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HOMING PLUS Programme

Grants for young scholars encouraging them to conduct research in Poland


In fields of research within the Bio, Info, Techno categories, the HOMING PLUS Programme is co-financed from EU structural funds under Action 1.2 ‘Strengthening the human resources potential of science’ of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme 2007–2013. Projects that do not fit within these categories will be financed from the Foundation’s own funds.

The objective of the programme is to encourage young Polish scholars abroad to return to Poland. The programme is also open to young PhDs who are citizens of other countries but interested in spending a postdoctoral fellowship in Poland.

The programme is directed to persons who:
  • hold at least a doctorate and are in the early stage of their academic career (up to 4 years after obtaining the doctorate*);
  • have been abroad for an uninterrupted period of at least 9 months (conducting research, on a postdoctoral fellowship, or preparing a doctoral dissertation);
  • intend to come to Poland within 6 months after the application deadline, or returning to Poland no earlier than 12 months prior to the application deadline; and
  • work in Poland in a research unit or have received a promise of employment there for at least the duration of the project.
*This period is subject to extension by 2 years in the case of women with a child or men who have taken paternal leave or childrearing leave for an uninterrupted period of at least 3 months.

The basis for evaluation of candidates are: the candidate’s scientific achievements in the past 4 years, the research project the candidate intends to carry out during the grant period, and information about the team in which the project will be carried out.

Financing includes:
  • a research grant in an amount of up to PLN 80,000 per year (to be used solely for realization of the research project, such as staff salary, purchase of apparatus, materials needed to conduct research, scholarly publications, computer hardware and software, and financing of cooperation with foreign partners);
  • a research stipend in an amount of PLN 5,000 per month.
additionally, upon request:
  • research stipends in an amount of PLN 1,000 per month for two students conducting work on their master’s thesis at the same time under the winner’s direction, selected by competition.
The project carried out under the programme may last from 1 to 2 years.

Applications for competitions are to be filed using the online application form. After the online form is completed, it should be printed out and signed (signatures of the candidate and the director of the unit are required). Then the completed and signed form with required enclosures should be sent or delivered to the Foundation’s office: Foundation for Polish Science, ul. Grażyny 11, 02-548 Warsaw.

Applications in the 5th edition of the programme are being accepted now. The closing date for this call is March the 15th 2012.

To simplify the procedure of evaluation of the applications, we suggest that, in the on-line application form, you submit files in a .pdf format. Thank you!



Online Application

More information: phone: (0048) 22 424 02 52
e-mail: kinga.slominska@fnp.org.pl