Poland Government NAWA Ulam Program for International Scientists 2023

The aim of the Poland Government NAWA Ulam Program is to increase the internationalization of Polish institutions of science and higher education.

The Program will allow both recognized 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.

The Poland Government NAWA Ulam will allow to invite scientists regardless of their age, from all around the world and representing all fields of science, including Polish scientists working permanently abroad (they may constitute a maximum of 10% of Fellows in the call).

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.

Benefits

• Conducting research and/or development work
• Post-doctoral training
• Obtaining materials for scientific work or publication

Requirements

• Is a scientist with at least a doctoral degree (should have a PhD degree at the time of the deadline for submitting applications. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply);
• Is employed at a foreign HEI or a foreign scientific/research centre or completed their previous employment contract after 31 August 2022. The employment is not required for persons who obtained their doctoral degree after 31 August 2022;
• Had 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 (work in Poland is understood as employment under an employment contract in an entity based in the territory of the Republic of Poland or managing a research grant with an affiliation to the Polish scientific institution, if in this respect the salary was paid);
• 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;

• A publication published in English as the main author in journals included in one of the following international databases: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index; or
• A reviewed research monograph published in English; or
• 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
• A publication in English in reviewed materials from an international conference, indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection or Scopus database.
• 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.

6) has an invitation from the Host institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.

How to Apply

• All Applicants // SUBMIT AN APPLICATION //
• Applicants with certificate Seal of Excellence  SUBMIT AN APPLICATION

Application Deadline