Documenting Ukraine: grants for professionals documenting the war in Ukraine
This is an opportunity for journalists, scholars, artists, public intellectuals, translators and archivists based in Ukraine to get EUR 5,000.
You can win emergency support If you work on documentation projects that establish and preserve a factual record of the war through reporting, gathering published source material, collecting oral testimony as well as bringing meaning to events through artistic interpretation.
The project Documenting Ukraine is financed by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. This is one of the thousands of the EU opportunities for Ukraine.
You can win a grant if you are:
- A journalist who wants to continue the reporting
- A writer who works on essays or book projects which reflect your personal war experience
- A scholar who wants to conduct interviews with those whose lives have been affected by the war or gather and process published materials about the war
- A public intellectual who writes or gives interviews for European media
- A filmmaker or visual artist who works on war-related projects
- A curator who wants to organise an exhibition
- A publisher who wants to work on book projects about the war
- A translator who wants to translate particular texts about the war
- An archive employee who works on documenting the impact of the war
- A professional that belongs to other sphere, yet works on the war projects
- Completed application form
- CV
- Short description of the project: elaborate on planned activities, significance, team, and how the project relates to the mission of Documenting Ukraine — up to three pages
- Full name and contact details of one reference person
- If available, include text, photos, and links to video materials that will strengthen your application
Apply via the IWM`s online portal by 10 March.
The preferred language for the application is English. However, Ukrainian applications are also accepted.
- You will find out the results of the competition in April.
- You can apply if you previously received a Documenting Ukraine grant. Tell organisers about the results so far and explain how additional funding will enable you to further develop the project.
- The organisers are not required to publicly justify their decisions, nor to give individual feedback to applicants.