{"id":103791,"date":"2025-07-03T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etag2025.etag.ee\/funding\/partnership-and-cooperation-funding\/ukraina-toetusmeede\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:29:06","slug":"ukraine-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/funding\/partnership-and-cooperation-funding\/ukraine-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-editor\"><div class=\"ama-block block-accordions\"><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-2\"><span class=\"accordion-toggle\"><\/span><span class=\"accordion-name\"> ESTDEV \u2013 Estonia\u2019s Support for Integrating Ukraine into the European Research Area<\/span><\/button><div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-2\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125208 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kuvatommis-2026-04-27-111420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"104\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-127027\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ESTERA_UA_Logo_2-960x292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ESTERA_UA_Logo_2-960x292.png 960w, https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ESTERA_UA_Logo_2-1400x426.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project period:\u00a0<\/strong>15 February 2026 \u2013\u00a014 December 2027<strong><br \/>\nImplementing organisation:\u00a0<\/strong>Estonian Research Council (ETAG)<strong><br \/>\nPartner:\u00a0<\/strong>National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU; Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine)<strong><br \/>\nFunding:\u00a0<\/strong>Estonian Centre for International Development (<a href=\"https:\/\/estdev.ee\/en\/projects\/estonias-support-integrating-ukraine-european-research-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESTDEV<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project aims to support the integration of Ukrainian researchers and research institutions into the European Research Area and to strengthen scientific cooperation between Estonia and Ukraine. It enhances networking, partner search, and participation in joint projects, while increasing the capacity of Ukrainian universities to engage in the EU Framework Programme\u00a0<em>Horizon Europe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Organising international Estonia\u2013Ukraine scientific cooperation conference<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>18 March 2026<\/strong> in Tartu (Hotel Lydia) <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/event\/conference-international-research-cooperation-with-ukraine-and-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Conference <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cInternational Research Cooperation \u2013 with Ukraine and for Ukraine\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0&#8212; Watch the recording <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A6ESFmTcxMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the ETAG YouTube channel<br \/>\n<\/a><\/u>\u00a0&#8212; See the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/eMyQ1YYkumR9BoEk6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo gallery here<\/a><br \/>\n<\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Preparing and hosting virtual matchmaking events linked to specific Horizon Europe\u00a0calls<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <strong>30 July 2026<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b2match.com\/e\/ua-baltics-pl-ca-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Research without Borders: Horizon Europe Partnering Event<\/a> for Ukraine, Baltics, Poland, Canada and United Kingdom. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.b2match.com\/e\/ua-baltics-pl-ca-uk\/components\/70239\/NnZjl89brbC0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presentations<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/news\/horizon-europe-health-partnering-event-supports-the-integration-of-ukrainian-research-into-the-european-research-area\/?preview_id=127744&#038;preview_nonce=f4bfe5fa6a&#038;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summary of the event on the ETAG website<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">elivering training programmes and mentoring for Ukrainian researchers and research support staff<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mentorlusprogrammis-osalemise-tingimused-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call for Applications: Online Mentoring Programme Supporting Horizon Europe Project Implementation and Management<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>06 August &#8211; 06 September 2026<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/event\/online-mentoring-programme-supporting-horizon-europe-project-implementation-and-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply to the Online Mentoring Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Travel and Collaboration Grants Supporting Ukraine\u2019s Integration into the European Research Area<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/news\/etag-launches-a-travel-and-collaboration-grant-scheme-to-support-ukraines-integration-into-the-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement of the Travel and Collaboration Grant Scheme published on the ETAG website<\/a> (10 August 2026)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01_ESTDEV-Terms-and-Conditions-of-the-Grant-Scheme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms and Conditions of the Grant Scheme<\/a><span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02_Application_Form-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application Form<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03_Travel_Claim_Form.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel Claim Form<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/04_Feedback_Form-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feedback Form<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ukraine Bonus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the ESTDEV project, the Estonian Research Council has established a separate measure to support the involvement of Ukrainian researchers in Framework Programme (\u201cHorizon Europe\u201d and COST) project consortia. Based on evaluation decisions issued from 01.01.2026 onwards, it is possible to apply for a\u00a0<strong>preparation grant\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the so\u2011called Ukraine Bonus \u2013 in the amount of\u00a0<strong>7,000 euros<\/strong>\u00a0for each proposal that exceeds the evaluation threshold, provided that the project includes at least one partner from Ukraine in addition to the Estonian coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>As an exception, an Estonian partner may apply for the preparation grant even when the\u00a0<strong>coordinator of the proposal is a Ukrainian institution<\/strong>. In this case as well, the preparation grant for the Estonian partner is\u00a0<strong>7,000 euros<\/strong>\u00a0per proposal that exceeds the evaluation threshold. Only one Estonian partner may apply for the preparation grant. If there are several Estonian partners, they must agree among themselves who will submit the application.<\/p>\n<p>Contact<br \/>\nKatrin Piller<br \/>\nkatrin.piller@etag.ee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-item\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-3\"><span class=\"accordion-toggle\"><\/span><span class=\"accordion-name\">LUKE<\/span><\/button><div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-3\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-125608\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111145-960x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111145-960x171.jpg 960w, https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111145.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Following an updated timeline, the LUKE Joint Call will be launched on 27 February 2026, bringing together funding parties across Europe to support research and innovation collaboration with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Applications can be submitted\u00a0<strong>until15 May.<\/strong>\u00a0The planned project start date is January 2027, with projects ending between December 2028 and February 2029. The call is funded by 13 research funding organisations from 11 countries. Each country funds its own researchers, and the consortium budget is composed of the individual budgets of the participating partners. Applications are submitted via the PT-Outline portal, which will open on 27 February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Each LUKE consortium\u00a0must include participants from\u00a0<strong>at least three countries\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine is mandatory, plus two additional countries\u00a0from among the participating countries\u00a0<\/strong>(Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Germany, Finland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine).<\/p>\n<p>Estonian participants are funded by ETAG, and the funding amount depends on the role of the Estonian partner in the project: as a regular partner, the requested budget may be up to EUR 150,000, and as a lead partner (coordinator)\u00a0up to EUR 300,000. If more than one Estonian partner participates in a single project, the respective budget (EUR 150,000 \/ EUR 300,000) is shared between them.\u00a0<strong>Eligibility requirements for Estonian participants can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Vastavusnouded-RV-uhiskonkurssidel_aprill-2025.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Estonian Principal Investigator (PI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>must have an up-to-date public profile in ETIS<\/li>\n<li>must hold a doctoral degree or equivalent (foreign degrees must be recognised by ENIC-NARIC or the host institution)<\/li>\n<li>must have, within the last 5 years, published:<br \/>\n&#8211; at least 3 articles (ETIS 1.1) <strong>or<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; at least 5 articles (ETIS 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 or 3.1)<\/li>\n<li>publication equivalents:<br \/>\n&#8211; a patent = <strong>1<\/strong>\u00a0ETIS 1.1 publication<br \/>\n&#8211; a monograph (up to 3 authors) = <strong>3<\/strong>\u00a0ETIS 1.1 publications<\/li>\n<li>may request an extension of the publication period in exceptional cases (e.g. parental leave, military service, illness)<\/li>\n<li>if several Estonian institutions participate, each must have a PI who meets these requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Budget<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eligible direct costs<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; personnel costs<br \/>\n&#8211; travel costs (both domestic and international)<br \/>\n&#8211; subcontracting (up to 15% of total budget)<br \/>\n&#8211; other direct costs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligible indirect costs<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; up to 15% of personnel costs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum budget<\/strong>:<br \/>\n&#8211; \u20ac150,000 (as a regular partner)<br \/>\n&#8211; \u20ac300,000 (as coordinator\/project owner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project duration:<\/strong>\u00a0is up to 24 months<\/p>\n<p>Applications may be submitted in four thematic areas:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<strong>Energy<\/strong>:\u00a0sustainable and renewable energy and energy security<br \/>\n2.\u00a0<strong>Cybersecurity<\/strong>:\u00a0cyber resilience of critical infrastructure and adaptive cybersecurity systems<br \/>\n3.\u00a0<strong>Medical and health research<\/strong>:\u00a0telemedicine, biomedical research<br \/>\n3.1. Implementation of telemedicine as remote healthcare solutions<br \/>\n3.2. Innovative research on intracellular signalling pathways for biomedical applications<br \/>\n4.\u00a0<strong>Social sciences and humanities<\/strong>:\u00a0social reconciliation, sustainable societal development, and human capital recovery<\/p>\n<p>More detailed information and descriptions of the call topics are available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/horizon-europe.org.ua\/en\/luke\/joint-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LUKE website<\/a>.<br \/>\nSee also the pre-announcement of the call opening (23 December 2025)\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/uudised\/eelteade-taotlusvooru-avanemisest-ukrainale-suunatud-luke-partnerluses\/\">ETAG website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-item\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-4\"><span class=\"accordion-toggle\"><\/span><span class=\"accordion-name\">IMPRESS-U<\/span><\/button><div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a-4\"\n            class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n            data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_d6935b168f099aa499aeb48f2c75237a\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\"><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-125611\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111407-960x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111407-960x179.jpg 960w, https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kuvatommis-2026-05-11-111407.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" title=\"\"><br \/>\nThe Estonian Research Council, in cooperation with the U.S. National Science Foundation, announces a new support measure \u2013 International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The goal of this jointly funded initiative is to support excellence in science and engineering research, education and innovation through international collaboration and promote the integration of Ukrainian scientists into the international research community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funders are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Estonia: <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estonian Research Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Latvia:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lzp.gov.lv\/en\/about-us?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Latvian Council of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lithuania:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmt.lt\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Council of Lithuania<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Poland:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncn.gov.pl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Science Centre<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nawa.gov.pl\/en\/nawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ukraine:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nrfu.org.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Research Foundation of Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li>U.S.:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Science Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Academy of Sciences<\/a>\u00a0and Office of Naval Research, private donors and foundations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each proposal must engage<strong>\u00a0researchers from 3 countries<\/strong>: the U.S., Ukraine and at least one other country involved in this initiative.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-1\"><span class=\"accordion-name\">Participation in IMPRESS-U<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\">\n<p><strong>Applications<\/strong>\u00a0can be submitted from all scientific fields, but priority will be given to projects that propose:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>creative ways for enhancing efficiency and resiliency of international partnerships;<\/li>\n<li>efficient concepts to prepare research workforce;<\/li>\n<li>efficient and significant contributions to build a modern, state-of-the-art research\/education\/innovation ecosystem in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Types of projects<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><em>Supplements<\/em><\/strong>: international supplements to existing awards<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>EAGERs<\/em><\/strong>: EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The duration of the projects is\u00a0<strong>24 months<\/strong>, at the end of the project it is possible to request an extension of the project by one year (without additional funding). The application is continuous and will continue until the necessary parties have enough funding.<\/p>\n<p>NSF is responsible for the application environment, evaluation organisation and reporting. All documents submitted to NSF are shared with other funders, and funding decisions are made jointly by all funders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. researchers submit international collaborative (full) proposals to NSF first<\/strong>. The rules of both NSF and other funders (related to the given project) must be followed when preparing the application.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-2\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-2\"><span class=\"accordion-name\">ETAG requirements and national eligibility criteria<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-2\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\">\n<p><strong>ETAG requirements for Estonian participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ETAG support in this initiative is a total of 400,000 euros, from which up to 4 grants can be allocated (maximum 100,000 EUR each).<\/li>\n<li>The beneficiary (host institution) must be a positively evaluated research and development institution that is a legal entity registered in Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>The ETAG grant covers research costs (personnel, travel and other project-related costs), subcontracting (up to 15% of the requested total budget) and indirect costs (up to 15% of the requested personnel costs). NB! Scholarships and infrastructure costs are not eligible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Within 1 week after submitting a full proposal to NSF, Estonian applicants (Principal Investigators of the Estonian sub-project) must submit an overview of their proposed budget to ETAG (<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:vtk@etag.ee\" data-rocket-lazy-bg-0ff3b6fb-a06e-4266-8e64-56c8ec511fc4=\"loaded\"><strong>vtk@etag.ee<\/strong><\/a><strong>) on the corresponding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DCL-Budget-Form-for-Estonian-participants.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rocket-lazy-bg-67c40fdf-4c5c-4eb1-b3b9-6b8f488b4fd4=\"loaded\">budget form<\/a>, attaching a copy of the full application.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In case of a positive funding decision, ETAG concludes a trilateral grant agreement with the Estonian host institution and the Principal Investigator of the Estonian sub-project.<\/li>\n<li>ETAG finances the Estonian sub-project in the form of 2 advance payments, to be made to the host institution (after signing the grant agreement and after approving the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0year activity and financial report).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DCL-Budget-Form-for-Estonian-participants.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rocket-lazy-bg-67c40fdf-4c5c-4eb1-b3b9-6b8f488b4fd4=\"loaded\"><strong>ETAG Budget Form for Estonian participants<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/National-Eligibility-Criteria-for-Grant-Applications-in-Dear-Letter-Calls-IMPRESS-U_ETAG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rocket-lazy-bg-352eec7e-8c4b-40cd-8593-582f1884e2ac=\"loaded\"><strong>National Eligibility Criteria for Estonian participants<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is expected that joint funding will be provided in such a way that each country funds their own researchers. Researchers affiliated exclusively with Ukrainian institutions may be supported by private donors and foundations through the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (in accordance with National Research Foundation of Ukraine eligibility rules). (It is mandatory that a researcher working in a Ukrainian research institution and residing in Ukraine must also participate in each project.)<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-3\"><span class=\"accordion-name\">Projects with Estonian partners funded by ETAG<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"collapse-accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8-3\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion-block_3c127953ab68945dca6e26fbeb2738a8\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"accordion-el classic-editor\">\n<p><strong>EAGER: Hardware-Efficient Realization of UA Cryptographic Standards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. coordinator:<\/strong>\u00a0Carnegie Mellon University<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0Samuel Pagliarini<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian partner:<\/strong>\u00a0Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Computer Systems<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0Levent Aksoy<br \/>\n<strong>Ukrainian partner:<\/strong>\u00a0V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has its standardized cryptographic algorithms, namely Kalyna and Kupyna, which are significantly dissimilar to other standardized solutions adopted by NIST in the US. For several reasons, including performance and security, hardware implementations of cryptographic algorithms are sought. In this project, the partners based in US, Estonia, and Ukraine will jointly investigate how to implement these algorithms in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) while disseminating knowledge in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>The Estonian partner is responsible for accomplishing three tasks: (i) security-aware design exploration of cryptographic primitives in Kalyna and Kupyna, such as substitution and linear transformation operations; (ii) realization of design architectures targeting high performance and low power dissipation; (iii) secure design of Kalyna and Kupyna against well-known attacks, such as side-channel analysis and fault injection.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine does not enjoy access to trusted chip fabrication technology. It is imperative that any hardware implementation of the national cryptographic standards should withstand tampering at fabrication and deployment time. This project addresses this gap by sharing ASIC design skills with Ukrainian researchers while sharing best practices related to security closure.<\/p>\n<p>We strive to have Ukrainian universities teaching, in the near future, both software and hardware cryptographic engineering. The latter is not adequately covered by any university in the country as today. To achieve this goal, the chip design tasks executed in this project will be highly reproducible. Design resources will be openly shared on public repositories, including Verilog source files. Synthesis scripts for state-of-the-art commercial chip design tools will also be shared. Finally, the entire design process will be documented through a series of tutorial-style videos that will showcase the entire chip design step by step, from RTL to layout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EAGER: Exploratory Research in Robust Machine Learning for Object Detection and Classification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. coordinator:\u00a0<\/strong>Rochester Institute of Technology<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Sergey E Lyshevski<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian partner:<\/strong>\u00a0Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Computer Systems<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Gert Jervan<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Co-Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0Mairo Leier<br \/>\n<strong>Ukrainian partner:\u00a0<\/strong>The National Technical University of Ukraine \u201cIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overall objective of the project is to design and implement a content-aware concept of object recognition for nefarious conditions, low data quality and uncertain conditions. Different mathematical, signal processing and image processing methods with integrated Machine Learning are combined to increase an object detection and classification accuracy, as well as to improve the robustness and speed.<\/p>\n<p>The role of Tallinn University of Technology is to reduce the complexity of the existing Machine Learning, implement these models on a special accelerator hardware to ensure high accuracy data acquisition with near real-time capabilities on edge computing devices.<\/p>\n<p>Developed methods can be validated in Ukraine on the real devices that usually operate in harsh environments, under physical impacts, line-of-sight scene obstructions, as well as electromagnetic spectrum and interference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EAGER: Adaptive Infrastructure Recovery from Repeated Shocks through Resilience Stress Testing in Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. coordinator:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Florida<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Rafael Munoz-Carpena<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian partner:\u00a0<\/strong>Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Andrii Chub<br \/>\n<strong>Ukrainian partners:\u00a0<\/strong>G.E. Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy Engineering (PIMEE), Cyber Diia Platform, National University of Life and Environmental Science of Ukraine jt<br \/>\n<strong>Polish partner<\/strong>: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of Polish Academy of Science<br \/>\n<strong>Lithuanian partner<\/strong>: Mykolas Romeris University<\/p>\n<p>Assessing resilience of critical systems is becoming a standard practice to better understand how they perform in critical situations, like pandemics, abnormal climate conditions, or war. This project will develop a new framework of stress-testing based on quantitative analysis of how systems recover under shocks. This project unites researchers from USA, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia to apply novel analysis methods to critical digital and power infrastructure systems of Ukraine. This project will provide Ukraine with tools for enhancing resiliency of its critical infrastructure systems and catalyze the integration of Ukrainian researchers into the global research community. The Estonian partner will develop highly-resilient last-mile electrification tools allowing uninterrupted electricity supply to critical, sometimes life-sustaining, consumers, like hospitals, command centers, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EAGER: Groundwater Resilience Assessment through iNtegrated Data Exploration for Ukraine (GRANDE-U)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. coordinator:\u00a0<\/strong>University of California<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Ilya Zaslavsky<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. partner:<\/strong>\u00a0New Mexico State University<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian partner: University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences\u00a0<\/strong>(involving Geological Survey of Estonia)<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Argo J\u00f5eleht<br \/>\n<strong>Ukrainian partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv<br \/>\n<strong>Polish partners<\/strong>: Polish Geological Institute, Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences<br \/>\n<strong>Lithuanian partner<\/strong>: Vilnius University<br \/>\n<strong>Latvian partner:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Latvia<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to develop solutions to the persistent problem of accurately assessing groundwater, which is the main source of drinking water in many regions, including transboundary areas. Our hypothesis is that integrating hydrogeologic models with satellite and ground-based data to increase the resolution of remote sensing information will allow us to create highly detailed predictions of changes in GW storage and flows across borders. The challenge is that satellite gravity data from GRACE-FO have coarse spatial and temporal resolution and often inaccurate to separate the groundwater signal from other water balance components such as precipitation, runoff, evapotranspiration, snow storage etc. and may limit its utility for analysis of aquifer depletion and resilience at finer scales. The highest quality data typically comes from expensive, sparsely distributed in-situ monitoring. The project combines comprehensive AI-assisted modeling of surface water and groundwater interactions to assess groundwater storage, flows, and aquifer resilience under different scenarios, to support decision-making given incomplete, imprecise, and differently structured in-situ data. There are partners from six countries: the United States, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Estonian partners (University of Tartu and Geological Survey of Estonia) are mainly involved with collection of observational data and provide hydrogeological modelling expertise that are needed for ground truthing of developed models, but contribute also to other tasks. The project results will be especially useful to Ukraine, where limitations of the ground observation network require more efficient assessment techniques based on remote sensing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EAGER: Companion Catalyst for Catalyst Regeneration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. coordinator:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Massachusetts<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Friederike C. Jentoft<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Estonian partner:\u00a0<\/strong>National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics<br \/>\n<strong>Estonian Principal Investigator:\u00a0<\/strong>Ivo Heinmaa<br \/>\n<strong>Ukrainian partner:\u00a0<\/strong>National Academy of the Sciences of Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the notion that a catalyst emerges unchanged from a catalytic reaction, most catalyst deactivate over time and require replacement or regeneration. Among the many known causes for deactivation of solid catalysts, the deposition of coke, i.e. the carbon-containing compounds from organic molecules in the feed and active surfaces of the catalyst is a common and often severe problem in industrial operations.<\/p>\n<p>The main method to reactivate the catalyst is to remove coke by heating the catalyst to the temperature T &gt; 600 \u2013 700 \u00baC in the environment of oxygen or hydrogen. Unfortunately, this regeneration procedure causes partial degradation of the catalyst activity.<\/p>\n<p>In the current project we investigate the possibilities to use a companion catalyst for mild regeneration of the main catalyst, where the coke deposition takes place preferentially in the companion catalyst, which would extend the life of the amin catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>The project requires synthesis of catalyst materials, adequate characterization of the materials, and investigation of both the target catalytic process and the regeneration process.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed team with researchers from the USA, Ukraine and Estonia brings together the competence and equipment to test the hypotheses and answer the underlying fundamental research questions.<\/p>\n<p>The tasks of the workgroups are given in Scheme 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Skeem-1-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-86572 size-full\" title=\"Ukraine funding 6\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Skeem-1-1.png\" alt=\"Skeem 1 1\" width=\"215\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Scheme 1. The duties of the partners in the current project<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Contact<br \/>\nKatrin Piller<br \/>\nkatrin.piller@etag.ee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ama-block block-people\"><div class=\"block__header\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center\"><h2>Contact persons at ETAG<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"person-item\"><div class=\"item__thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/katrinp.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"item__content\"><p class=\"is-title\">Katrin Piller<\/p><p>Senior Adviser (Ukraine funding, NordForsk, COST)<\/p><div class=\"contact-methods \"><p><a href=\"tel:+3727317382\">+372 731 7382<\/a>, <a href=\"tel:+3725293236\">+372 529 3236<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:katrin.piller@etag.ee\">katrin.piller@etag.ee<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":103784,"menu_order":134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103791"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127776,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103791\/revisions\/127776"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}