The Minister of Science and Higher Education, Marcin Kulasek, has awarded scholarships to 230 outstanding young scientists representing 54 scientific and artistic disciplines. Among the recipients were four researchers from the University of Gdańsk: dr Maciej Mańko, dr Dorota Miler, dr Urszula Zarzecka, and dr Magdalena Zdrowowicz-Żamojc.
The Minister of Science and Higher Education’s grants are awarded for a period of three years, and the monthly amount is 5,390 zł. The Minister awards them on the basis of ranking lists of applications drawn up for individual disciplines and groups of researchers, following a substantive assessment of the applications carried out by the Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Applications for Scholarships from the Minister responsible for higher education and science for students and outstanding young researchers.
Applications for the scholarship may be submitted by rectors of higher education institutions and directors of PAS institutes, research institutes, international institutes, or other persons heading the entities referred to in Article 7(1) of the Law on Higher Education and Science. A total of 1,640 applications were submitted in the recently concluded call for applications.
Researchers from the University of Gdańsk awarded the Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship in 2026:
- dr Maciej Mańko (field: exact and natural sciences, discipline: Earth and environmental sciences)
- dr Dorota Miler (field: social sciences, discipline: legal sciences)
- dr Urszula Zarzecka (field: exact and natural sciences, discipline: biological sciences)
- dr Magdalena Zdrowowicz-Żamojc (field: exact and natural sciences, discipline: chemical sciences)
We warmly congratulate all the recipients.
Details of the scholarship award process and the full list of scholarship recipients are available on the Ministry’s website: Announcement of the results of the selection process for the Minister of Science and Higher Education’s scholarships for outstanding young researchers in 2026 (21st edition) – Ministry of Science and Higher Education – Gov.pl portal.