University of Silesia in Katowice

The competition was conducted on the basis of the Regulations on the expenditure of funds for the research activity of doctoral students of the Doctoral School, introduced by ordinance No. 1/2022 of the Dean of the Doctoral School. On October 24th, 2022, the competition committee appointed by the Dean of the Doctoral School determined the distribution of funds in the competition.

128 applications were submitted within the deadline, including 13 applications withdrawn by applicants (applications submitted in duplicate) and 6 applications rejected at the stage of formal evaluation (2 due to exceeding the total requested amount of PLN 5,000, 3 due to the lack of a submitted report on spending funds in competition No. 1 and No. 2/2022 and 1 due to lack of confirmation by the supervisor).

The commission assessed 114 applications. During the assessment, the committee decided to reject 17 applications for substantive reasons, including 16 due to the impossibility of implementing the project (including activities planned for 2023 and expenses impossible to implement by the end of 2022) and 1 due to low scientific level (very poor substantive description).

Applications were submitted for a total amount of PLN 323 418,23.

Funds for distribution: PLN 95,000.

After examining all the applications, the committee applied to the Dean of the Doctoral School for financing of applications in the total amount of PLN 96 013,41.

Based on the assessments of committee members and following an analysis of the costs presented in the applications, the committee decided to finance 62 proposals, some in full and some in part. Due to the lack of sufficient funds, 22 applications that passed the formal and content-related validation, but obtained too few points and were placed last on the ranking list, will not be financed. In accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned regulations, the Doctoral School publishes information about the awarded funds.

PhD students who did not receive funding will receive information about the reason in a separate email in two weeks from the day of the announcement of results. PhD students who have been granted a part of the applied funds may ask the Doctoral School office about the destination of the granted funds.

The Dean of the Doctoral School informs about the opening of the competition for financing scientific, artistic and development activities from the budget of the Doctoral School.

Basic information:

Closing of the online form: October 14, 2022 at 23:55

Term for confirming the application by a PhD supervisor: October 17, 2022 at 12:00

Link to the form: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/3461

Planned date of announcing the results: October 21 (may be changed) on the website of the Doctoral School.

Application procedure:

• The doctoral student fills in and sends the SRW form, and then confirms the submission of the application by clicking on the link sent by the system. Deadline for closing the system: October 14 (Friday) at 23:55.
• The doctoral student submits the completed form in an electronic or paper version, identical to the form submitted in the system, to the supervisor for approval.
• For PhD students of the 1st year, who does not have a PhD supervisor yet, it may be done by the supervisor declared during admission.
• The PhD supervisor informs the Doctoral School about accepting the form by sending an email to the address: szkola.doktorska@us.edu.pl from his or her official account in the @us.edu.pl domain. Date: October 21 (Monday) till 12:00. Minor changes can be marked in the email or placed on the paper version of the application.
• The introduction of significant changes to the application by the supervisor results in the obligation for the doctoral student to repeat the above-described procedure. But the system will not be open again – it must be done before.
• Applications not confirmed by the supervisor will not be considered.

Additional terms of the competition, not included in the Regulations:

1. No funds exceeding PLN 5,000 will be awarded per doctoral student.
2. A doctoral student should submit several applications if he or she wants to apply for financing of various projects (for a total amount not exceeding PLN 5,000).
3. Only funds to be spent in the calendar year 2022 may be awarded in the competition.
4. A doctoral student who has submitted an individual research plan should apply for funds planned in the IPB (IRP) budget. Other activities will be financed only in the case of remaining free funds after financing all activities included in IPB (this rule does not apply to 1st year doctoral students).
5. Doctoral students who received funds in competition No. 6 or 7 (February  and October 2022), must fill the report on spending that funds, if they want to participate in this competition – information has been send to all doctoral students who have been granted in that competition.

Please read the Regulation on spending funds.

The competition was conducted on the basis of the Regulations on the expenditure of funds for the research activity of doctoral students of the Doctoral School, introduced by the ordinance No. 1/2022 of the Dean of the Doctoral School. On May 24th, 2022, the competition committee appointed by the Dean of the Doctoral School determined the distribution of funds in the competition.

135 applications were submitted within the deadline, all were confirmed by the supervisor, and 13 were rejected for formal reasons (5 due to exceeding the total requested amount of PLN 5,000, 8 due to the lack of a submitted report or survey on the expenditure of funds in competition no. 1/2022).

Applications were submitted for a total amount of PLN 380 106,34.

Funds for distribution: PLN 90,000.

After examining all the applications, the committee applied to the Dean of the Doctoral School for financing of applications in the total amount of PLN 99 997,87.

After the commission’s evaluation, 8 applications were rejected on the basis of the content-based validation (they did not receive enough points in the categories where the minimum number of points was specified).

Based on the assessments of committee members and following an analysis of the costs presented in the applications, the committee decided to finance 41 proposals, some in full and some in part. Due to the lack of sufficient funds, 73 applications which passed the formal and content-related validation, but obtained too few points and were placed last on the ranking list, will not be financed. In accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned of the regulations, the Doctoral School publishes information about the awarded funds.

PhD students who did not receive funding will receive information about the reason in a separate email. People who have been granted a part of applied funds may ask in the Doctoral School office on destination of granted funds.

The Dean of the Doctoral School informs about the opening of the competition for financing scientific, artistic and development activities from the budget of the Doctoral School.

Basic information:

Closing of the online form: May 13, 2022 at 15:00

Term for confirming the application by a PhD supervisor: May 16, 2022 at 12:00

The pool of funds: PLN 90 000 (with the possibility of increasing – dean’s decision)
Link to the form: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/3136

Planned date of announcing the results: May 20th (may be changed) on the website of the Doctoral School.

Application procedure:

The doctoral student fills in and sends the SRW form, and then confirms the submission of the application by clicking on the link sent by the system. Deadline for closing the system: May 13th (Friday) at 15:00.

The doctoral student submits the completed form in an electronic or paper version, identical to the form submitted in the School’s IT system, to the supervisor for approval.

The PhD supervisor informs the Doctoral School about accepting the form by sending an email to the address: szkola.doktorska@us.edu.pl from his or her official account in the @us.edu.pl domain. Date: May 16th (Monday) till 12:00. Minor changes can be marked in the email or placed on the paper version of the application.

The introduction of significant changes to the application by the supervisor results in the obligation for the doctoral student to repeat the above-described procedure.

Applications not confirmed by the supervisor will not be considered.

Additional terms of the competition, not included in the Regulations:

1. No funds exceeding PLN 5,000 will be awarded per doctoral student.
2. A doctoral student should submit several applications if he or she wants to apply for financing of various projects (for a total amount not exceeding PLN 5,000).
3. Only funds to be spent in the calendar year 2022 may be awarded in the competition.
4. A doctoral student who has submitted an individual research plan should apply for funds planned in the IPB (IRP) budget. Other activities will be financed only in the case of remaining free funds after financing all activities included in IPB (this rule does not apply to 1st year doctoral students).
5. Doctoral students who received funds in competition No. 6 (February 2022), must fill the report on spending that funds, if they want to participate in this competition – information has been send to all doctoral students who have been granted in that competition.

Please read the Regulation on spending funds.

The competition was conducted on the basis of the Regulations on the expenditure of funds for the research activity of doctoral students of the Doctoral School, introduced by the ordinance No. 1/2022 of the Dean of the Doctoral School. On February 11, 2022, the competition committee appointed by the Dean of the Doctoral School determined the distribution of funds in the competition.

100 applications were submitted within the deadline, out of which 99 were confirmed by the promoter, and four were rejected for formal reasons.

Applications were submitted for a total amount of PLN 277,224.47.

Funds for distribution: PLN 180,000.

After examining all the applications, the committee applied to the Dean of the Doctoral School for financing of applications in the total amount of PLN 192 510.49. Mrs. Dean agreed to this.

After the commission’s evaluation, 10 applications were rejected on the basis of the content-based validation (they did not receive enough points in the categories where the minimum number of points was specified).

Based on the assessments of committee members and following an analysis of the costs presented in the applications, the committee decided to finance 81 proposals, some in full and some in part. Due to the lack of sufficient funds, 4 applications which passed the formal and content-related validation, but obtained too few points and were placed last on the ranking list, will not be financed. In accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned of the regulations, the Doctoral School publishes information about the awarded funds.

PhD students who did not receive funding will receive information about the reason in a separate email. People who have been granted some or all of the funds will receive information on the details of financing in a separate e-mail.

The Dean of the Doctoral School informs about the opening of the competition for financing scientific, artistic and development activities from the budget of the Doctoral School.

Basic information:

Application deadline: February 3, 2022 at 23:59 (term for confirming the application y a PhD supervisor)

Closing of the online form: February 3, 2022 at 15:00
The pool of funds: PLN 180 000 (with the possibility of increasing – dean’s decision)
Link to the form: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/2870
Planned date of announcing the results: February 11th (may be changed) on the website of the Doctoral School.

Application procedure:

The doctoral student fills in and sends the SRW form, and then confirms the submission of the application by clicking on the link sent by the system. Deadline for closing the system: February 3rd (Thursday) hours. 15:00.
The doctoral student submits the completed form in an electronic or paper version, identical to the form submitted in the School’s IT system, to the supervisor for approval.
The supervisor informs the Doctoral School about accepting the form by sending an email to the address: szkola.doktorska@us.edu.pl from his or her official account in the @us.edu.pl domain or by signing the form, which the doctoral student or other person then submits to the Doctoral School office. Date: February 3rd (Thursday) hours. 23:59. Minor changes can be marked in the email or placed on the paper version of the application.
The introduction of significant changes to the application by the supervisor results in the obligation for the doctoral student to repeat the above-described procedure.
Applications not confirmed by the supervisor will not be considered.

Additional terms of the competition, not included in the Regulations:

1. No funds exceeding PLN 5,000 will be awarded per doctoral student.
   A doctoral student may submit several applications if he or she wants to apply for financing of various projects (for a total amount not exceeding PLN 5,000).
2. Only funds to be spent in the calendar year 2022 may be awarded in the competition.
3. A doctoral student who has submitted an individual research plan should apply for funds planned in the IPB (IRP) budget. Other activities will be financed only in the case of remaining free funds after financing all activities included in IPB (this rule does not apply to 1st year doctoral students).
4. Due to the fact that a competition under the PROM program for short-term trips abroad is open at the same time, such expenses should be allocated to that competition in the first place. Each such expenditure planned for financing in this contest should contain a justification why it cannot be financed from the PROM.

Please read the Regulation on spending funds.