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ProDok 2024 – Award Ceremony Highlights

On November 16, 2024, during a prestigious gala, winners of the ProDok 2024 Doctoral Community Competition were awarded for the most pro-doctoral initiatives of the past academic year. The competition, organized by doctoral councils from Polish academic institutions, promotes collaboration, innovation, and community-building.

This year's edition received nearly 100 submissions, reflecting the active role of doctoral students as academic leaders. Winners were selected through voting by doctoral councils, ensuring fairness and peer-driven recognition.

We are more than happy to announce that representatives from our Self-Government Council received a prestigious ProDok award in one of the seven categories – “Open to the World.” This means that the events, initiatives, and actions undertaken by our Self-Government in the 2023/2024 academic year were recognized as the most internationally oriented among all Polish Doctoral Self-Governments!

This incredible moment crowned our efforts in the 2023/2024 academic year and simultaneously marked us as leaders in fostering international collaboration across various dimensions of university life - a mission we will steadfastly continue to pursue.

The gala was graced by prominent academic and administrative figures, including rectors, vice-rectors, and representatives of doctoral and student communities, a.o.:

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz - Rector of the Poznan University of Life Sciences
dr Damian Syjczak - Head of Political Cabinet of the Minister of Science
Prof. Dariusz Jemielniak - Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
prof. dr. hab. Filip Kaczmarek - President of Poznań Society of Friends of Science
prof. dr. hab. inż. Jan Szmidt - friend of doctoral self-government

ProDok 2024 Award Winners

• Active Doctoral Council: University of Łódź Doctoral Council
• Effective Doctoral Council: Wrocław University of Technology Doctoral Council
• Dynamic Start: "From Vision to Reality" by West Pomeranian Doctoral Student Agreement
• Scientific Project: "1st International Young Researchers Conference" – Białystok University of Technology
• Event: "Speed Dating for Young Researchers" – West Pomeranian Doctoral Student Agreement
• Doctoral School: Warsaw University of Life Sciences Doctoral Council
• Open to the World: International Doctoral Council – Doctoral Council of Gdańsk University of Technology

Congratulations to all the winners and participants!