The competition was aimed at young scientists within the meaning of Article 360 (2) of the Act of July 20, 2018. – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 478, as amended) who hold a doctoral degree and are employees of the University, academic teachers who are under 50 years of age on the date of application, academic teachers who meet the criteria set forth in items. 1 or 2, who have given birth or raised a child using maternity or parental leave in the last 3 years, who do not and have not in the last 5 years managed their own research grant obtained from external funds from the National Science Center (NCN), the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), the National Program for the Development of the Humanities (NPRH), the National Center for Research and Development (NCBR), the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) or the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).

The competition received 19 applications to the HS Council, 4 applications to the ST Council and 27 applications to the NZ Council (a total of 50 applications, 49 of which met formal requirements and 1 the application has been withdrawn). All applications were subjected to substantive evaluation by the relevant Area Councils.
As a result of the individual evaluations, a list of winners in the “Initiative of Excellence – Debuts – 8th Edition” competition was drawn up.

Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts:

dr Paulina Rosalska

mgr Jan Nikadon

dr Katarzyna Gębarowska

dr Aleksandra Jaworowicz_Zimny

dr hab. Inga Głuszek, prof. UMK

dr Joanna Antoniak

Life Sciences:

dr Joanna Chałupka

mgr Dominika Kołodziej-Sobczak

dr Aneta Bąk

dr Agnieszka Ludwiczak

mgr inż. Katarzyna Piechowska

dr hab. Katarzyna Rafińska, prof. UMK

dr Katarzyna Bergmann

dr Olga Impert

dr Brygida Świeżawska-Boniecka

dr Katarzyna Napiórkowska-Baran

mgr Beata Donarska

dr Tomasz Wybranowski

Science and Technology:

dr Agnieszka Tafelska-Kaczmarek

dr Jakub Narębski

dr inż. Sebastian Meszyński