Deadline:
May 15, 2024
Location(s)
Poland
Overview
Based on art. 19 paragraph 1 of the Act of July 7th, 2017 on the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, the Director of Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) announces the call for applications in the Ulam NAWA Programme.
Details
Aim of the Programme
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 for 6 to 24 months in order to strengthen the scientific potential of Polish entities and to participate in their scientific activities, primarily research projects and didactics. The Programme will allow to invite scientists regardless of their age, from all around the world and representing all fields of science, including Polish citizens working permanently abroad. HEIs, scientific and research institutes will have the opportunity to invite specialists from their priority areas to Poland – they will make a significant contribution to the research conducted by a given institution, strengthen didactics or support the institution in applying for prestigious grants.
A special application track for scientists with the Seal of Excellence certificate
The application is submitted by scientists with at least a doctoral degree or an equivalent degree obtained abroad, who, together with an institution of the Polish higher education and science system, has obtained the Seal of Excellence certificate under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships edition 2023 programme (hereinafter referred to as “MSCA PF-EF). The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange recognizes the SoE certificate as a binding verification of the quality of the application.
Form of submitting the application
Application can be submitted only within 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//
The application and its attachments shall be drawn up in English. Submitting a copy of the doctoral diploma in Polish or Latin shall be acceptable.
The Applicant may submit only one application for financing in a given call under the Programme, covering a visit to one Host institution.
The call for applications under the Programme will be conducted from February 15 to May 15, 2024, until 15:00, according to the official time in Poland.
The activities implemented under the Program
As part of the Programme, possible visits are those whose objective include:
- completing the first or a subsequent post-doctoral fellowship;
- conducting scientific research;
- obtaining materials for research or a scientific publication.
In addition to the above activities, the visit may also include conducting didactic classes at the Host institution.
The Applicant submits a plan for the scientific stay in Poland covering one or more of the above-mentioned activities that they intend to implement at a Host institution, by indicating its goals, relevance to the development of their academic career and justifying the Host institution’s choice for the planned activities and benefits of the stay for both the scientist and the institution. The Applicant encloses an invitation from the Host institution confirming the willingness to host them for the requested period and indicates the person responsible for coordination of the planned activities and Applicant's visit and for supporting the Fellow in the successive completion of these activities.
Programme implementation period: From February 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027
Project duration: The length of stay may be from 6 to 24 months.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The Programme can be attended by the natural person who:
1. jointly meets the following conditions:
- is a researcher with a minimum doctoral degree (should have held a doctoral degree at the time of application deadline. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but have not yet obtained a formal doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply);
- is employed at a foreign university or a foreign scientific/research center, or the last employment at a foreign university or a foreign scientific/research center ended after August 31, 2023. Employment is not required for persons who obtained a doctoral degree after August 31, 2023;
- in the period of 3 years before the end of the recruitment process, they did not work or study in Poland and did not stay in Poland continuously for longer than 3 months (work in Poland means employment in an entity with its registered office in the territory of the Republic of Poland under an employment contract or managing a research grant with affiliation to a Polish scientific institution, provided that remuneration was paid for the purpose); 4) has at least 3 achievements within 5 years before the call deadline:
- 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.
The Applicant can demonstrate 3 achievements under the same point (a, b, c, d or e), as well as 3 various achievements from among the indicated ones in point a-e.
- has an invitation from the Host institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.
2. has at least a doctoral degree or an equivalent degree obtained abroad, and has submitted together with the institution of the Polish higher education and science system, the application under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships programme, which received the Seal of Excellence certificate, and has an invitation from the Host institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.
Dates
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Project budget
At the stage of preparing the application, the Applicant takes into account:
- A scholarship in the amount of PLN 7,500 for each month of the Fellow's stay at a Polish Host institution. The length of stay is specified by the Applicant in the application, providing the number of full months of stay. The rules for settling scholarships are specified in the Regulations of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Programmes for natural persons - in Chapter V, point 2.1, and the qualifying condition for the settlement of funds is the actual completion of international mobility referred to in point 2.1.
- A lump sum for living and accommodation costs in the amount of PLN 4,000 for each month of the Fellow’s stay in Poland. Rules for settling lump sums for living and accommodation costs are specified in the Regulations of the Programmes of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Programmes for natural persons - in Chapter V, point 2.1, and the qualifying condition for the settlement of funds is the actual completion of international mobility referred to in point 2.1.
- Lump sum for travel costs – depending on the country from which the Fellow comes
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