The Lesia and Petro Kovalev Foundation of the Ukrainian Women's League of America (UWLA) has issued a call for applications for the 2025 Research Paper Competition on Historical Topics. Applications will be accepted until 31 May and the winners will be announced on 15 September. The winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.
This was reported to Vilni Media in a press release by UNWLA.
This year, the Lesia and Petro Kovalev Foundation of the Ukrainian Women's League of America has announced a competition in the category of "Scholarly works on historical topics". The winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.
Individuals of Ukrainian descent are invited to participate. Works from all fields of the humanities and social sciences on historical topics will be considered. Scholarly publications should be written in Ukrainian or English and published in 2023-2025.
The organisers note that they will not consider self-published books, textbooks, manuals, applied works, as well as publications with signs of plagiarism or pseudo-scientific content.
Applications should be sent by email. Books in PDF format should be sent to History.Kovaliv@unwla.org, stating in the subject line: Scientific paper competition. The letter should include the entrant's bibliography.
Files should be named in the following format "Ivanenko_Ivan_BIO_2025" or "Ivanenko_Ivan_Nazva_knyzhky_2025".
The deadline for applications is 31 May 2025.
Background The Kovalevy Foundation was established in 1967 by the Ukrainian Women's Union of America to support Ukrainian science and literature in the diaspora. Its history is linked to the diplomatic and intellectual activities of the Kovalevs, who originally came from central Ukraine. Until 1919, Petro Kovalev worked as an attaché at the diplomatic mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Holland and Belgium, and later the Kovalevs lived in Switzerland. The establishment of the Foundation was a manifestation of their patriotism and awareness of the importance of literature and science for national development. In their will, the couple expressed their wish to "encourage the representation of Ukraine's past or present".
Over the years, the Foundation has honoured prominent figures in Ukrainian culture, including Leonid Plyushch, Tamara Gundorova, Yuriy Andrukhovych, Oksana Zabuzhko, Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska, Kateryna Kalytko, Liubov Yakymchuk, Andriy Lyubka and many others.
This prestigious recognition was the starting point for many Ukrainian researchers and artists who shape historical memory and national identity through words.
Author: Inna Mikhno