The following is a list of current and recent grants awarded to the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR).
Poland Grants
NAWA PROM Short-term academic exchange (in Polish, PROM- Krótkookresowa wymiana akademicka) Project (BPI /PRO/2024/1/00020/DEC/1)
October 2024 – September 2025
The main goal of the project is to improve the quality of doctoral education at GSSR both academically, as an interdisciplinary and integrative institution, and socially, as an environment, which the interactions of researchers from GSSR and abroad jointly shape. To achieve this goal, the project targets PhD students and academic staff from GSSR and HEIs abroad. We combine short-term international mobilities of students and faculty with actions that strengthen the systems of recruitment and verification of learning outcomes of all project participants.
Short-term research and study visits of GSSR PhD students and faculty abroad, and of PhD students and faculty to GSSR, including participation in international conferences and winter/summer schools, will enhance the knowledge, skills and competencies of early and advanced career researchers, improve the accessibility to high-quality, international and interdisciplinary education, and foster broader scientific networks. The project prioritizes the international mobility of doctoral students, who will constitute at least 70% of project participants.
Implementing an effective recruitment system for project participants, which takes into account substantive criteria and equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and assessing participants’ learning outcomes in accordance with the specifications of FERS programs, constitute further important tasks in the project. The employment of an Expert for Academic Exchange will contribute to consolidating the system for assessing the quality of education elements in the context of internationalization.
The project aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (“quality of education”), to promote an inclusive and friendly learning environment through intercultural communication and equal opportunities.
Total project costs: PLN 855,426.09
Schedule of support forms for project participants
National Agency for Academic Exchange, NAWA (NAWA.gov.pl) STER grant, SIGro Project (BPI/STE/2021/1/00030/U/00001; January 2022-December 2024)
SIGro expands and enhances the international footprint of GSSR in the field of high-quality doctoral education in Europe and beyond along the EUA’s Principles for International Doctoral Education. It designs and implements the interrelated activities in the School’s curriculum, including in Learning through Research (LtR), Classroom training and ongoing PhD progress assessment.
Within SIGro, in February 2022 GSSR has opened the International Coordination office (ICO@GSSR). Its tasks are to support the international activities of the Doctoral School. The ICO @ GSSR: (1) assists in international collaborations, exchange and mobility; (2) monitors and assesses the creation and maintenance of curricula and activities of international collaborations; (3) seeks international partners for formal collaborative agreements.
NAWA Welcome to Poland grant (PPI/WTP/2020/1/00155/U/00001; June 2021-May 2023)
This project focused on maintenance and development of the Doctoral School’s infrastructure, including website and IT system, strengthening the School’s alumni network. This grant’s key product is the GSSR website’s current version.
An important dimension of this project is the Welcome Center at GSSR, which became operational in September 2021. This Center supports the needs of GSSR students and faculty from abroad as they navigate Poland’s immigration bureaucracy (e.g., obtaining residence cards), obtaining health insurance for extended stays in Poland, and finding housing in Warsaw, among other welcoming activities.
The NAWA PROM grant (PPI/PRO/2019/1/00043/U/00001; October 2019-March 2023)
The main goal of this project was to strengthen the international participation of doctoral students and faculty in GSSR’s Doctoral School. The project funded, on a meritocratic and competitive basis, the international travel of GSSR students and faculty to attend international events (e.g., summer/winter schools, conferences).
The NAWA PROM grant also supports the participation of faculty and doctoral students from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) abroad in GSSR-organized events. The most recent such event was the 2021 GSSR Summer School in Academic Professionalization.
National Center for Research and Development, NCBiR grant (POWR.03.02.00-IP.08-I019/17; June 2018 – December 2023)
The main objective of this project was to increase the quality and effectiveness of doctoral training at GSSR. The project supported the development of LtR and Classroom training activities and placed strong emphasis on providing GSSR doctoral students meaningful international exposure.
Summer schools, study visits, development of an interdisciplinary programme of doctoral studies and provision of stipends for doctoral students were the main elements of the “Humanities and Social Sciences for Society and Enterprise” programme (NCBiR project).
International Grants
Open Societies Foundation (May 2022 to June 2023)
To fund GSSR’s Academic Program for Ukraine
European Commission, Erasmus+ (various)