University of Silesia in Katowice

Dear PhD students of the second year of education

in the Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice and in the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Center of Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice,

we announce a competition to increase the doctoral scholarship for the 2019/2020 academic year (scientific achievements from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020 will be taken into account).

The competition regulations, criteria for awarding a scholarship increase and scholarship application forms can be found on the websites of doctoral schools. Applications must be submitted in electronic and paper form. The electronic version should be sent to the internet address of the appropriate doctoral school, and the paper version should be delivered to the Doctoral School or the International Environmental Doctoral School office by September 6 this year. (if the application is sent by post, the date as postmarked).

The aim of the competition is to motivate and support the development and scientific career of young talents.

The pro-quality scholarship for PhD students of doctoral schools is financed under the University of Silesia program entitled “Research Excellence Initiative”, from the funds obtained in connection with the participation of the University in the “Initiative of Excellence – Research University” program and receiving from the Ministry of Education and Science a 2% increase in subsidies for the period 2020-2025.

 

Professor Alina Świeściak-Fast

Dear of the Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice

 

Mariusz Grabiec, PhD, Dsc, Assoc. Prof.

Dean of the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Center of Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice

The rules and criteria of the competition are published in Regulation No. 128/2021 of 08-07-2021 of the Rector of the University of Silesia on the granting an increase in the doctoral scholarship for doctoral students of doctoral schools at the University of Silesia in Katowice: http://bip.us.edu.pl/zarzadzenie-nr-1282021 (documents in Polish)

English translation of the main documents:

Rules and regulations for granting an increase in the doctoral scholarship

Criteria for assessing doctoral achivements in the application for increase in the doctoral scholarship

 

Forms of applications for individual fields of research and art:

in Polish:

wniosek obszar n. humanistycznych dyscypliny artystyczne 2019-2020

wniosek obszar n. humanistycznych dyscypliny naukowe 2019-2020

wniosek obszar n. przyrodniczych ścisłych i technicznych – SD i MŚSD – 2019-2020

wniosek obszar n. społecznych 2019-2020

in English:

application form field of social sciences 2019-2020

application form natural sciences and engineering – DS and IEDS 2019-2020