BridgeUSA Ukraine Program for Resilience and Reconstruction (UPRR)
The BridgeUSA Ukraine Program for Resilience and Reconstruction (UPRR) builds links between Ukrainian and U.S. scholars for long-term collaboration on joint research, shared pedagogy, course development, and publications.
By fostering lasting and productive partnerships between Ukrainian universities and U.S. higher education institutions (HEIs), this program educates and trains professionals critical to Ukraine’s capacity to recover and rebuild. Program fellows are matched with faculty mentors at a U.S. institution with whom they develop collaborative programs that address their research and educational specialties.
The program includes a month-long visit to a U.S. HEI where scholars may engage in research, observe classes develop new courses, deliver presentations and lectures, attend conferences, and explore U.S. higher education administrative policies and culture.
The program is intended for citizens and current residents of Ukraine who are:
- employed as full-time instructors and/or researchers at an HEI in Ukraine and who possess at least two years of university-level experience
- proficient in spoken and written English at the time of application
- committed to returning to Ukraine after their month-long visit to the U.S.
- eligible to receive a U.S. J-1 Exchange Visitor nonimmigrant category visa.
Preferred candidates will demonstrate the following:
- Outstanding leadership or potential leadership within their university community.
- A strong commitment to teaching and/or research, and the development of new materials, courses, and programs to benefit Ukraine’s capacity to educate specialists in critically important fields.
- Strong potential to develop lasting collaborative relationships with U.S. academics.
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The BridgeUSA Ukraine Program for Resilience and Reconstruction is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv with additional funding provided by U.S. host institutions and administered by American Councils for International Education.
