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Published:  29 Apr 2025

New MSCA Seal of Excellence call open in Poland

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange announced a new call for proposals to fund projects that have been awarded a MSCA Seal of Excellence.

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The National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) in Poland has opened a new call under the Ulam NAWA programme, which gives foreign scientists the opportunity to carry out research in Poland.  

This call will support researchers with projects that have been awarded the Seal of Excellence under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships call, and whose proposals have been evaluated with a score of at least 85%, but failed to be funded due to budget constraints.  

About the call 

The call budget is 13 million PLN and will allow outstanding scientists with at least a doctoral degree to come to Poland for a period of 6 to 24 months 

The programme is open to applicants representing all fields of science, without any age restrictions, and who 

  • hold at least a doctoral degree or an equivalent degree obtained abroad and 

  • have submitted, jointly with an institution of the Polish higher education and science system, an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships application, which has been granted the Seal of Excellence certificate 

How to apply 

The call is open until 12 May 2025, 15.00 CEST. 

The application is submitted by scientist via the NAWA website. The application and its attachments shall be written in English. It is allowed to submit a copy of the doctoral diploma in Polish. 

The full details and eligibility conditions are available on NAWA’s website. 

About the MSCA Seal of Excellence   

The MSCA Seal of Excellence is a quality label awarded to applicants under Postdoctoral Fellowships and COFUND calls who achieved a high score in their applications (85% or higher) but unfortunately were not awarded funding due to budgetary constraints.   

The MSCA Seal of Excellence   

  • underlines the value of these projects and aims to support applicants in securing alternative funding 

  • allows other funding bodies such as national, regional, and local authorities, public and private institutions to support MSCA proposals that have been awarded the Seal of Excellence and to take advantage of the Horizon Europe evaluation process. 

More information   

Published:  29 Apr 2025

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