Ukrainian researchers supported by Aussie counterparts in second round of grants
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The Australian Academy of Science congratulates recipients of the second round of grants from the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund, announced today.
In this funding round, a total of A$405,000 has been awarded to assist Ukrainian researchers impacted by the war with Russia. The fund supports two activities, each offering practical support to enable the continuation of research and technology activities by Ukrainian scientists.
Activity 1 – Short-term visits to Australia
This activity supports Ukrainian researchers to participate in short-term visits to Australia to engage in project research at a host institution, or to participate in a conference and site visit program.
Activity 1 has awarded 12 applicants a total of A$205,000, which will support 15 Ukrainian visitors. The Australian hosts, visiting Ukrainians, and their institutions are:
| Host institute | Australian host | Visiting researcher | Visitor institute |
| Monash University | A/Prof Jeremy Barr | Ms Valeriia Zymovets | Umea University Sweden |
| Dr Marichka Zlatohurska | Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University (Czech Republic) D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | ||
| Dr Yuliia Faidiuk | Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | ||
| Dr Alla Kushkina | Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | ||
| A/Prof Marianne Tare | Dr Olesia Moroz | Educational and Scientific Center “Institute of biology and medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) | |
| University of Queensland | Dr Cheong Xin Chan | Dr Liudmyla Gaponova | Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| University of Sydney | Prof Philip Kuchel | Dr Victor Mikhailenko | R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Prof Mikhail Prokopenko | Prof Nataliia Kuznietsova | National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” | |
| Prof Philip de Chazal | Dr Hanna Porieva | National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” | |
| Prof Gregg Suaning | A/Prof Kateryna Ivanko | National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” | |
| University of Technology Sydney | Dr Marian-Andrei Rizoiu | Prof Iryna Zolotaryova | Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics (Ukraine) |
| Australian National University | Prof Ilya Shadrivov | Dr Andrey Iljin | Institute of Applied Physics, University of Münster (Germany) Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Prof Elena Ostrovskaya | A/Prof Alexander Yakimenko | Universitá di Padova (Italy) | |
| A/Prof Christian Wolf | Dr Alexey Sergeyev | Institute of Astronomy of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv (Ukraine) Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice (France) | |
| University of Melbourne | Prof Kevin Otto | A/Prof Borys Prydalnyi | Lutsk National Technical University (Ukraine) |
Activity 2 – Facility access
Under Activity 2, Ukrainian researchers are supported to access leading infrastructure capabilities in Australia, such as supercomputing facilities, microscopy and microanalysis, and telescopes, by way of funded grants.
Ukrainian researchers will be able to send their samples to Australian facilities for analysis, with the results returned to the Ukrainian research institute.
The grants will cover expenses associated with sending samples between Ukraine and the Australian facility, instrument access, and testing and analysing the samples. Activity 2 supports Ukrainian researchers to remain productive and publishing at their own institutes in Ukraine while also engaging in international collaborations.
Activity 2 has seen nine applications approved to support access to National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) and other Australian research facilities. The total amount awarded was just over A$200,000.
The collaborating Australian facilities, Ukrainian awardees, and their institutes are:
- Astronomy Australia and the Australian National University
- Dr Serhii Borysenko, Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- AGRF
- Dr Iryna Kozeretska, State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine
- Australian National University
- Prof Volodymyr Levenets, National Science Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
- Australian National University RSES SHRIMP
- Dr Irine Shvaika, M.P. Semenenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation
- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility
- Mr Oleh Platonov, Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Bioplatforms Australia
- Dr Eugene Tukalenko, Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Bioplatforms Australia and Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
- Dr Tetiana Dvirna, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Curtin University
- Dr Olena Ganzha, Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- John de Laeter Centre (Curtin University)
- Dr Mariia Reshetnyk, The National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Applications received under the program were evaluated by an assessment committee of Academy Fellows and relevant subject matter experts. The final decision on approvals and allocations was made by the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund Working Group, chaired by Academy President Professor Chennupati Jagadish.
The Academy thanks the not-for-profit Breakthrough Prize Foundation for their funding support of this program, the Australian institutes and researchers hosting Ukrainian visitors, the NCRIS facilities and Directors Group for their ongoing contributions to the program, and the Ukrainian participants.
Read about the first round of grants from the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund.
Above: Ukrainian scientists Svitlana Omelchuk and Maryna Dzuh were grant recipients from the first round of the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund and visited Australia in October 2023.