«Scholarship Program of the Polish Government for Young Academicians» initialized in 2003 is addressed to Candidates from  Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan an Georgia. The 14th edition  of the Program  will take place during the academic year of 2016/2017.

Preference will be given to candidates  who can prove their academic achievements or organizational activity and whose accomplishments would allow them to put advanced study in this specialization to good use in their own countries in various fields of academic or public life.

Total duration of the internship and the preparatory course of Polish language is  10 months. There is a possibility of prolonging stay within the frames of the scholarship till July 2017, if the  Program  coordinator in  agreement with  the  tutor will apply  for prolongation. It may take place only in case of fulfilling by the scholarship holder all the scientific conditions of the Program, including defense of the diploma thesis at minimum 4 grade and participation in the scientific programs taking place in July 2014. Possible supplementary scholarship will end 31st July 2016.

The scholarship is 1350 PLN per month. The costs of accommodation and feeding should be individually covered by the scholarship holders.

Place of application – counterpart Embassy or Consulate of the Republic of Poland. The application deadline is 1st  March  2016.

The complete  set of documents should be submitted by post or delivered personally (with an envelope  annotation “Scholarship  Program  for Young Academicians”) to the counterpart Polish diplomatic outposts. Complete set of documents scanned, preferably in JPG format, shall be send also by e-mail: [email protected]

Gerneral  Requirement 

• University diploma (4- or 5-year studies ending with a defense of a bachelor diploma or master thesis), preferably in the humanities: history, international relations, political sciences, journalism, sociology, ethnology, cultural sciences, social psychology, administration, management and law.
• Age limit: 35.
• General knowledge in the general issues concerning one of the above mentioned fields or similar fields, particularly in the 19 and 20 centuries.
• Knowledge of the Polish language at a level guaranteeing that the student is able to understand the lectures and do the required reading – is essential (see I - 6,7).
• In an extraordinary cases there is a possibility to qualify candidates without the knowledge of the Polish language. Such scholarship holders will be, however, obligated to learn Polish language individually and after getting notification of being qualified to the Program they will have to take part in additional intensive course of Polish language.

Please find attached the file.