Projects Funded

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.

Project	Grantee
Food and Nutrition During the War in Ukraine	Olena Braichenko
Using in-depth interviews, this research project will look at issues surrounding food and culinary practices and how they have changed in wartime
Forced Migration of the Population of Kherson Region due to the Russian-Ukrainian War	Roman Molikevych
Research considering the 5.5 million who’ve left Ukraine and the 7.5 million more who have been internally displaced – particularly those from Kherson
Forced to Start All Over Again: Places, Memories and Communities 50 Years after Kanivska HPP Construction and Displacement	Olena Denysenko
Documenting and interpreting stories of displaced families over 50 years in Ukraine, exploring place attachment and identity
Fragile Memory: Photographic Archive of the Ukrainian Cinematographer Leonid Burlaka	Viktoriia Myronenko
Researching the photo archive of cinematographer Leonid Burlaka whose work documents various spheres of life in Ukraine from the ‘60s to the ‘90s
Generation That Was Stolen	Andrii Kotliar
Documentary by Babylon’13 on child abductions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, blending personal and investigational narratives
Grain from Ukraine (working title)	Olha Tuharinova
Short documentary on Ukraine as the “breadbasket of Europe,” tracing the journey of Ukrainian grain from one war zone to another
Graphic Testimonies of Ukrainians In Captivity	Serhii Zakharov
Project about the experiences of Ukrainians in captivity, collecting testimonies and turning them into powerful graphic stories
Hard to Explain	Yevhenii Samborskyi
A series of canvases presenting superimposed everyday scenes that depict the confusion and Kafkaesque narrative complexity of war
Healing During War: Stories of Ukrainian Resolve	Kyrylo Beskorovainyi
Series on Ukrainian medical resilience and innovation during the war, blending human stories with scientific insights for broad outreach
Heroes Among Us: Return and Rehabilitation	Yaroslav Shkabura
Documenting the experiences of Russian-Ukrainian war participants returning to civilian life and supporting Ukrainian veterans
Historico-Cultural Heritage of the Donetsk Region: Documentation of Losses and Perspectives of Recovery	Nadiia Temirova
Identifying lost material objects of Donetsk’s historico-cultural heritage and documenting them in an open electronic archive
Homecoming: Documentary Film	Hanna Tykha
An intimate filmed record of the first weeks of the Russian invasion seen through the lens of family life and armed resistance in Irpin

Civil Society
Daily Life
Destruction & Reconstruction
Displacement
Environment
Health
Heritage
Human Rights
Identity & Culture
Information & Disinformation
Language & Symbols
Memory
Military
Occupation & Atrocity
Public Opinion
Religion
Resilience & Solidarity
Rural
Science & Education
Trauma & Rehabilitation
Urban
Vulnerable Groups
Women