[Update 2.06.2023] Supporting mobility abroad for the best doctoral students – NAWA internships | Gdańsk University of Technology

Project participants can be Phd students of:

• Gdańsk University of Technology

• Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk

• Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk

admitted to our Doctoral School in 2019-2021, who are currently in the second, third or fourth year of PhD training.

The rules for applying and awarding outgoing mobility grants are set forth in the STER Regulations supporting mobility abroad.

NAWA internships regulations

Appendixes to the regulations setting out model documents have been linked in the sections below.

• The applications for a mobility will be accepted between May 15-29, 2023.

• Applications should be submitted in paper form directly to the Doctoral School Office during office hours only.

• Applications will be evaluated by a committee. The Office staff is not responsible for the completeness of correctness of applications.

• In addition to the application, the applicant must submit documents related to participation in the project, which are described in the Regulations for Participation in the STER Project.

Participation in the project activities  involves the necessity of filling in, signing and delivering to the Doctoral School Office the following documents: 

• Application for STER mobility

• Sample invitation letter from the host institution abroad

• Declaration of the project participant concering RODO personal data, constituting Appendix No. 4a to the Beneficiary Handbook (docx, 137.17kB)

• Additional consent of the participant for the processing of personal data, constituting Appendix No. 5a to the Beneficiary Handbook (docx, 140.94kB)

Upon return from the internship, the Doctoral Student is obliged to submit, within 14 calendar days:

• a certificate of completion of the internship, certified by the supervisor from the foreign centre > view and download:  Appendix No. 5 to the Regulations (docx, 48.46kB)
• a content-related report of the internship, in which the doctoral student presents the scope of the work completed and plans for further cooperation between the centres in relation to the application for mobility > view and download:  Appendix No. 6 to the Regulations (docx, 77.40kB)
• in the case of the creation of works within the meaning of copyright and related rights – an agreement on the transfer of copyrights with respect to the contribution of the Doctoral Student > view and download: Appendix No. 7 to the Regulations
• a financial settlement of the mobility > view and download: Appendix No. 8 to the Regulations 

The winners of the competition in support of mobility abroad will receive a mobility grant covering: travel costs, accommodation and living expenses, as well as mobility allowance.

• Travel costs - The flat rates are specified in Appendix 2 to the Regulations 

• Accommodation and living expenses - The flat rates are specified in Appendix 3 to the Regulations

• Mobility (settlement) allowance - A one-off settlement allowance (e.g. raw materials, semi-finished products, reagents, access to laboratory premises and large research infrastructure not available (difficult to access) in Poland, purchase of access to library collections, a library card, etc.) in the amount of PLN 5,000.

The scholarship is exempt from income tax.

The scholarships will be granted on the basis of a signed agreement and will be paid in a lump sum before the internship starts. A model of the contract to be signed with the successful doctoral student is set out in > view: Appendix 4 to the  Regulations.