GRANFUNDINGOPPORTUNITIESWITHINTHE2021-2027 EUPROGRAMMEFOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINIAN CITIZENS

Abstract

In times of war, it is important to identify the full range of available grant funding that can help in professional and personal growth ofstudents and academics. Such an understanding is important for a strategic approach to planning of training and developing the necessary skills.The article is devoted to the range of grant funding tools that the European Union offers to young people and adults to support their personal and professional development, as well as to promote ac-tive citizenship and social integration. The peculiarities of each program, their main tasks and the budget of EU grant programs available for the period 2021-2027 have been studied and characterized in detail, in particular: Erasmus+, Creative Europe, European Solidarity Corps, aimed at the support and development of interdisciplinary and other modern skills by citizens of Ukraine, in particular young people.The article examines a wide range of EU grant instruments available to Ukrainian citizens during wartime, including opportunities for training, research, business development, and the film industry. Among them: Home of Europe -created tosupport professional and creative exchange between Ukrainians and their colleagues in EU countries and Great Britain, focusing on culture and creative sector, education, medicine, social entrepreneurship, media and youth work; ALLEA centralizes infor-mation on the support of Ukrainian scientists and students of the world scientific community; The liai-son office of Ukrainian think tanks in Brussels also has links to grant programs for think tanks, re-search institutions, researchers, students and experts in Ukraine and the EU. Various academies of sciences offer support in the form of grants, scholarships, employment and other types of assistance to Ukrainian scientists working in Ukraine or abroad.