Date added: 2025-06-27
Researchers from our School among the Recipients of the Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship
The scholarships are awarded to young researchers with significant scientific accomplishments, and the selection process follows strict and transparent guidelines. In this year’s edition (2025), a total of 1,711 applications were submitted. The applications were evaluated by an advisory panel appointed by the Minister – separately for doctoral candidates and for individuals already holding a doctoral degree. In each scientific discipline, only one scholarship could be awarded to a doctoral candidate, making the entire process highly selective and competitive.
As a result, 228 young researchers were awarded scholarships, including 34 doctoral candidates. Each scholarship will be granted for a period of three years, with a monthly amount of PLN 5,390.
Our laureates
MSc Eng. Farzin Kazemi is a current doctoral candidate at our School, conducting research at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the discipline of civil engineering, geodesy and transport [ILGiT]. He began his PhD training in the 2021/2022 academic year under the supervision of prof. Robert Jankowski, DSc, Eng. – Director of the Doctoral School and a researcher at the Department of Building Engineering.
His research aims to provide comprehensive and practical methods for retrofitting buildings to improve seismic performance levels. For this purpose, he focused on developing innovative retrofitting strategies based on machine-learning methods for buildings having different types of lateral force-resisting systems, including steel moment-resisting frame (SMRF), buckling-restrained braced frame (BRBF), reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls, and RC structures.
He also included the infill masonry walls and rigid and semi-rigid connections in the modeling to consider the real-world condition of existing buildings. His team proposed a novel bracing system, named double-stage yield steel slit damper-buckling restrained brace (SSD-DYB), designed for use in both low-, and high-intensity seismic zones.
During his career, he has engaged in research collaborations with prominent scientists from Iran, the USA, South Korea, Libya, China, Iraq, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Greece, and the UK.
Dr Eng. Adrian Olejnik is a graduate of our School. In 2024, he defended his doctoral dissertation in the discipline of materials engineering [IMa] under the supervision of Prof. Robert Bogdanowicz, DSc, Eng., and Katarzyna Siuzdak, DSc, Eng., Associate Professor at IMP PAS.
He currently works at the Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, in Prof. Bogdanowicz’s research group. His work focuses on photoelectrochemical biosensing, aiming to develop analytical methods for detecting biologically relevant compounds (molecules, proteins).
He specialises in the characterisation and modification of semiconductor materials as well as the development of measurement techniques for efficient detection. An essential aspect of his research is the integration of experimental and theoretical approaches.
Not long ago, he was also awarded a scholarship in the prestigious START programme of the Foundation for Polish Science.
PhD student and graduate of the Doctoral School among Poland’s top 100 researchers under 30
We warmly congratulate our young researchers on this remarkable achievement! The Minister’s scholarship is not only a prestigious honor but also a confirmation of the scientific potential nurtured within our School. We are proud to support talents whose research is shaping the future of science – both locally and globally.