Support for ÜBerliner Wissenschaftsbrücke’

Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)" based at Freie Universität Berlin increases support for scholars at risk from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is causing great suffering for the Ukrainian civilian population. In addition, human rights and academic freedom in Belarus and Russia are being curtailed more and more. To provide some relief for scholars, the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)" and its partners are planning to expand their previous emergency measures by initiating the ÜBerliner Wissenschaftsbrücke" (the Berlin Academic Bridge). SCRIPTS is soliciting public and private donations from politics, culture, and society to finance the Berliner Wissenschaftsbrücke. These donations can be used to provide threatened researchers with fellowships for a period of up to one year. The existing emergency fund set up by SCRIPTS is already supporting two scholars at risk from Ukraine for a three-month period, and a third scholar is in the admission phase.