Solidarity with the Ukrainian people

It sends a special message to the academic, scientific and student communities and their families, who are suffering from a dramatic situation. Our School is committed to defending the fundamental values of peace, solidarity and democracy, as well as promoting the freedom of peoples and ideas.

We are committed to hosting about 20 Ukrainian students and 10 PhD students in order to provide them with a framework for their studies.
In addition, the PAUSE programme is mobilised for the protection of scientists and artists. Science for Ukraine is a group of volunteers that provides an international inventory of support initiatives, both academic and logistical, for students and researchers.

A message of support and contact was sent to Ukrainian and Russian students and PhD students to reaffirm that all Ukrainian and Russian students at the School will be able to continue their training without discrimination.

ENS Paris-Saclay remains committed to maintaining links with the Russian scientific community in order to contribute to maintaining academic freedom and the universality of research.

Aid and solidarity initiatives

1) National and international arrangements

• The Programme d'Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques en Exil - PAUSE - is opening a special appeal for emergency assistance to Ukrainian researchers in danger thanks to an emergency fund granted by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. This emergency reception in France will allow the researcher to prepare, in connection with a host institution, an application to the PAUSE programme according to the regular procedures and criteria of the programme, on the basis of co-financing.
  Programme PAUSE – Solidarité Ukraine

• In order to enable refugee students and doctoral candidates to pursue their studies in France, Campus France, with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, is setting up a national platform by the end of March where the places offered by French higher education institutions to Ukrainian students and doctoral candidates will be made available.
   
• The #ScienceForUkraine initiative identifies a wide range of paid academic positions for scientists (PhD students or above), academic transfer opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, and temporary accommodation.

2) The systems put in place by the University of Paris-Saclay

• Emergency social assistance for Ukrainian and Russian students who are present and may be in financial difficulty. aides.etudiant [at] universite-paris-saclay.fr (Contact social welfare by e-mail.)
• Medical and psychological help - sante.etudiants [at] universite-paris-saclay.fr (Contact psychological support by e-mail.) ou read the website "Consultations with a psychologist".  
• Housing assistance for the families of Ukrainian students who would be joining them in France - logement.etudiant [at] universite-paris-saclay.fr (Contact the Housing Assistance for Ukrainian students' families by email.)

The University of Paris-Saclay is mobilising alongside the Paris-Saclay University Foundation to collect donations to help students, researchers and colleagues affected by the war in Ukraine.
The Foundation is counting on the solidarity of our university community to reinforce the emergency aid set up by the University of Paris-Saclay for students, scientists and colleagues who are victims of the conflict in Ukraine.
Indeed, in the current situation, many of them are cut off from their families and will have to face serious difficulties of all kinds. Thanks to your donation to the Foundation, the University will be able to increase the actions already undertaken and implemented since the beginning of the conflict (housing, social and psychological assistance, various aids...).

• Aidez-nous à les soutenir.

3) Other devices

• The Essonne Prefecture lists information on the reception of displaced Ukrainian nationals in Essonne.
   
• Emergency reception: a single reception point has opened for all Ukrainian refugees at
  39 rue des cheminots
  75018 Paris.
  A Maternal and Infant Protection (PMI) team is on hand to assess the needs of pregnant women and families with young children.
   
• Telephone helpline and psychological support: the city of Paris provides a single number: 3975.
  Counsellors have been trained and respond to emergencies.
   
• The City of Paris is setting up a reception area dedicated to young Ukrainians at the Quartier Jeunes (QJ), open 6 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the former town hall of the 1st arrondissement:
  4 place du Louvre
  75001 Paris
  The QJ offers a range of services to help Ukrainian students: telephones with the possibility of calls outside the EU, internet connection and loan of computers, psychological support (in English and French), access to rights, individual service in Ukrainian, food distribution every Thursday...

Additional links

France Universités:

• L’université française dénonce les fausses informations des médias russes (01/03/2022)
   
• France Universités suspend son protocole d’accord avec l’Union des recteurs de Russie et alerte sur les besoins des étudiants et chercheurs impactés par le conflit ((10/03/2022)
   
• Conférence des Grandes Ecoles : Les Grandes écoles se mobilisent pour l’accueil des étudiants ukrainiens (9/03/2022)