Announcement on the call for applications No 6/2020 of February 3, 2020
Pursuant to Article 19(1) of the Act of 7 July 2017 on the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (Journal of Laws, item 1582) Director of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange announces call for applications to the Stefan Banach Scholarship Programme – master studies.
Aim of the Programme
The Stefan Banach Scholarship Programme aims to support the socio-economic growth of developing countries by improving the knowledge and education of the citizens of Eastern Partnership, Central Asian and Western Balkan countries. It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), implemented as part of the Polish development assistance programme.
The Scholarship offer is addressed to the citizens of countries identified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as having priority status for the Programme: Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, as well as the following Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.
Scope of activities implemented under the Programme
The Programme offers an opportunity to pursue second-cycle studies in the full-time mode in the field of engineering and technical, agricultural, applied and life sciences at public and non-public universities subordinate to the Minister of Science and Higher Education, benefiting from an exemption from public university fees and a monthly Scholarship from NAWA in the statutory period of studying in Poland.
The Regulations of the Stafan Banach Scholarship Programme with attachments, including Template of the agreement with Scholar here
Deadline for submitting applications
The call for applications under the Programme shall be held in Polish or English in the period from 3 February until 16 March 2020, 3 pm Central European Time (Warsaw local time), solely in an electronic form via NAWA’s ICT system, available one the https://programs.nawa.gov.pl/login website.
The amount of financial resources allocated for the implementation of the Program in 2020 is PLN 3 0000,00 zł.