The Ministry of Science and Higher Education awarded scholarships for outstanding young scientists for the 19th time. The results were announced on Friday, June 21. Eight scientists from the University of Gdańsk were among those awarded.
Applications for granting scholarships for outstanding young scientists demonstrating significant achievements in scientific activity may be submitted by rectors of universities, directors of PAS institutes, research institutes and international institutes or other persons managing entities referred to in Article 7(1) of the Act on Higher Education and Science. During the last (nineteenth) edition, 1708 applications were presented to the Minister of Science.
Scholarship applications were evaluated by the Advisory Panel using the scoring method, within individual disciplines of science and arts. Ranking lists of applications together with recommendations were presented to the Minister of Science, Dariusz Wieczorek, who, on their basis, awarded scholarships to 228 young scientists, including 32 PhD students. The Minister's scholarships were awarded to young scientists representing 53 scientific and artistic disciplines, including eight male and female researchers from the UG.
The Minister's scholarships were awarded for three years; their monthly amount is PLN 5,390.
Scholarship recipients from the University of Gdańsk
In the field of social sciences:
- mgr Julia Maria Balcerowska (Faculty of Social Sciences; Institute of Psychology) - psychology
- dr Judyta Borchet (Faculty of Social Sciences; Institute of Psychology) - psychology
- dr hab. Hanna Wolska (Faculty of Law and Administration; Chair of Public and Environmental Law) - legal sciences
In the field of sciences and natural sciences:
- dr Marcin Łobejko (Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics; Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics) - physical sciences
- dr inż. Natalia Majewska (Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics; Institute of Experimental Physics) - physical sciences
- dr inż. Joanna Potapowicz (Faculty of Oceanography and Geography; Department of Hydrology) - earth and environmental sciences
- mgr Bartłomiej Patryk Wilman (Doctoral School of Natural and Environmental Sciences) - earth and environmental sciences
- dr inż. Agata Woźniak-Pawlikowska (Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG; Institute of Biotechnology UG) - biotechnology
Detailed information on scholarships at the website of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (available only in Polish).