#  Fellowships 

 



##  Fellowships 

Scholars from around the world come to Harvard for focused research on projects in Ukrainian history, literature, philology, and related areas of study. Fellows also participate in the scholarly life of the University and offer a formal presentation.



 

 

 

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##  Fellowship Types 

 



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 [### Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowship

 ](/mihaychuk-postdoc-fellowships)**EARLY CAREER**  
Duration: 9 months  
Stipend: $54,000  
Eligibility: Recent PhD



 

 

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 [### HURI Research Fellowships

 ](/HURI-research-fellowships)**OPEN-RANK**  
Duration: 4 months  
Stipend: $24,000  
Eligibility: Holds a PhD



 

 

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 [### Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship

 ](/jacyk-distinguished-fellowships)**SENIOR SCHOLARS**  
Duration: 5 months  
Stipend: $35,000  
Eligibility: Holds a PhD+



 

 

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 [### Graduate Fellowships

 ](/graduate-research-fellowships)**HARVARD STUDENTS**  
Priority is given to students who have completed general exams and are developing or writing their dissertations



 

 

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 [### Summer Travel Grants

 ](/summer-travel-grants)**HARVARD STUDENTS**  
Current Harvard undergraduate and graduate students may apply for funding to conduct research projects in Ukraine.



 

 

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 [### HUSI Scholarships

 ](/husi-scholarships)**HARVARD SUMMER STUDENTS**  
Students taking courses offered by the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute may apply for a scholarship from HURI.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##  Current Fellows 

 



  [### Tatsiana Astrouskaya

 ](/people/fellow-tatsiana-astrouskaya) <tatsiana.astrouskaya@herder-institut.de>Research Fellow at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg

 

 

 

   [### Yuliya Bidenko

 ](/people/fellow-yuliya-bidenko-2025) <j.bidenko@karazin.ua>Associate Professor of Political Science, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University 

 

 

 

   [### Laada Bilaniuk

 ](/people/fellow-laada-bilaniuk-2026) <bilaniuk@uw.edu>Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington

 

 

 

   [### Vitalii Borymskyi

 ](/people/vitalii-borymskyi) <vborymskyi@fas.harvard.edu>Research Fellow at the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

 

 

 

   [### Marta Gosovska

 ](/people/2026-visitor-marta-gosovska) <gosovskamar@gmail.com>Editor-in-Chief of the Foreign Department at Laboratoria Publishing House, Ukraine

Translator

 

 

 

   [### Andrea Graziosi

 ](/people/fellow-andrea-graziosi-2026) <angraziosi@gmail.com>Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy

 

 

 

   [### Tamara Hundorova

 ](/people/fellow-tamara-hundorova-2025) <hundorova@gmail.com>Principal Research Fellow, Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

 

 

 

   [### Volodymyr Kravchenko

 ](/people/fellow-volodymyr-kravchenko-2026) <vkravche@ualberta.ca>Professor of History, Classics, and Religion, University of Alberta 

Senior Research Fellow, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies

 

 

 

   [### Natalia Kudriavtseva

 ](/people/fellow-natalia-kudriavtseva-2026) <natkudriavtseva@kdpu.edu.ua>Professor, Department of Translation and Slavic Studies, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine

 

 

 

   [### Emma Mateo

 ](/people/emma-mateo) <emateo@fas.harvard.edu>Independent Scholar

 

 

 

   [### Maria Montague

 ](/people/maria-montague) <mariamontague@fas.harvard.edu>Independent Scholar

 

 

 

   [### Eleonora Narvselius

 ](/people/2026-visitor-eleonora-narvselius) <eleonora.narvselius@kultur.lu.se>Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden

 

 

 

   [### Valentyna Savchyn

 ](/people/2025-visitor-valentyna-savchyn) <valentyna.savchyn@slav.lu.se>Associate Professor of Ukrainian Studies at Lund University, Sweden

 

 

 

  

 

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HURI Fellowships offer a highly stimulating atmosphere for young scholars to develop and present their research. Having the opportunity to discuss ideas with some of the most prominent scholars in Ukrainian Studies on a daily basis or participate in the Institute's inspiring weekly seminars was as close to an ideal scholarly environment as one could wish for

 

Daniela S. Hristova

Shklar Fellow 2005-2006

 

 



 

 

 

##  Highlights 

 



  [### "Why Isn't Ukraine Authoritarian?" Asks Nataliya Kibita

 ](/news/why-isnt-ukraine-authoritarian-asks-nataliya-kibita)Why are Ukrainians prone to revolt?  
Why, unlike Russia and other post-Soviet states, has Ukraine been able to avoid authoritarianism?



 

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  [### HURI Fellow Talia Zajac Wins Prize for Kyivan Rus’ Article

 ](/news/huri-fellow-talia-zajac-wins-prize-kyivan-rus%E2%80%99-article)Congratulations to Dr. Talia Zajac, one of our Shklar Fellows during 2018 spring semester, for winning the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies Article Prize for 2017-2018.



 

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