Nitrogenium Supporting Excellence In Publishing

The Nitrogenium Supporting Excellence In Publishing program is part of the implementation of the tasks of the ‘Excellence Initiative - Research University’ program in terms of improving the quality of the university's scientific activity. Its purpose is to support the publication of research results of Gdańsk Tech employees and doctoral students in the best world scientific journals. Financial bonuses are awarded for publishing an article in 2024 in a journal in the top five percentiles (99% -95%) of a given category according to the Scopus classification, and the status of belonging to the group of the world's best scientific periodicals is confirmed by the highest possible score (200 points ) in the classification of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

For whom?

The program is addressed to employees of Gdansk University of Technology and doctoral students.

What you stand to gain?

1. Financial bonuses are awarded for publishing an article in 2024 in a scientific journal that meets the following conditions:

a) being in the top five percentiles (99%-95%) of its category according to the Scopus classification;

b) the status of belonging to the group of the world's best scientific journals is confirmed by the highest possible number of points (currently 200) in the list of journals compiled by the Ministry of Science and Education

c) the scientific discipline assigned to the journal in the MNiSW list as indicated in 1b) is subject to evaluation by the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Quality at the Gdansk University of Technology.

2. The bonus is not awarded if the University's publication record is not increased by the publication of the article, which will be considered in the evaluation of the quality of scholarly activity for the period 2022-2025, due to the early filling of the slot limit by all authors from the University.

3. The financial bonus for an article is PLN 20 000 gross if the journal is in the 99% percentile, PLN 15 000 gross if the journal is in the 98-97% percentile and PLN 12 000 gross if the journal is in the 96-95% percentile.

4. The financial bonus is granted to all co-authors of the publication who are employees or doctoral students of the University, provided that the article contains the University affiliation of the author. In the case of a single author/co-author from the University, he/she receives the entire premium, while in the case of a larger number of co-authors from the University, the premium is divided among them on the basis of the creative contribution resulting from the joint statement of the co-authors, or in the absence of such a statement, on the basis of equal contributions.

How and when to apply for a grant?

Recruitment in the program is on a continuous basis.
Applications can be submitted through the MojaPG page in the Grants module.

The application should obligatorily include attachments:
- a printout of the so-called fiche from the MojaPG system,
- confirmation of the journal's position in the relevant percentiles in its category in the Scopus database,
- confirmation of the scoring and assigned scientific discipline of the journal in the MNiSW list,
- signed and completed by PG co-authors annex Percentage Statement of Co-authors (the current template of the annexes can be found on the program website in the red box).
The attachment should be signed by all co-authors of the article from Gdańsk Tech.
The application can be submitted only after the article is published in its final form in 2024.
When submitting an application in the system, select:
- Program Type - Supporting Publishing Activities
- Program - Nitrogenium Supporting Excellence In Publishing
- Recruitment - Nitrogenium 2024