ABOUT THE PROJECT

The programme “PROM – Short-Term Academic Exchange” is funded by the European Union under the project titled “Short-Term Academic Exchange as a Method to Improve the Quality of Education in Higher Education and Research Institutions” (Project No. FERS.01.05-IP.08-0218/23).

Objective: to enhance the skills essential for research and teaching-research roles among academic staff and doctoral students, both from KUL and abroad, through short-term outgoing and incoming academic exchange opportunities.

Implementation period: 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025

Budget: 626 250,00 PLN

 

APPLICATIONS

Doctoral students and academic staff from KUL and other institutions, including those from outside the EU, are invited to apply for outgoing/incoming scholarships.

New application deadline: 10 March 2025 (open)

Application deadline: 12 January 2025 (closed)

Objectives of short-term mobility (up to 3 types of activities):

1. active participation in a conference held abroad (including, e.g. participation in a poster session)
2. obtaining materials for a PhD thesis/scientific article
3. participation in a summer/winter school
4. taking measurements with the use of unique equipment, testing research equipment, or unique artistic instruments
5. participation in short education forms such as courses, including intensive courses as part of the educational process), workshops, professional internships or industrial placements, study visits, including those conducted at businesses
6. carrying out archive/library queries
7. teaching
8. participating in the preparation of an international grant application

We encourage you to review the Recruitment and Participation Regulations (download). NOTE: the complete application documentation must include the following:

1. a project participation data form (preferably completed electronically), see Annex No. 1.
2. a certificate from the KUL Doctoral School Secretariat confirming the applicant’s status as a doctoral student at KUL or at a foreign institution (depending on the direction of travel) – applicable to doctoral students. A certificate of employment at KUL or a foreign institution (depending on the direction of travel) – applicable to academic staff
   
3. a certificate of language proficiency necessary for the mobility programme, provided in one of the following forms: an international certificate; a certificate from an institution confirming completion of a language course at the required level; a copy of a doctoral examination protocol certified as a true copy; or a candidate's declaration (no template provided)
4. an original or copy of the acceptance confirmation from the host institution, such as an official letter or an email printout
   
5. a self-assessment questionnaire on research and teaching competencies (BEFORE utilising the support forms in the project) – online (LINK)

The above documents must be completed in English (or Polish). For applicants with disabilities, the Project manager will determine the form of document submission appropriate to the type of disability.

For KUL doctoral students and academic staff, the complete set of recruitment documents must be delivered in person or by postal service to the Project office:

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Department of Research Projects
Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin (Poland)
Knowledge Transfer Centre (CTW), Room 19

or in a scanned form by e-mail sent to prom@kul.pl

Incomplete, illegible, or non-compliant documents, including those submitted after the deadline, will not be considered. The submission date refers to the date the documents are received by the Project office.

Annexes:

1. Project participation data form (download)
2. Number of scholarships available – OUTGOING mobility (download)
3. Number of scholarships available – INCOMING mobility (download)

Due to the suspension of cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Russian Federation under the Agreement on Cooperation in Culture, Science, and Education signed in Warsaw on 25 August 1993, as a consequence of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, individuals who are citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as institutions and entities based in its territory, are excluded from participation in the Programme.

 

Additional documents required for application preparation:

1. Validation Regulations (download)
2. Development Strategy of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Excellence Initiative  - Research University for the years 2024-2026 (LINK)

Post-qualification requirements:

1. Model of the Agreement between the Beneficiary and the Project Participant with Annexes (download)
2. Application Form: NAWA ICT System (preview not available)

 

Contact:

• dr Kamil Dębiński: +48 81 445 40 24
• dr Urszula Czyżewska (Project manager): +48 81 445 41 75
  
• e-mail: prom@kul.pl

 

Not sure what you can take part in? Please find below the list of organised scientific events for the academic year 2024/2025

 

1.

Name and type of the event:

Doctoral Days KUL 2025 (workshop, seminar, conference), special guest prof. Mieke Bal

Name of the KUL unit organising the event:

The Doctoral Research Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Date/Month/Year of the event (or approximate date): 31 March - 3 April 2025

Language in which the event will be held: Polish, English

Is there a separate session for international participants? (Yes/No): Yes

E-mail address: malgorzata.gamrat@kul.pl

 

2.

Name and type of the event:

International Spring School: The Scribes of the Żagań Monastery in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century (more information: download)

Name of the KUL unit organising the event:

The Centre for Medieval Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Date/Month/Year of the event (or approximate date): 7–11 April 2025

Language in which the event will be held: English

Is there a separate session for international participants? (Yes/No): Yes

E-mail address: csm@kul.pl

 

3.

Name and type of the event:
National and ethnic minorities in times of war (conference)
Name of the KUL unit organising the event:
Institute of Political Sciences and Administration (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Date/Month/Year of the event (or approximate date): September 2025
Language in which the event will be held: Polish, English
Is there a separate session for international participants? (Yes/No): Yes
E-mail address: aleksandra.kuczynska-zonik@kul.pl

 

4.

Name and type of the event:
The teaching of the Roman Catholic religion in a public school (conference)
Name of the KUL unit organising the event:
Department of Specific Catechetics and the Contemporary Forms of the Transmission of Faith (Faculty of Theology)
Date/Month/Year of the event (or approximate date): March 2025
Language in which the event will be held: Italian
Is there a separate session for international participants? (Yes/No): No
E-mail address: kicinski@kul.pl