Grantees

The projects listed below have been supported by Documenting Ukraine. This is not a complete list; other grantees have opted not to publish information about their projects, and new projects are being added to the site on an ongoing basis.

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Shuttered Ice	Anna Kapustina
A short fiction film capturing the experience of living through war with severe depression, navigating broken relationships and an overburdened mental healthcare system.
Forecasting Affective Reaction to Existential Threats in Wartime	Oleksii Polunin
Assessing how people predict their affective response to existential threats related to war.
Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among Students in Relation to Local Security Conditions	Anton Gorodokin
Assessing anxiety and depression levels among Ukrainian higher-education students in different security conditions as the war goes on.
Teaching under Fire: Ukrainian University Lectures between the Frontlines and Education	Yuliya Krylova-Grek
A research project documenting the experiences of Ukrainian teachers amid war to show that the educational space is also a battlefield for ideas and future intellectual potential.
Documenting Plant Diversity in Occupied Territories within Ukraine’s Steppe Zone	Mykyta Peregrym
Preserving and publishing crucial, previously unknown, biodiversity data collected from the Ukrainian steppe zone between 2001 and 2021.
War and Time: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Eclipse of Peace	Denys Sultanhaliiev
Developing theoretical frameworks for understanding the Russian invasion through continental philosophy.
The Invisible Battalion – 10 Years of Struggle for Gender Equality in Ukraine’s Armed Forces	Tamara Martsenyuk
Conducting interviews with participants of the so-called “Invisible Battalion,” which integrates women into Ukraine’s security and defense sectors.
Ukrainian Naïve Mosaics	Yevgen Nikiforov
Documenting and preserving so-called “naїve” mosaics created in the 20th century by “non-artists,” self-taught individuals whose works defy the artistic canon.
Beyond the Institute: Scientists, Families, and the War Experience in Piatykhatky	Anastasiia Bozhenko
Research combining oral history, urban anthropology, and the anthropology of science to examine the urban identity and wartime experience of Piatykhatky.
Beyond Fragile Memory: Documenting the Preservation of Leonid Burlaka’s Archive during Wartime	Viktoriia Myronenko
A documentary film focused on the preservation of a unique photo archive created by Ukrainian cinematographer Leonid Burlaka.
Occupation and the Future: Views of University Students from Occupied Ukraine	Maryna Litvinova
Documenting the thoughts, hopes, and aspirations of young people from Ukraine’s occupied territories who are studying online at universities in non-occupied regions.
Ukrainian Heritage Preservationists Amid Russian Military Aggression: Professional Experiences, Personal Stories, and Visions for the Future	Olha Vovk
Documenting the wartime experiences of Ukrainian heritage specialists as they focus on evacuating collections and ensuring the functioning of institutions entrusted to them under dire conditions.