Scholarships

The Ulam NAWA Programme Poland 2021

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) is inviting applications for the Ulam NAWA Programme for 2021.

The aim of the Ulam Programme is to increase the internationalisation of Polish institutions of science and higher education. The Programme will allow both recognised and promising scientists who hold at least a doctoral degree, to visit Poland in order to strengthen the scientific potential of Polish entities and to participate in their scientific activities, primarily research projects and didactics.

Activities to be carried out during the Scholarship may include:

– conducting research and/or development work

– post-doctoral training

– obtaining materials for scientific work or publication

In addition to the above activities, the visit may also include conducting didactic classes at the Host institution.

To learn more about the conditions for application, timing, etc. visit https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/the-ulam-programme

Degree level

6 to 24 months Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

Deadlines

15 June 2021 (3pm Poland time).

The visit under the Project cannot take place earlier than on 1 January 2022 or later than on 1 October 2022.

Outcome of applications will be announced on 30 November 2021.

Who can apply?

Applicants must:

– be a scientist with at least a doctoral degree;

– be employed at a foreign Higher Education Institution (HEI) or a foreign scientific/research centre (employment is not required for persons who obtained their doctoral degree after 31 August 2020);

– have not studied or worked in Poland within 3 years before the date of deadline of the call and did not live during this period in Poland continuously for more than three months;

– if the Applicant has implemented other NAWA projects, it is possible to apply when the scholarship has been settled and the agreement is considered as completed;

– have minimum of 3 achievements (from not earlier than 2016) out of the following:

a) a publication published in English, as the main author (especially first or correspondence), in journals included in one of the following international databases: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index; or

b) a reviewed research monograph published in English (please note that, a chapter in an edited multi-author monograph is not treated as an achievement that meets this requirement); or

c) a publication in English in reviewed materials from an international conference listed by the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE), indexed in the international DBLP Computer Science Bibliography database; or

d) a publication in English in reviewed materials from an international conference, indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection or Scopus database.

e) for the representatives of art studies – a proof of having made presentation of work of art in a foreign institution or an academic centre or having received a distinction in an international competition.

– have an invitation from the Host institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.

For detailed information about the eligibility criteria, visit https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/the-ulam-programme/call-for-proposals

Fields of Study

All fields of Science.

What the Fellowship offers

The Programme provides financing for a Scholarship that covers:

– living allowance in the amount of PLN 10,000 monthly for each full month of stay of the Fellow at the Host institution.

– additional PLN 2,000 monthly living allowance if his/her spouse participates in the visit (conditions appy). This amount may also be increased if the Fellow is accompanied by underage children – by PLN 1,000 monthly for each underage child.

– once-off mobility allowance in the amount of:

a) PLN 7,000 in the case of visits from European countries, if only the Fellow is participating in the visit and an additional PLN 2,000 for each person, if the scientist is accompanied by the spouse or underage children of the Fellow;

b) PLN 12,000 in the case of visits from non-European countries, if only the Fellow is participating in the visit and an additional PLN 5,000 for each person, if the scientist is accompanied by the spouse or underage children of the Fellow.

– costs of training – costs of learning Polish in the case of applicants who are not of Polish origin in the form of a one-off training allowance at maximum PLN 5,000. Polish language learning should take place in the institution with the NAWA Accreditation. The list of accredited entities is available on the webpage https://nawa.gov.pl/jezyk-polski/akredytacja-nawa (The list of accredited entities). If in the Host institution, where the Fellow holder implements the Project, there is no accredited unit, the Polish language course should be conducted as part of university courses.

– financing of the visit of the family members shall be possible only if their stay lasts at least 3 months.

The Scholarship amount may be increased only if during the stay or before its commencement the Fellow will have a new child which will participate in the visit of the Fellow. Such situations will be considered by the Director individually, depending on the financial resources available.

If the Fellow has a certificate of severe or moderate disability, and is not accompanied by his/her spouse during the visit, but by a Personal assistant, the amounts referred to in 1(1) and (2) may be increased, under such conditions as if the spouse participated in the visit.

Successful Fellows are advised to make financial provision for expenses which are not covered by the scholarship (i.e. insurance and visa costs).

Application process

Applications are strictly online via the NAWA ICT system.

In order to submit the application form, please register an account in the NAWA ICT system.

Once you are logged in choose the option:

– All Applicants // SUBMIT AN APPLICATION//

– Applicants with certificate Seal of Excellence // SUBMIT AN APPLICATION// (if applicable)

The Applicant may submit only one application for financing in a given call under the Programme, covering a visit to one Host institution.

Contact

For more information, please send an email to the National Agency for Academic Exchange at ulam@nawa.gov.pl or call +48/22 390 35 72. Alternatively you may contact Dr Magdalena Kowalczyk by email at magdalena.kowalczyk@nawa.gov.pl or by phone: + 48 22 390 35 72.