We know the results of the call for applications under the NAWA Network – EURAXESS 2024 program. The University of Zielona Góra is among a dozen or so institutions that have received funding from NAWA – the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange – as part of the program’s first edition. Out of 12 submitted proposals, 11 projects were awarded funding. The total amount of funding granted is PLN 7,054,448.50.

In addition to our university, funding was also awarded to:

• AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków

• National Centre for Nuclear Research

• Silesian University of Technology

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

• University of Gdańsk

• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

• University of Łódź

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

• University of Rzeszów

• West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

As stated in the announcement by NAWA – the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange:
"The NAWA–EURAXESS Network is a new program in our portfolio, with the first call launched on November 7, 2024. Its aim is to build regional cooperation networks among scientific and higher education institutions and other organizations that support foreigners in various regions of Poland. The goal of these partnerships is to create and promote an attractive environment for international researchers and their families coming to Poland. The projects implemented will also contribute to increasing the number of Polish institutions in the European EURAXESS network, strengthening long-term regional cooperation, and boosting the visibility and utilization of European initiatives that support research career development."

The program will run from June 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028.