The National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity has officially announced the launch of the 7th All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research Papers dedicated to the memory of Heavenly Hundred Hero Serhiy Kemsky. The initiative aims to engage Ukrainian students in a deep academic comprehension of the Maidan events and their large-scale impact on the country's modern development. The submission of applications will start on November 15, 2026.
Competition Stages and Terms of Participation for Academic Contests
The organizers have provided a two-stage format for selecting research papers. In the first stage, which will run from November 15, 2026, to March 1, 2027, applicants must submit an official application and detailed abstracts of their research projects. The second stage covers the period from March 20 to July 31, 2027, during which full texts of the competitive materials are accepted.
The registration form and detailed participation regulations will be published on the day of the launch on the official Facebook page of the distinction. The project is co-organized by the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity and the NGO 'Family of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes', alongside the Pylyp Orlyk Institute, which has supported the initiative over the past three years.
Historical Context and Scale of the Research Initiative
Over the years of the project's existence, from 2018 to 2026, 335 students from 190 higher education institutions across Ukraine have joined. Young researchers regularly study various aspects of the protest movement, participants' tactics, and deep social transformations of that historical period. Serhiy Kemsky, after whom the award is named, was a well-known political scientist, publicist, and activist from Kerch who died on February 20, 2014, in the center of Kyiv.
Ihor Poshivailo, acting general director of the museum, notes that the competition serves as an effective tool for preserving historical memory through scientific research and understanding civic feats. Svitlana Kvitnytska, a representative of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, adds that such projects open up opportunities for young people to independently analyze archival data and formulate new topics in the humanities.
Impact of Student Research on Professional Development
Previous laureates of the competition emphasize the practical utility of participating in scientific competitions for their further academic and professional careers. For instance, the winner of the second season, Khrystyna But, used her findings to choose the topic of her PhD thesis dedicated to the construction of media reality around protests. Meanwhile, the winner of the sixth competition, Anastasia Krivenko, researched digital volunteering and crowdsourcing in disaster medicine.
The expert community and state institutions continue to pay attention to preserving the memory of the Revolution of Dignity. Earlier, a relevant bill was registered in the Verkhovna Rada aimed at unblocking the construction of the memorial Museum of the Revolution of Dignity on Heavenly Hundred Heroes Street in Kyiv, which received the support of the country's leadership in May 2026.
