-displaced-scholars-ukraine
• A regularly updated list of opportunities for Ukrainian refugee scholars, maintained by the University of Erfurt in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute: https://bit.ly/3tvL2po
• A thorough list of scholar placement opportunities for Ukrainian scholars: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1SrhW8dtlUWXXtDGysftWXLy1So_8keKb/edit

For Artists

• Budapest Gallery’s residency opportunity for artists or curators and their families to spend two months in Budapest in April and May:  https://www.facebook.com/budapestgalleryair/posts/1170687730134680
• University courses, meals and accommodation at the University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME): https://mome.hu/en/mome-acts-ukraine
• Emergency resources for artists and cultural workers: https://artistsatrisk.org/2022/02/26/ukraine-emergency-resources-for-artist…
• Karne Kunst: Emergency Residency Program for Ukrainian Artists and Families (Germany): https://www.karnekunst.com/residency-for-ukrainian-artists-art-is-urgent/
• Romanian Solidarity Action for Ukrainian Artists, Supported by the Association of Romanian Contemporary Art Galleries: https://www.facebook.com/agacoromania/ . Due to this state of emergency, please only send us your interest to: agacor.association@gmail.com . Please contact us if you need any other details!
• National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest is supporting Ukrainian curators, artists and their families: https://www.mnac.ro/article/321/Suntem_al%C4%83turi_de_Ucraina
• State of Concept Athens offering official invitation letters to Ukrainian artists and curators. Contact: https://www.facebook.com/iliana.fokianaki
• A list of resources available to artists and creative workers from Ukraine:
  https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/04/help-resources-for-ukrainian-artists-and-cultural-workers-fleeing-russias-war-against-ukraine
• Office Ukraine.Shelter for Ukrainian Artists, a platform for the coordination of various initiatives by civil society as well as by institutions and acts as a liaison between the institutions in Austria and cultural workers from Ukraine: http://www.artistshelp-ukraine.at/en/
• SomoS Arts in Berlin are offering refuge to any artist/cultural professional from Ukraine by hosting a free live/work studio: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbDl8V0sci8/
• Kukumu Berlin List of Resources: https://kukumu-berlin.de/🇺🇦-support-ukraine-🇺🇦/
  Those in need of accommodation can write directly to: supportukraine@kukumu-berlin.de
• The Jam Factory Art Center has launched the program “Artists in War” to support artists in crises with basic necessities. It also seeks donations. For more information, and to donate in support, please see: https://jamfactory.ua/artists-in-war/#/ and https://secure.wayforpay.com/button/b5fd2f108ca52.

Cultural Heritage and Evacuation of Art

• Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) https://www.sucho.org/
• Compilation of resources and links: https://www.contactsforukrainians.art/
• Emergency Fund to support the evacuation of artistic material values (art works, archives, books) from all over Ukraine and to preserve them in safe space in Ivano-Frankivsk: https://inshaosvita.typeform.com/to/NgVTHZsK