The Ulam Programme 2020
03.02.2020
The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) is pleased to announce the second edition of the programme for post-doctoral incoming researchers: The Ulam Programme. The objective of The Ulam Programme is to help foreign researchers to develop their careers by intensifying international mobility and to allow them to establish scientific cooperation with excellent host institutions in Poland.
A proposal may be submitted only by a person who holds a doctoral degree. Activities to be carried out during the scholarship may include:
- conducting research and/or development work;
- post-doctoral training;
- obtaining materials for scientific work or publication;
- conducting didactic classes at the host centre.
Visits within the Ulam Programme can last from 6 to 24 months. The Programme provides financing for a scholarship covering both the Beneficiary’s allowance costs in relation to their stay at a host institution, in an amount of approx. 2400 EUR a month and a mobility allowance.
The call for applications under the Programme will be held from 15 January to 15 April 2020 until 3:00 PM according to the official time in Poland, only in an electronic form in the ICT system of the Agency.
Detailed information for applicants:
Magdalena Kowalczyk,
Department of Programmes for Scientists
e-mail: magdalena.kowalczyk@nawa.gov.pl
About the patron
Stanisław Marcin Ulam (1909 -1984) was a brilliant Polish mathematician who earned a PhD from the Lviv Polytechnic in 1933. Prof. Ulam was a member of the internationally renowned Lviv School of Mathematics and co-author of the Scottish Book. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War, he went to the USA to join the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Several American universities appointed him as an associate professor (e.g. University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado Boulder, Florida State University).
Learn more about the conditions for application, timing, etc. https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/the-ulam-programme