US National Academy of Sciences launches $8m fund to support Ukraine’s science community

Kherson State University

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The fund draws on support from philanthropic organisations, including the Simons Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation 

The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has created a new fund to support Ukrainian scientists and help to restore the country’s scientific enterprise, which has been devastated by two years of war.