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Debuts

Recruitment: 04.03.2024 – 05.04.2024 – 7th edition

Recruitment: 16.09.2024 – 14.10.2024 – 8th edition

The aim of the competition is to support the development of scientific activities in line with the four most important goals of the University as a research university (4xI @ NCU), which are: internationalization, interdisciplinarity, innovation and integrity. They include all kinds of preliminary, exploratory and pilot research, queries, research internships, research trips, active  participation in scientific conferences or consultation trips.

The competition is aimed at university researchers who do not currently manage and in the last 5 years have not managed their research grant obtained from external funds.

The amount of co-financing for one project awarded under the competition may not exceed PLN 50,000. The winners of the competition receive financial support in the form of a grant for the implementation of the project submitted for the competition and the possibility of obtaining substantive support in the preparation of grant applications from internal experts.

Applications should be submitted electronically using the application form. Questions about the project can be addressed to debiuty@umk.pl.

During the call we invite you to online consultations with the competition expert. Consultations will be held on the Microsoft Teams every Monday (23.09, 30.09, 07.10, 14.10) from 10:00 to 11:00.

Link to the consultation

 

Contact person: Bartosz Zdunowski, phone no.: 56 611 31 52.

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 22 applications to the HS Council, 6 applications to the ST Council and 16 applications to the NZ Council (a total of 44 applications, 42 of which met formal requirements). 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 – 6th Edition” competition was drawn up.

Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts:

  1. mgr Agata Ogińska
  2. dr Marta Szada
  3. dr Joanna Michalak
  4. dr Michal Buszko
  5. dr Tomasz Grodzicki
  6. dr hab. Krzysztof Celuch
  7. dr Mariusz Czupich

Life Sciences:

  1. dr hab. Daniel Załuski
  2. dr inż. Paulina Spisz
  3. dr Piotr Kośliński
  4. dr Agnieszka Pawełek
  5. dr Filip Graczyk
  6. mgr Szymon Baumgart
  7. mgr Jakub Gębalski
  8. dr Marek Jankowski
  9. dr Szymon Suwała
  10. dr Inga Dziembowska
  11. dr Katarzyna Mądra-Gackowska

Science and Technology:

  1. dr Łukasz Jan Niewiara
  2. dr Robert Szczęsny

The competition received 26 applications to the HS Council, 4 applications to the ST Council and 19 applications to the NZ Council (a total of 49, including  48  applications meeting the formal requirements). Applications were subjected to a substantive assessment by the respective Area Councils. As a result of the individual evaluations, a list of winners in the ‘Initiative of Excellence – Debuts – 6th Edition’ competition has been drawn up.

Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts:

  1. dr Maciej Żenkiewicz
  2. mgr Andrzej Meler
  3. dr hab. Marzenna Wiśniewska
  4. dr Małgorzata Sobczyk
  5. dr Ewa Doleżyńska-Sewerniak
  6. dr Daria Jagiełło

Life Sciences:

  1. dr hab. Artur Słomka, prof. UMK
  2. mgr Justyna Durślewicz
  3. dr Anna Budzyńska
  4. mgr Gracjan Różański
  5. dr Hanna Kletkiewicz
  6. dr Dawid Szwedowski
  7. dr hab. Katarzyna Skonieczna, prof. UMK
  8. mgr Martyna Parol-Kulczyk
  9. dr Dorota Gawenda-Kempczyńska
  10. dr Paulina Antosik

Science and Technology:

  1. dr inż. Rafał Szczepański
  2. mgr inż. Mateusz Tejer

The competition received 15 applications to the HS Council, seven applications to the ST Council and 20 applications to the NZ Council (a total of 42 applications meeting the formal requirements). All applications were subjected to a substantive assessment by the respective Area Councils.

As a result of the individual evaluations, a list of winners in the ‘Initiative of Excellence – Debuts -5th Edition’ competition has been drawn up.

Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts:
1. dr Kamil Adamczak,
2. dr Joanna Walewska-Choptiany,
3. dr hab. Paweł Wiśniewski, prof. UMK,
4. dr Grzegorz Koneczniak,
5. dr hab. Anna Brzezińska-Rawa, prof. UMK,

Life Sciences:
1. dr Natalia Piekuś-Słomka,
2. dr Tomasz Bogiel,
3. dr Aleksandra Loba,
4. dr Marta Hałas-Wiśniewska,
5. mgr Zuzanna Kraszewska

Science and Technology:
1. dr Grzegorz Pastuszak,
2. dr Adrian Falkowski,
3. mgr inż. Kamil Wyrąbkiewicz

The competition attracted 24 applications to the HS Council, 23 applications to the NZ Council and 5 applications to the ST Council (a total of 50 applications meeting the formal requirements). All applications were subjected to substantive evaluation by the relevant scientific councils of the scientific fields. As a result of the individual assessments, a list of winners in the competition ‘Initiative of Excellence – Debuts – 4th edition’ was drawn up.

Results

The competition attracted 34 applications to the HS council, 13 applications to the ST council and 23 applications to the NZ council (a total of 70 applications meeting the formal requirements). All applications were subjected to substantive evaluation by the relevant scientific councils of scientific fields. As a result of the individual evaluations, a list of winners in the “Initiative of Excellence – Debuts – 3rd edition” competition was drawn up.

Results

The competition is aimed at male and female researchers at the University, especially young researchers, who are not currently directing and have not directed 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) within the last 5 years.

The Excellence Initiative – Debuts competition is aimed at UMK researchers, particularly young researchers, who are not currently directing and have not directed their own externally-funded research grant in the past 5 years. Applicants must not be members of Centers of Excellence or Emerging Fields established at UMK under IDUB.

Questions about the project can be directed to debiuty@umk.pl.