Grant competition for funding or co-funding international scientific conferences
Call for applications
The call for applications is open from May 6 to June 6, 2024.
Competition description
The aim of the competition is to support initiatives by University staff in organizing international conferences that contribute to the achievement of the University’s four key strategic objectives as a research university (4xI@NCU): internationalization, interdisciplinarity, innovativeness, and integrity.
Only academic staff employed at the University in a research or research-and-teaching position may apply for the competition. The applicant must be the sole organizer or a representative of the conference organizing committee.
Under the competition, funding may be granted to international scientific conferences organized or co-organized by the University and affiliated with it, in which at least 30% of active participants are from foreign research institutions.
The organizer may receive a grant of up to PLN 30,000.
During the competition period, each organizer may receive funding only once.
Note: During the application period, online consultations with the competition expert are available. Consultations will take place via Microsoft Teams on Mondays: May 6 from 9:30 to 10:30, and May 13 and 20 from 11:00 to 12:00.
Announcements and documents
Contact
Contact person: IDUB Secretariat, M.A. Lilianna Rynkiewicz, email: liliana.rynkiewicz@umk.pl, phone: +48 56 611 3141
Results
A total of 27 applications were submitted to the competition: 18 to the HS Council, 3 to the ST Council, and 6 to the NZ Council. Two applications were withdrawn by the applicants. The remaining 25 applications were forwarded for evaluation by the appropriate Field Councils.
The substantive evaluation of applications was conducted according to the following criteria:
Outline of the program, expected number of participants including international participants, number of invited speakers (including international guests) (0–30 points)
Information about any co-organizers (full names of universities, research units, or local government institutions) (0–15 points)
Information on experience in organizing similar activities (0–25 points)
Description of the expected outcomes of the event (0–30 points)
List of grant winners for funding or co-funding international scientific conferences:
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts:
Dr. habil. Łukasz Dominiak, Prof. UMK
Dr. Hadrian Ciechanowski
Dr. Tomasz Komendziński
Dr. habil. Tomasz Jarmużek, Prof. UMK
Dr. Piotr Pranke
Life Sciences:
Prof. Mauro Panteghini
Dr. Justyna Cwajda-Białasik
Dr. habil. Aldona Jankowska, Prof. UMK
Dr. Aleksandra Wypych
Exact and Technical Sciences:
Prof. Dr. habil. Wojciech Kujawski
Prof. Dr. habil. Jacek Ścianowski
Prof. Dr. habil. Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz
The formal and substantive evaluation of applications was conducted separately by the Field Councils in three scientific domains: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts; Exact and Technical Sciences; and Life Sciences (membership of the councils is listed below).
Field Council for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts (HS):
Prof. Dr. habil. Maciej Karwowski, University of Wrocław
Dr. Joanna Dreszer, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, UMK
Prof. Dr. habil. Joanna Wojdon, University of Wrocław
Dr. habil. Ewa Dahlig-Turek, Prof. IS PAN, Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr. habil. Łukasz Młyńczyk, University of Warsaw
Prof. Dr. habil. Elżbieta Skibińska, University of Wrocław
Dr. habil. Karolina Kremens, University of Wrocław
Field Council for Exact and Technical Sciences (ST):
Prof. Dr. habil. Agnieszka Szumna, Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr. habil. Justyna Kozłowska, Faculty of Chemistry, UMK
Prof. Dr. habil. Agnieszka Janiuk, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. habil. Eng. Leszek Rutkowski, Częstochowa University of Technology
Prof. Dr. habil. Jerzy Nawrocki, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, PIG-PIB
Prof. Dr. habil. Katarzyna Lisowska, University of Łódź
Field Council for Life Sciences (NZ):
Prof. Dr. habil. Ewa Łojkowska, University of Gdańsk
Dr. habil. Marek Foksiński, Prof. UMK, Faculty of Pharmacy, UMK
Dr. habil. Agnieszka Gorzkowska, Prof. SUM, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
Prof. Dr. habil. Edyta Reszka, University of Łódź
Prof. Dr. habil. n. med. Jacek Witkowski, Medical University of Gdańsk
Prof. Dr. habil. n. med. Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk, Medical University in Lublin
Prof. Dr. habil. Eng. Beata Kolesińska, Łódź University of Technology
Dr. habil. Joanna Izdebska, Prof. UG, University of Gdańsk