Eötvös Loránd Research Network to Help Ukrainian Researchers

The Eötvös Loránd Research Network Secretariat (ELKH) is helping Ukrainian refugees: the ELKH has made an appeal to the members of the network to support researchers in difficulty. Offers are continuously arriving to the email address created especially for institutions offering jobs, accommodation, and monetary donations.

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has forced millions to flee their homes. Some of them are scientists, who, like all other refugees, are desperate to resume their lives in conditions similar to those before the war. In their case, this requires the ability to continue to conduct research, which in turn requires a suitable environment. This is where the ELKH is helping them.

Here is what the institution offers, according to its website:

• The Center for Agricultural Research has offered one three-room and two two-room apartments, as well as a three-bedroom and a two-bedroom.
• The Institute for Nuclear Research has offered both accommodation and employment to colleagues arriving from Ukraine.
• The Balaton Limnological Research Institute has offered a guest researcher position to Ukrainian researchers by joining the “Global Research Groups Supporting Ukrainian Scientists” civil initiative. They are offering two apartments, as well as help to family members in finding work, schooling, and interpreter services.
• The Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences has offered six-month guest researcher scholarships – for one astrophysicist and three geographers – and is providing them with accommodation in the MTA Domus guesthouse.
• The Institute of Experimental Medicine offers a six-month, fixed-term guest research position to three researchers interested in neurobiology, with an option to be extended if necessary.
• The Research Center for Economic and Regional Studies has offered two full-time guest research positions by joining the “Global Research Groups Supporting Ukrainian Scientists” civil initiative.
• The Center for Ecological Research can accommodate two families in its guest apartments, for whom it will also provide food, sanitary supplies, and clothing as required. If necessary, it can also offer up its auditoriums for accommodation, as well as provide office and laboratory space and equipment.
• The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics will provide six-month guest research positions to two mathematicians.
• The Institute for Computer Science and Control has pledged to provide work, and if necessary, accommodation for colleagues arriving from Ukrainian partner institutions.
• The Biological Research Center has made two guest researcher placements available for one year each, while Biocenter Kft., a company owned by the research center, has donated HUF 5 million (more than 13,300 euros) to Ukrainians in need.
• As part of its guest researcher program, the Center for Social Sciences has offered two scholarships of six months each to Ukrainian researchers.