The goals of the newly founded institution are manifold: VUIAS will mobilize support for scholarships under
conditions of war and contribute to rebuilding Ukrainian academia once the war is over. By connecting Ukrainian
scholars in and outside Ukraine, VUIAS will more strongly integrate Ukrainian scholars into the international
academic landscape and broaden and deepen knowledge on Ukraine within global academia. It will also help
combat the brain drain caused by war and displacement.

The founding phase of the institute will be overseen by offices in Kyiv and Berlin. As long as the Russian attack on
Ukraine continues, academic events are to take place in virtual and hybrid form. The official start is planned for
September 2023. For the academic year 2023/2024, fourteen fellowships will be awarded to Ukrainian scholars
from various disciplines.

VUIAS will provide two kinds of fellowships to scholars from all disciplines: VUIAS Fellowships abroad, which are
funded and hosted by eight of the world’s leading Institutes for Advanced Study in Europe and the United States,
and VUIAS Fellowships in Ukraine, which are granted by the Wissenschaftskolleg to scholars who work at
universities and research institutions in Ukraine. The partner institutions in Ukraine, Europe, and the United States
will each delegate a representative to an advisory board. These include four of the most prominent academic
institutions in Ukraine: the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, the National University of Kyiv–Mohyla Academy,
the Center for Urban History, Lviv, and the Kyiv Centre for Advanced Studies. Further partners in Europe and the
United States are the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences at Stanford University, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, the Swedish Collegium for
Advanced Study, Uppsala, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Amsterdam, New Europe College, Bucharest, the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia, and the Wissenschaftskolleg
zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study.

The Ukrainian social scientist Viktoriya Sereda will lead and coordinate the project’s academic activities. The
ultimate goal is to establish a real Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study in Kyiv as soon as Russia’s war of
aggression comes to an end.