Scholarship program

Target group and funding requirements

  • University graduates living in or have fled Ukraine as well as current PhD students
  • Ukrainian citizenship
  • Good to very good university degree (Master)
  • Good knowledge of English and/or German.

 

Application procedure

  • Online application with registration (see here)
  • Upload the following documents:
    • curriculum vitae
    • short description of the research topic (1-2 pages)
    • Scan of the diploma (Master certificate or similar). Please contact us in case of any problems that might occur in this context.
    • If available: Indication of a hosting institution.

 

Dates

Application start: as from now

Application deadline: Applications are possible until further notice.

Selection interviews: online, after personal consultation with the applicants.

Scholarship start date: individual, in agreement with the applicants and the host institutions.

 

Benefits

  • 1.250 EUR per month
  • Health, accident and liability insurance
  • Travel expenses to Germany
  • German courses
  • Participation in seminars and events

 

Further information

German Federal Environment Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)

 

Online applications can be submitted in German and English.

Detailed information is available on the website: DBU – CEE special fellowship programme for Ukraine | Fellowships for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Participants:

Iryna Shyshkina

Studying the German experience of the opportunities and problems of the ecological and legal component of spatial planning of various types of territorial communities and their adaptation to the Ukrainian conditions and social practice of communities, as well as to the realities of Ukrainian legislation at the local, state and international levels (2022 – 2023)

Nataliya Kulya

“Sustainable tourism in the territory of national parks. Germany – Ukraine. Transfer of experience”, LMU, Munich (2015-2016).

Vitaly Bezverhnya

“The Regional Dimension of Germany’s Energy Transformation: A Study of Baden-Württemberg’s Best Practices in the Field of Renewable Energy Policy for Implementation in Transcarpathia (Ukraine)”, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Heidelberg (2016-2017).

Ivanna Lavrentieva

“Transferring the German experience on climate change. Adaptation measures of the agricultural sector of the Upper Tisza region (Ukraine)”, LMU, Munich (2015-2016).

Natalia Lavrentieva

“Scenario simulation of water quality measurement in the basin of the upper Tisza river under the conditions of transformational processes in Ukraine”, LMU, Munich (2015-2016).

Boris Beznoshchenko

“Involvement of the Northern Church in Germany in Climate Protection”, Environmental Office of the Northern Church (2018-2019).

Ivan Timofeev

“Primitive beech forests of the Carpathians and old beech forests of Germany, expansion of their territory and adaptation to tourism through communication”, NABU, Berlin (2018-2019).

Solomiya Gordasevich

“Ecological monitoring in the forests of Transcarpathian nature reserves (implementation of German experience in the Ukrainian Carpathians)”, Eberswald University of Sustainable Development, Department of Forestry and Environment (2018-2019).

Vladyslav Yurosh

“Evaluation of ecological, social and economic criteria on the example of water resources of Zakarpattia Oblast”, NABU, Berlin (2019-2020).

Natalia Dyman

“Peculiarities of working with climate issues in youth communities as part of the formation of environmental awareness among young people”, NABU, Berlin (2019-2020) and Research Center of the Community of Evangelical Studies, Heidelberg.

Yuriy Vasko

“Dwellers of Church Towers”, NABU, Berlin (2017-2018).