Each of the three projects is set to receive a one-year research grant of PLN 268,800 (EUR 56,200) from the Polish NGO, state news agency PAP reported.
The projects are in the field of social sciences and the humanities. They were chosen from among more than 70 entries by an international panel of experts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States.
The foundation's CEO, Maciej Żylicz, said: “What the war will not succeed in destroying is the power of human dreams and aspirations.”
Polish-Ukrainian research team-ups
Each winning project has been prepared by a pair of scientists from Poland and Ukraine.
Polish sociologist Anna Wylegała and Ukrainian historian Nataliia Otrishchenko plan to carry out a joint research project entitled Feb. 24, 2022, 5 a.m.: Testimonies of War, designed “to collect and archive personal stories of refugees from Ukraine who became victims of Russia’s aggression.”
Meanwhile, Poland's Agata Chudzicka-Czupała and Ukraine's Nadiya Hapon will conduct research aiming to explore the motivations of people who work as volunteers helping refugees from Ukraine.
Finally, Sławomir Łukasiewicz, a professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in eastern Poland, and Mykola Riabchuk, a researcher from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Political and Ethnic Research in Kyiv, will carry out a project focusing on Ukraine's bid to secure membership of the European Union.
The project is designed “to compare the historical experiences of European integration, find answers to questions about how history and politics affect mutual understanding and dialogue, and examine pro-European attitudes in Polish and Ukrainian societies.”
The research also aims to “help prepare Ukrainian students for the country’s EU negotiation and accession process."
The Foundation for Polish Science says it is raising additional funds to enable more Ukrainian researchers to work on the three projects. Money can be donated through a special website: pomocukrainie.fnp.org.pl.
Moreover, the foundation will soon launch another round of funding for Polish-Ukrainian projects, with entries to be submitted by September 30, officials told reporters.
Thursday is day 155 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, fnp.org.pl