Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange

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The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
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Agency overview
FormedOctober 1, 2017;5 years ago (2017-10-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Poland
Headquartersul. Polna 40, Warsaw, Poland
Minister responsible
  • Wojciech Murdzek
Agency executives
  • dr Dawid Kostecki, Director
  • Zofia Sawicka, Vice-director
Website nawa.gov.pl/en/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA, Polish: Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej) is a governmental agency in Poland established to carry out tasks related to the academic mobility between Poland and other countries. Since November 2018 the agency is part of Academic Cooperation Association. [1] It primarily provides grants to individuals and organizations rather than through its own staff. [2]

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History

NAWA was founded partially out of concerns about brain drain from Poland. [2] The legislation to create NAWA was prepared by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. [2] NAWA was created by an legislation from 7 July 2017 [3] [4] and began operating on 1 October 2017. [5] Changes to the authorizing legislation were made in 2018 and 2019. [6]

Grażyna Żebrowska, a physicist, was appointed director of NAWA on May 8, 2020. [7] [8]

Tasks

NAWA improves Polish education by facilitating the integration of Polish universities with academics worldwide by arranging conferences, facilitating cooperation on international research projects, and assisting foreign students. [9] [5] NAWA provides scholarships to people of Polish ancestry to study in Poland. [10] NAWA funds research performed by Polish Universities in partnership with foreign collaborators. [11] [12] NAWA encourages Polish scientists living abroad to return to the country. NAWA supports foreign scientists to do post-doctoral work in Poland. Alternately, NAWA provides funding for Polish scientists to do internships abroad. [5] NAWA funds student support services for foreign students in Poland. [11]

NAWA provides both Polish and foreign students, researchers and higher education institutions with scholarships and grants in four different fields, with the main focus on mobility:

Additionally, the agency disseminates information about the Polish system of tertiary education and science. [13]

NAWA also serves to improve the international public relations of Poland. [8]

Promotional campaigns

NAWA runs two campaigns promoting Poland abroad at the moment.

The Ready, Study, Go! Poland (RSGP) campaign [14] is aiming at delivering the information about Poland as a prospective study and research destination to all candidates in the world.

Research in Poland campaign promotes Poland as a perfect destination for researchers and university graduates willing to start or continue their research career abroad.

Structure

NAWA is overseen by the Minister of Science and Higher Education. [5] [2] The director is appointed by the Prime Minister. NAWA's Council is an advisory body which makes proposals for the organization's direction and development. [2]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 KMWT (13 November 2017). "Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej" [National Agency for Academic Exchange]. Polish Wikinews (in Polish).
  3. ↑ "Ustawa z dnia 7 lipca 2017 r. o Narodowej Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej" [Act of 7 July 2017 on the National Academic Exchange Agency]. Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej[Journal Of Laws Of The Republic Of Poland] (in Polish). 31 August 2017. Item 1530. Another version was published on 25 September 2018
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