Together with other foundations and public funding bodies, and in close alignment with the Charité and other institutions of the life sciences in Berlin, we support people fleeing the war and in particular scientists who cannot pursue their occupation any longer as a direct consequence of the war.
As part of the support for refugees from Ukraine, Stiftung Charité funds the development of a web-based emergency counselling tool for refugees from Ukraine at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at Campus Charité Mitte. Building on previous work and insights from “MEHIRA – Mental Health in Refugees and Asylum Seekers”, the application aims to be low-threshold and culturally sensitive in the identification of levels of psychological stress or indeed emergencies, and will be able to direct users towards counselling and therapy.
The application will be available soon in Ukrainian and Russian. Counselling, transferals and other support will be offered in liaison with the Charité’s TransVer network aiming to make mental health support accessible to everyone, regardless of origin and first language.
With the help of seed funding by Stiftung Charité, TransVer has been offering psychosocial support to migrants and refugees since 2016. This now includes people who are fleeing Ukraine. For more information, see: https://transver-berlin.de/about-transver-english-version/
In a joint effort to get the information out, we have collated support schemes by other funders and institutions below.
SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS FLEEING THE WAR IN UKRAINE (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST):
| What | Who | Where |
| Welcome page with medical and academic job opportunities by Charité | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | https://karriere.charite.de/en/welcome |
| ERA4Ukraine – providing an overview of all existing actions at European and national levels for researchers from Ukraine | European Commission | https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ukraine |
| Community of volunteer students and research scientists from academic institutions in Europe and around the world disseminating helpful information | Science for Ukraine | https://scienceforukraine.eu/ |
| Fellowships and Resources | Scholars at Risk Network | |
| Offering an overview of schemes of support and assistance for Ukrainian students and scientists | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | https://www.daad-ukraine.org/en
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| Listing individuals and institutions wanting to enable researchers threatened by the war in Ukraine to work at their institute | Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation | https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ukraine-war-support-for-researchers-at-risk
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| Labs supporting scientists from Ukraine | Pioneered by Andrew Kern at the University of Oregon, maintained by Björn Grüning (University of Freiburg) and Anton Nekrutenko (Penn State University) | https://tinyurl.com/276p92rx |
GENERAL INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST):
| What | Who | Where |
| General information (particularly relevant to those arriving in Berlin) | Berlin Senate | https://www.berlin.de/ukraine/ (in German, Ukrainian, Russian, and English) |
| Overview of support schemes by foundations | Association of German Foundations | https://www.stiftungen.org/aktuelles/stiftungen-fuer-die-ukraine.html#vernetzung--informationsaustausch (in German only) |
| Crisis and Rapid Response Funding Support for Ukraine | EDGE Funders Alliance, ARIADNE, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN), Gender Funders CoLab | https://tinyurl.com/5e6u6y2s |
| Helping migrants and refugees to enter the German labour market | ArrivalAid gUG | https://arrivalaid.org/arrivalaid-jobs-careers/ (German only)
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| The question & answer community for refugee topics | Wefugees gUG |
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| Free first-steps online language tuition for refugees from Ukraine | karriere tutor GmbH | https://www.karrieretutor.de/lp/deutschkurs-de/ (in German, Ukrainian, and Russian) |