Funded Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers in all Disciplines from NAWA Institution in Poland

The NAWA institution is offering a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship. The aim of the Programme is to increase the internationalization of Polish institutions of science and higher education. The Programme will allow both recognized 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 (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.

Timeframe for the Project Implementation:

• The visit under the Project cannot take place earlier than 1 January 2022 or later than 1 October 2022.
• The length of stay may be from 6 to 24 months.
• The Project should be implemented on a continuous basis.
• It is possible to suspend the Scholarship for a period of not more than 3 months with the consent of the Host institution. No funds are granted during the suspension of the Project implementation. Suspension of the Project implementation does not constitute grounds for increasing financing;
• The period of stay outside the Host institution cannot be longer than 10% of the overall duration of stay. The period of stay outside the Host institution cannot be used in full or for the most part at the beginning or end of the Project implementation period (it cannot be used to shorten the Project implementation period).

The Programme provides financing for a Scholarship that covers the Fellow’s living allowance of PLN 10,000 a month, along with a mobility allowance. The amount of the Scholarship may be increased if the visit includes the Fellow’s spouse or minor children, and in the case of the Fellow with severe or moderate disability – his/her Personal assistant. Additionally, the Scholarship may be increased by PLN 5,000, if the Fellow declares participation in a Polish language course.

The calculation of the Scholarship shall take into account:

• living allowance in the amount of PLN 10,000 monthly for each full month of stay of the Fellow at the Host institution. The length of the stay shall be specified in the application, giving the number of full months of the stay, the stay starting from the first day of the month. The amount of the living allowance of the Fellow may be increased if his/her spouse participates in the visit – by PLN 2,000 monthly, unless the spouse undertakes employment in the course of the Scholarship (which means employment both under a contract of employment and under a civil law agreement). This amount may also be increased if the Fellow is accompanied by underage children – by PLN 1,000 monthly for each underage child.
• one-off mobility allowance in the amount of:
• 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;
• 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.
• financing the 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 a maximum of PLN 5,000. Polish language learning should take place in the institution with the NAWA Accreditation. (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.
• Insurance costs and the cost of a visa, if required, shall be borne by the Fellow.

• is a scientist with at least a doctoral degree;
• is employed at a foreign HEI or a foreign scientific/research center or completed their previous employment contract after 31 August 2020. Employment is not required for persons who obtained their doctoral degree after 31 August 2020;
• 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;
• has minimum 3 achievements (from not earlier than 2016) out of the following:
• 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
• 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
• 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 - proof of having made a presentation of work of art in a foreign institution or an academic center or having received a distinction in an international competition.
• has an invitation from the Host Institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.
• 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 program, 2020 edition which received the Seal of Excellence certificate, and has an invitation from the Host Institution, which is a national entity having a scientific category.

Obligations of the Fellow:

• having at least basic health insurance covering the time of travel and stay in Poland for all participants of the visit, including, in particular, insurance of the costs of treatment and transport to a hospital;
• timely submission of the required documents;
• informing NAWA about any changes in the activity’s implementation;
• informing NAWA about taking up employment by the Fellow’s spouse, if they are covered by the Scholarship;
• informing NAWA about own scientific or teaching successes;
• to implement properly the Scholarship agreement, and in particular to settle the funds granted.

About NAWA:

NAWA is a new institution that was established on October 1st, 2017. It is set up to coordinate state activities driving the process of internationalization of Polish academic and research institutions. The mission of NAWA is to foster the development of Poland in the area of science and higher education. NAWA goals are: Supporting international mobility of students, academics and researchers Supporting the process of internationalization of Polish HEIs and research institutions Promoting Polish science and higher education Promoting and popularize teaching of the Polish language.

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