Polish Returns Programme 2020, 7 January 2020 – 31 March 2020 – The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) opens the call for proposals under the Polish Returns Programme. The aim of the Polish Returns Programme is to allow prominent Polish scientists to return to their country and take up employment in Polish higher education institutions, scientific units or research institutes. The Programme will create optimal conditions for returning scientists to conduct world-class scientific research or developmental work in Poland. The funds obtained under the Polish Returns Programme are to ensure salaries for Returning Scientists and allow them to create a project group (research team). 

The following shall be financed under the Programme:

• remuneration for the Returning Scientist together with employer costs;
• remuneration for members of the Project Group together with employer costs;
• resettlement expenses and costs of adapting the workplace;
• research component financed by the National Science Centre in Poland.

Learn more about the conditions for application, timing, etc. https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/polish-returns

The Ulam Programme 2020, 15 January 2020 – 15 April 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.

Learn more about the conditions for application, timing, etc. https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/the-ulam-programme