12 July 2024

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) is pleased to announce the call results the 6th edition of the POLONISTA NAWA programme. The scholarship was awarded to 41 people from all over the world, among them 14 scientists!

Th aim of the programme is to promote the Polish language and popularize Polish studies and research around the world by enabling foreigners interested in the Polish language and culture to undertake studies or carry out research projects in Poland. Foreign students, PhD students and scientists whose subject of study or research is the Polish language, Polish culture, art, literature and history can participate in the programme.

Scientists – scholarship holders of the POLONISTA NAWA programme – can carry out research projects lasting from 3 to 12 months at Polish universities, also in English. Polish scientists and academic teachers can carry out research and teaching projects in foreign academic centers that offer Polish studies, Polish studies or Slavic studies.

In this year’s call, scholarships were awarded to 14 researchers from Brazil, Canada, Ukraine, the USA and Poland. They will carry out research on a wide variety of topics in the fields of, among others, linguistics, glottodidactics, Polish literature or Polish history. As part of their projects, scholarship holders may also support foreign academic centres by giving classes and lectures on the Polish language, Polish culture, literature and history.

List of applicants who have been awarded a fellowship (RESEARCHER)

Previous editions of the programme

The previous five editions of the NAWA POLONISTA programme have benefited 198 people from 22 countries, including Poland. 164 scholarship holders are students and PhD students, and 34 are scientists, who have been hosted by 13 Polish scientific institutions and universities.

We congratulate all POLONISTA NAWA scholarship holders and wish them fruitful studies and interesting research projects!

POLONISTA NAWA programme