The Executive Committee of the European Society for Photobiology (ESP) has decided to waive the submission fee for 2026 to every scientist affiliated with an Ukrainian Institution and having a working address in Ukraine who would like to join the society.

Ukraine has a history of strong involvement in Photobiological research, with many important research groups having been located there throughout the years. Ukraine is a fundamental actor in European research and in the European community.

In taking this decision, ESP wants to reaffirm its attachment to the values of freedom, independence, democracy, and self-determination. ESP also wants to show support to the Ukrainian scientific community struggling to maintain a research activity even during aggression and resistance.

ESP also wants to reaffirm that the society is open to welcome Ukrainian scientists to their natural home in a European research society.