Résumé
One of the most acute challenges now facing Ukrainian science is training and skills preservation for the next generation of scientists. As financial and human resources are diverted to the war effort, universities and research institutes can no longer reliably invest in long-term education, mentoring, and international experiences for students and early-career researchers. Although science is one of the foundations of economic development and a basis for applied research, fundamental research is highly vulnerable in times of instability. Owing to the war waged in Ukraine by the Russian Federation, many Ukrainian scientists have lost their research facilities and funding, and/or joined the military to defend the country. Some have lost their lives2. To counteract the negative effects of the war on the training of the next generation of scientists, we held the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology (USEB) in January 2025.