The Victor Pinchuk Foundation grants awarded to 17 young Ukrainians pursuing education in the world’s top Universities

On Tuesday, 22 June 2010, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation announced the names of 17 winners of the first competitive selection process under the World Wide Studies program. They will receive grants to pursue a Master’s Degree in the world’s top Universities, as ranked by QS - Times Higher Education. The finalists were selected on the basis of a competition between more than 260 applicants. The total grants provided by the Foundation for the pilot project this year amounts to 390 138,00 USD.

This year the Victor Pinchuk Foundation grants are awarded to: Anna Afanasiyeva (Zaporizhzhia), Anna Bilous (Kyiv),Nataliya Bugayova (Lugansk Region),Lesya Vasylenko (Kyiv), Anna Danyliak (Kyiv), Olga Dolynina (Dnipropetrovsk), Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska (Lviv Region), Julia Kondratska (Kyiv), Julia Kosulko (Kyiv), Galyna Mykhailiuk (Odesa), Olga Nahorna (Khmelnytskyi), Maria Pavlovska (Kyiv), Natalia Stranadko (Sumy), Artem Trofymenko (Donetsk), Marta Tsvengrosh (Lviv), Marta Schavurska (Ternopil) and Maksym Yavorskyi (Zhytomyr).

On the occasion of the end of the first World Wide Studies competition, the Foundation held a solemn ceremony where Victor Pinchuk and the project grantees signed the declaration on mutual intentions and commitments aimed at fostering a new generation of Ukrainian professional elites. Additionally, the finalist had a chance to communicate with successful diplomats, business leaders, and representatives from government and public organizations.

Addressing the project participants, Victor Pinchuk stated: “This Program is our joint investment in the future of the country. We do it jointly with the students here present. We are partners: each of us makes a contribution; each of us expects certain dividends. We will equally share the responsibility for the outcome. The outcome is success of Ukraine that begins from your personal success”.

Talking with winners he also added: “It is sad when young people leave the country. But it is a different case this time. In this case, it is not about brain drain, but it is about brain sharpening. Focusing it on bringing new civilization genes you are going to implant here having got the right education”.

Judith Gardiner, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy: «This is very much a domestic Ukrainian initiative. It is a very positive symbol of the investment Ukraine is making in itself. I agree that the impact of the students is huge when they come back to their countries. It is not just beneficial for Ukrainians, Czechs, Polish of Lithuanians; it is also a hugely beneficial for us in the UK. I am confident that this pilot project will be a great success».

The finalist of the first competition will commence their education in autumn 2010 at the Universities of the USA (3 students), Great Britain (8 students), Sweden (3 students), Switzerland (2 students) and Germany (1 student) in the fields of environment and ecology (5 students), law (9 students), public administration (2 students) and sport management (1 student).

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Winners of the first competition of the “WorldWideStudies” program - 2010

Anna Afanasiyeva

Age: 24
University: University of Chicago
Country: USA
Qualification: LL.M.
Term: 2011

Anna Bilous

Age: 22
University: Jagellonian University
Country: Poland
University: University of Kent
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: MA in European Studies and Europen Governance
Term: 2010

Nataliya Bugayova

Age: 21
University: Harvard University
Country: USA
Qualification: Master in Public Policy
Term: 2012

Lesya Vasylenko

Age: 23
University: University College London
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: LL.M.
Term: 2011

Anna Danyliak

Age: 24
University: Lund University
Country: Sweden
Qualification: International Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
Term: 2012

Olga Dolynina

Age: 25
University: London Metropolitan University
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: MA Sports Management
Term: 2011

Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska

Age: 27
University: University College London
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: LL.M. in Law and Economics of Corporate Law
Term: 2011

Julia Kondratska

Age: 24
University: Queen Mary, University of London
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: LLM in Banking and Finance Law
Term: 2011

Julia Kosulko

Age: 22
University: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Country: Sweden
Qualification: MSc in Innovative and Sustainable Energy Engineering
Term: 2012

Galyna Mykhailiuk

Age: 23
University: University of York
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: LLM in International Corporate and Commercial Law
Term: 2011

Olga Nahorna

Age: 22
University: Technical University of Munich
Country: Germany
Qualification: MSc. In Sustainable Resources Management
Term: 2012

Maria Pavlovska

Age: 22
University: Uppsala University
Country: Sweden
Qualification: MSc in Biology – Ecology and Conservation
Term: 2012

Natalia Stranadko

Age: 28
University: University of Leicester
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: MSc Global Environmental Change
Term: 2011

Artem Trofymenko

Age: 23
University: University College London
Country: Great Britain
Qualification: LL.M. in International Business Law
Term: 2011

Marta Cwengrosz

Age: 22
University: University of Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Qualification: Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement
Term: 2011

Marta Schavurska

Age: 21
University: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA
Qualification: LL.M. for Foreign Law Graduates
Term: 2011

Maksym Yavorskyi

Age: 21
University: University of Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Qualification: Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement
Term: 2011