Scholarship to Start – II edition

The second edition of the Scholarship to Start program has been launched! The program is addressed to those who started their education in the first year of their bachelor’s or master’s degree and the first year of their doctoral school education this year.

The program provides for three types of scholarships:

• “Scholarship to Start for Olympians” – addresed to students in the first year of first-cycle studies or long second cycle who are winners of subject contests and who, in the recruitment procedure for studies, obtained the maximum number of points on the basis of their title of winner of a subject contests.
• “Scholarship to Start for Athletes” – addresed to students in the first year of first-cycle, second-cycle or long second cycle and first year doctoral candidate at the doctoral school, who are outstanding athletes. Eligible for the scholarship is a person who has placed in a scoring position at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships or Polish Championships (but no further than the 10th), and in the case of students – who have the right to receive the Rector’s scholarship in the academic year in which they apply for the “Scholarship to Start”.
• “Scholarship to Start for Doctoral Students” – intended for first-year doctoral candidates at a doctoral school who have achieved a point score in the admission procedure that is in the top 20% of those admitted as of October 1 of the academic year in which the doctoral candidate applies for the scholarship, separately for:

a) Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
b) Warsaw Doctoral School of Mathematics and Computer Science
c) and in other cases: separately for each doctoral school by educational discipline

– if the number of doctoral students eligible to receive the “Scholarship to Start” in a given group is not a whole number, rounding down to a whole number is used, with the number of scholarship recipients being no less than one. Only doctoral students admitted for the first time to a doctoral school within the limit of places set forth in Appendix No. 1 to Resolution No. 17 of the Senate of the University of Warsaw of 20 January 2021 on the rules of recruitment to doctoral schools of the University of Warsaw (consolidated text: Monitor UW of 2023, item 43), who began their education as of 1 October of the academic year in which they apply for the scholarship, are eligible to receive the scholarship.

[How to apply?]

Those wishing to apply for the scholarship must fill out an application and then deliver it (along with attachments confirming the achievement – exceptions are those applying for the Start Scholarship for Doctoral Students) to our office by 31 January 2024.The application can be delivered:

• in person at the office (daily);
• through The General Office of the University of Warsaw (Auditorium Maximum building at the Main Campus of the University of Warsaw, room no. 2, Mon-Fri: 8.00-14.30) with a note: Biuro ds. Pomocy Materialnej;
• by sending a letter by regular post (the letter must arrive by 31 January);
• via the ePUAP system;
• by email (option allowed only for electronically signed application – an electronic signature is not a signature in Adobe Acrobat).

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

[How much is the scholarship?]

The amount of the scholarship will be published after the application stage. The scholarship is awarded for 12 months and will be paid in a single payment within 30 days from the date of award.

If you have any questions, write to: bpm@uw.edu.pl. Don’t delay!

Detailed information on the rules of application.