LUKE

The project summary:

LUKE is an initiative of several EU Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe aiming to establish a multilateral funding and capacity building platform focusing on Ukraine. Its key objectives are to implement a joint call and fund transnational research and innovation (R&I) projects with Ukrainian participation as well as to enhance Ukraine’s R&I capacities. A modern, efficient, and transparent science and innovation system is crucial for Ukraine’s post-war recovery and economic prosperity. Sharing best practices, pooling resources, and transferring knowledge can significantly contribute to unlocking Ukraine’s scientific potential, improving the framework conditions for research and innovation, and integrating the country more closely into the European Research Area (ERA).

Project activities:

WP1: Identification, preparation and implementation of Joint Call 
WP2: Empowering Ukraine – think, decide, act
WP3: Assessment of progress and results 
WP4: Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation 
WP5: Project coordination and management

Participating organisations:

1. DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV (DLR), Germany 
2. ZENTRUM FUR SOZIALE INNOVATION GMBH (ZSI), Austria 
3. FONDEN DEMOCRACY X (DBT), Denmark
4. STATE ORGANIZATION INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND FORECASTING UKRAINIAN NATIONAL
5. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IEF), Ukraine
6. State Scientific Organization Ukrainian Institute for Scientific Technical Expertise and Information (UISTEI), Ukraine 
7. LLC “CIVITTA UKRAINE” (CIVITTA (UA)), Ukraine
8. UAB CIVITTA (UAB CIVITTA), Lithuania
9. NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF UKRAINE (NRFU), Ukraine
10. UNITATEA EXECUTIVA PENTRU FINANTAREA INVATAMANTULUI SUPERIOR A CERCETARII DEZVOLTARII SI INOVARII (UEFISCDI), Romania
11. SIHTASUTUS EESTI TEADUSAGENTUUR (ETAg), Estonia
12. NARODOWE CENTRUM NAUKI (NCN), Poland 
13. TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU (TÜBITAK), Turkey
14. LATVIJAS ZINATNES PADOME (LZP), Latvia
15. AGENTIA NATIONALA PENTRU CERCETARE SI DEZVOLTARE (NARD), Moldova
16. TECHNOLOGICKA AGENTURA CESKE REPUBLIKY (TA CR), Czech Republic
17. FONDS ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG (FWF), Austria 
18. OSTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFORDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (FFG), Austria
19. SHOTA RUSTAVELI NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (SRNSFG), Georgia
20. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE NAS OF UKRAINE (NASU), Ukraine
21. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE (MESU), Ukraine
22. BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG (BMBF), Germany
23. MINISTERUL CERCETARII INOVARII SI DIGITALIZARII (MCID), Romania