Call for applications for the 5th edition of NAWA’s Ulam Programme opened | Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics at the Gdańsk University of Technology

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.

Authorised Applicants

The Programme can be attended by the natural person who:

1. jointly meets the following conditions:

1) 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);

2) 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;

3) 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);

4) 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;

5) has minimum 3 achievements within 5 years before the date of deadline of the call out of the following:

a) 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

b) a reviewed research monograph published in English; 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.

6) 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 MSCA-PF-EF 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.

The activities implemented under the Program

1. As part of the Programme, possible visits are those whose objective include:

1) completing the first or a subsequent post-doctoral fellowship;

2) conducting scientific research;

3) 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 or other activities carried out by the institution.

2. 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.

Timeframe for the Project implementation

The visit under the Project cannot start earlier than on 1st January 2024 or later than on 1st October 2024.

The length of stay may be from 6 to 24 months.

Date and form of sumbitting for the proposal

The call for applications under the Programme will be conducted from 21 February to 22 May 2023 until 3:00 PM according to the official time in Poland.

Application can be submitted by scientist only within the NAWA ICT system. 

The application and its attachments shall be drawn up in English. Submitting a copy of the doctoral diploma in Polish 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.

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