Solidarity with Ukraine – Information on support and offers of assistance

How to get to Germany
How to settle in Heidelberg
Financial support
Academic support
Phone/internet for free
How to donate
Useful Resources

How to get to Germany

• Ukrainian citizens with biometric passports do not need a visa for short stays up to 90 days when traveling to the Schengen area  
• Federal Ministry of the Interior – multilingual information on entry from Ukraine: https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/ministerium/ukraine-krieg/faq-ukraine-artikel.html
• Information from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF): https://www.bamf.de/DE/Themen/AsylFluechtlingsschutz/ResettlementRelocation/InformationenEinreiseUkraine/informationen-einreise-ukraine-node.html#doc1110318bodyText1
• Informationen der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration: https://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/ib-de/staatsministerin/krieg-in-der-ukraine

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How to settle in Heidelberg and the surrounding area

• Website of the city of Heidelberg with information on support services: https://www.heidelberg-fluechtlinge.de/Fluechtlingshilfe/Startseite/gefluechtete+aus+der+ukraine.html 
• Housing offers: https://www.rhein-neckar-kreis.de/start/landratsamt/hilfe+fuer+gefluechtete+aus+der+ukraine.html 
• Information from the city of Mannheim: https://www.mannheim.de/de/service-bieten/soziales/ukraine-hilfe-mannheim
• Social project "Raum fürs Ankommen": The initiative is aimed at children and young people who have had to flee Ukraine. In Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim, the project participants offer free recreational activities. More information for interested parties (volunteers, young people who have fled): https://raum-fuers-ankommen.de/en/; https://raum-fuers-ankommen.de/uk/

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Financial support

• NEW: MSCA4Ukraine Fellowship Scheme: The MSCA4Ukraine Programme of the European Commission provides support to displaced researchers from Ukraine. An official launch event will be held online on October 6, 2022, from 11:00 to 12:30 CEST, a link to the registration form is available at https://sareurope.eu/events/launch-of-msca4ukraine/.  On October 24, the call opens for submission of applications via an online portal. From January 2023 onwards, fellowship offers will be send out on a rolling basis. The portal will remain open while funds remain. For further information, please visit https://sareurope.eu/msca4ukraine/
• DAAD:
  • Important information on the impact of Russia's attack on Ukraine: www.daad.de/en/the-daad/ukraine/
  • Support and assistance for Ukrainian students and scientists: www.daad.de/en/the-daad/hilfsangebote/
• DAAD Hilde Domin Program for students at risk (students and doctoral candidates) https://www.daad.de/de/studieren-und-forschen-in-deutschland/stipendien-finden/hilde-domin-programm/ 
• Philipp Schwartz-Initiative für gefährdete Wissenschaftler/innen (PostDoc) https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/bewerben/foerderprogramme/philipp-schwartz-initiative
• EMBO: Solidarity with Ukraine and its life scientists: A list of life scientists across Europe and beyond offering to host Ukrainian researchers in their labs: https://www.embo.org/solidarity-with-ukraine/
• Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists: See the list 
• Refugee Researchers DFG: Contribution to integration in academia and society / Universities and project leaders submit proposals for additional staff / Refugee researchers can apply for Walter Benjamin: https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/proposal_review_decision/refugee_researchers/index.html
• Volkswagenstiftung: Funding for research stays of 6-12 months for Refugee Scholars and Scientists from Ukraine in Germany:https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/funding-for-refugee-scholars-and-scientists-from-ukraine
• Humboldt Foundation: Ukraine War: support for researchers at risk: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ukraine-war-support-for-researchers-at-risk
• Scholars Rescue Fund: https://www.scholarrescuefund.org/
• Threatened Scholars Initiative: Fellowships in OSUN institutions for scholars who have lost their academic positions or cannot remain in their home countries due to threats etc. Heidelberg is not an OSUN member (Initiative of Bard College and Central European University, Vienna): https://opensocietyuniversitynetwork.org/education/threatened-scholars-initiative/
• How to receive a Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications - Information in Ukrainian: https://www.kmk.org/zab/zeugnisbewertung/ua.html

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Academic support

• DAAD – National Academic Contact Point Ukraine: https://www.daad-ukraine.org/en/
  DAAD – Національний академічний контактний центр для України: https://www.daad-ukraine.org/uk/

• Information from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg on the impact of the war against Ukraine in the field of science and the arts:https://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/aktuelle-informationen-zur-ukraine-krise/faq-ukraine-krise/

• Coordinated by ReMO COST Action – as part of the COST Association’s call for international efforts to help ensure the safety of Ukrainian researchers and innovators (in conjunction with  Eurodoc and the Marie Curie Alumni Association).
• Practical ways to support displaced Ukrainian scientists: 
  • If your lab/university/research institution is willing to support displaced Ukrainian scientists, please enter information on this form
  • Support the call of the Inspireurope partners on European Governments and EU institutions to act quickly to support researchers at risk and to actively protect academic freedom against authoritarianism: https://maynoothuniversity.ie/sar-europe/news/ukraine-call-inspireurope-european-governments-eu-institutions 
• ReMO COST statement: We keep in mind that the actions of the Russian regime are not representative of the Russian people and we welcome and support the open letter from Russian academics and science journalists calling for peace: https://access2perspectives.org/2022/02/an-open-letter-from-russian-scientists-and-science-journalists-against-the-war-with-ukraine/
• Scholars at Risk Network: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/

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Phone/internet for free

• Almost all German phone providers offer free phone calls and SMS to Ukraine as a result of the war.
• More and more German telephone providers have agreed to make roaming free of charge.
  
  • Deutsche Telekom 
  • Vodafone 
  • o2/Telefonica 
  • Pyur 
  • NetCologne 
  • M-net 
  • EWE 
  • 1&1 (with Drillisch-Discountern) 
  • Freenet-Gruppe (with Klarmobil and Mobilcom-Debitel)

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How to donate

• DZI (Deutsches Zentralinstitut für Soziale Fragen Spendeninfor Nothilfe Ukraine) – DZI provides information about the accreditation and reliability of charities: https://www.dzi.de/pressemitteilungen/spenden-fuer-beduerftige-in-der-ukraine-und-auf-der-flucht/
• Ärzte ohne Grenzen: https://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de/unsere-arbeit/einsatzlaender/ukraine 
• Aktion Deutschland Hilft: https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/ 
• Unicef  
• Caritas   
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V, www.drk.de
  Bank für Sozialwirtschaft IBAN DE63 3702 0500 0005 0233 07, Stichwort: Nothilfe Ukraine 
• UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe e.V., www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de
  Sparkasse KölnBonn, IBAN DE78 3705 0198 0020 0088 50 Stichwort: Ukraine-Nothilfe 
• World Central Kitchen (providing food to refugees): https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine  
• Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft Rhein-Neckar e.V.: https://www.dug-rhein-neckar.de/de ; https://www.dug-rhein-neckar.de/de/aktuell/74-aufruf-zur-humanitaeren-hilfe-in-der-ukraine 
• Studierendenwerk – €1,38 in each "Mensa"/Cafeteria  

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Useful Resources

• Homepage Heidelberg University: https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/heidelberg-university-at-the-side-of-people-in-ukraine 
• EURAXESS - ERA4Ukraine: This initiative provides an overview of all existing actions to support researchers of Ukraine at European and national levels: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ukraine?wt_zmc=nl.int.zonaudev.112331552451_381633894265.nl_ref
• Ukraine emergency response by COIMBRA: https://www.coimbra-group.eu/ukraine-emergency-response/ 
• ESN (Erasmus Student Network Ukraine) for volunteers who want to accept Ukrainian youth refugees: See the list 
• Science for Ukraine: https://scienceforukraine.eu/ 
• Stay informed in Baden-Württemberg: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/infos-zur-ukraine-krise/ 
• Chance for Science: Social Network for refugee students and scientists, exchange of information, support services etc.:
  https://home.uni-leipzig.de/~chanceforscience/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32:startseite-en&catid=12&lang=en&Itemid=181
• Job market for refugees from Ukraine: https://www.jobaidukraine.com/
• How to receive a Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications - Information in Ukrainian: https://www.kmk.org/zab/zeugnisbewertung/ua.html

Job markets

• JobAidUkraine: job market for people who have fled from Ukraine. Job seekers and employers are to be brought together to support integration into the European labor market and bring back financial security: https://www.jobaidukraine.com/
• UATalents: job platform for displaced persons from and within Ukraine. On UATalents, companies from all over Europe can advertise their job openings to people from Ukraine who have lost their employment due to the war: https://www.uatalents.com/