Scholarships for other groups

Most people associate scholarship programmes with formal system of education only. Nevertheless, there are variety of fellowships dedicated to leaders, experts, journalists, artists and other groups.

Thus, we would like to emphasise that the scholarship programmes apply not only to students and researchers, but also to professionals wishing to develop in Poland. We therefore encourage you to read the following short guide describing the unique support programmes for experts.

The Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program

For over 20 years now, the Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program has been supporting individual development of young, ambitious and active citizens of selected states in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. The goal of the Program is to share the Polish experience of political transformation and integration with the European Union. The group of over 900 alumni of the Program includes members of governments, MPs, managerial staff of large multinationals, heads of local authorities and well-known social activists.

The Program offers scholarships for two-term university training courses on Polish universities. Eligible candidates are young leaders and experts with higher education coming from the following 11 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan who are interested in fostering democracy, economy and civic society in their home countries and in the region.

The Program offers 2 terms of studies on Polish universities as well as 2-week internships in state or private institutions. Potential candidates are persons who have resolved that following the completion of the scholarship, they want to return to their home country in order to implement the knowledge gained during the scholarship or a project prepared as part of it.

Source: kirkland.edu.pl/en/about-the-program

Journalistic scholarships of the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation

The scholarship may be awarded to journalists (with professional record) residing permanently in Poland or Germany. The scholarship shall amount to a maximum of EUR 2,500.

The founding may cover the costs of enquire to article, reportage (press, radio, television, internet), photoreportage or book – in Poland, Germany or in neighbouring countries.

Official website: fwpn.org.pl/stypendium-dziennikarskie

The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship programme “Gaude Polonia”

The Gaude Polonia scholarships are awarded by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, on whose behalf the activities related to the competition are carried out by the National Centre for Culture.

The programme consists in a six-month stay in Poland, during which the students carry out their scholarship projects under the mentorship of recognised Polish artists and cultural institutions. The competition covers six-month scholarships for the period from 1 February to 31 July 2022. The amount of the scholarship is PLN 3,750 gross per month.

Primary source: www.nck.pl/en/dotacje-i-stypendia/stypendia/programy/gaude-polonia

Literary Scholarships

The Creative Grants organised by the Villa Decius Association and the Foundation for German – Polish Cooperation are addressed to German writers and translators of literature from German into Polish and Polish into German. The grants provide for residential stays at the Dom Łaskiego (Łaski’s House), which is an outbuilding of Villa Decius. A stay of an international group of artists promotes networking and mutual cooperation, inspires and stimulates the achievement of intercultural understanding and knowledge of our common heritage. These are also accompanied by joint meetings of authors with the general public, and the texts written in the course such stays are published in the cooperating magazines and web services.

Source: www.villa.org.pl/villa/en/program/stypendia-tworcze

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