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
"Is Pushkin to Blame for Birth of Putin?": Problem of Decolonization/Derussification of Public Spaces in Kharkiv	Yevhen Zakharchenko
Analysis of Kharkiv's cultural decolonization and derussification, focusing on toponymy and monument changes from 2014-2022
"Lost Home": Social Discourse on the Impact of War on the Sense of Home	Alla Petrenko-Lysak
Exploring the profound meanings of 'home' and its transformation due to war, focusing on identity, culture, and the refugee experience
A Million Stories	Artem Chapeye
Working toward a novel that will attempt to grapple with the magnitude of the war and the devastation that has followed in its wake
A Series of Video Podcasts “Artist Talk”	Yevhen Honcharov
A series of video podcasts interviewing independent cultural figures from Dnipro about their work, the current situation and how they practice resistance in the cultural field
Art Front: A Gallery of Antiwar Paintings by Artists of Southern Ukraine	Tetyana Shevchuk
Curating paintings by Southern Ukrainian artists, creating a permanent collection exploring lives and identities disrupted by the invasion
Battle for Life: The Diary of 2023	Anatoliy Dnistrovyi
"Battle for Life: The Diary of 2023" is an essayistic diary chronicling the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its global repercussions
Beyond the News Images / Interviews of Documentary Photographers	Max Gorbatskyi
A series of publications featuring interviews with Ukrainian photographers, offering personal insights documenting war
Bykivnia as a Place of Memory	Svitlana Osipchuk
A book exploring the history of Bykivnia as a place of memory, including familial accounts, journalistic revelations, and its physical transformation
Diaries of War: Documenting Life Experiences in Spring 2022	Bohdan Shumylovych
Using methodologies of lived experience and embodiment, this project documents experiences of war through creative collaboration and social analysis.
Documentary Feature about the Russo-Ukrainian War	Maksym Nakonechnyi
A documentary exploring destructive and constructive transformations – of spaces, bodies, animals and identities – as a consequence of war
Documentation and Research of Provincial Monumental Art	Yevgen Nikiforov
A project documenting Soviet-era Ukrainian mosaics, highlighting their cultural value and bridging generational gaps
Documenting Ukraine’s Public Opinion in Time of War and Commenting on Its Trends in Ukraine and Abroad	Olexiy Haran
Conducting polls on war, geopolitics, national integrity and freedom in Ukraine to serve as a foundation for research, policy development and advocacy

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