SCHOLARSHIP NAMED AFTER LEONID HRYSHCHENKO
UNLOST GENERATION
The scholarship was established to support and develop young people who have already gone through the trials of war and have combat experience.
Our mission is to help these young heroes and heroines acquire new knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as improve their professional level. To introduce an ecosystem of like-minded people to implement projects for the development of Ukraine and positive changes in various fields and areas, including military management and military-technical development.
During the year, up to 40 people, including military personnel and veterans, aged 22 to 40, can become scholarship holders.
LEONID HRYSHCHENKO
Leonid was born in Kyiv. After graduating from high school, he entered the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine to study Psychology. In the summer of 2020, he was drafted into the army and later signed a contract after 4 months of military service.
In 2023, he served at the 169th Yaroslav the Wise Desna Training Centre, where he was promoted to sergeant. During the full-scale invasion, he took part in the battles near Chernihiv, Chornobyl, Mariupol, as well as in eastern Ukraine. He participated in the operation to liberate Kherson region. He was transferred to the 72nd Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians, where he participated in the battles near Vuhledar.
He died on 26.05.2023 during an assault on enemy positions near the village Volodymyrivka, Volnovakha district, near Vuhledar. He was posthumously awarded the Order ‘For Courage, III Class’.
At the time of his death, Leonid was 22 years old...
THE WINNERS ARE SELECTED BY A COMPETITION COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC, THE MILITARY AND JOURNALISTS.
THE SCHOLARSHIP COVERS ALL ACTIVE TRAINING COURSES, EXCEPT FOR THE SCHOOL OF MINISTERS PROGRAMME.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
01
CHOOSE AN ACTIVE LEARNING COURSE
02
RECORD A MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO OF UP TO 2 MINUTES OR WRITE A MOTIVATIONAL LETTER ABOUT STUDYING AT THE CHOSEN COURSE
03
FILL IN THE REGISTRATION FORM
COMPETITION COMMISSION
ANTONINA KOVALENKO
Public activist, volunteer
SVITLANA BEREZINA
D. in Economics, mentor of the direction ‘Charity and veteran policies as a culture of national consciousness’
TETIANA BODNIA
A journalist for Censor. NET
KYRYLO NEDRYA
Veteran, DAP defender, People's Hero of Ukraine Kyrylo Nedria
SERHII POZNYAK
Founder of FinStream and Cronvest, Chairman of the Association of Veteran Entrepreneurs,
junior lieutenant
AMBASSADORS
BONNIE KEROL
President and founder of TAPS USA, the national veterans' organisation in the United States
"I am honoured to accept the role of ambassador and support you in expanding the programme across the US. This scholarship will provide invaluable resources to those who bravely defend their homeland and deserve every opportunity to build a brighter future. Your team has been tirelessly and inspiringly working to advance veterans' rights, reform government, and foster collaboration among like-minded organisations."
SERHII POZNIAK
Founder of FinStream and Cronvest, Chairman of the Association of Veteran Entrepreneurs, Junior Lieutenant
"As part of the very fruitful cooperation with KSPA under the memorandum signed with the Association of Entrepreneurs-Veterans of the ATO, I am honoured to be a member of the scholarship council of the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after S. Nyzhnyi and invite servicemen and veterans to become participants in the scholarship programme "The (UN)Lost Generation""
ERNEST J. HEROLD
Chief Operating Officer of the International Veterans Coalition, an organisation that supports veterans from NATO and friendly countries. A distinguished American military officer and veteran. He is a United States Military Academy graduate at West Point, Georgetown University and the United States Air Force University, holds diplomas from French military colleges and awards from the governments of Ukraine, Italy and Germany.
Mr Herold served as NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment and his contribution to the political and programmatic oversight of NATO's major systems, as well as cooperation with the defence industry, is invaluable. Following his service with NATO, Ernest J. Herold was Executive Director of Business Development for IBM at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and at U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany.
YURIY HUDYMENKO
Ukrainian veteran, public figure, retired Junior Sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
After the start of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, serving as the commander of a sapper unit in the 130th Battalion of the Territorial Defence Forces of the AFU.
On June 27th 2022, Yuriy was severely wounded during an artillery bombardment near Kharkiv.
He was awarded the Order “For Courage, III Class”, as well as Golden and Steel Crosses Orders.