Question: what is the amount of the doctoral scholarship?
Answer: Doctoral scholarship is paid up to 4 years.
The scholarships are as follows:
- Within first two years of training 3,466.90 gross PLN (per month)
- After mid-term evaluation 5,340.90 gross PLN (per month)
Question: What are the acceptable forms of employment of a doctoral candidate pursuing his/her doctoral training in a doctoral school?
Answer: The table below presents the examples of employment of a doctoral candidate who pursues his/her training in a doctoral school, before and after the mid-term evaluation, and the way this employment influences the amount of the doctoral scholarship the doctoral candidate is entitled to receive.
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a doctoral candidate employed in a research project referred to in Art. 119 section 2 points 2 and 3 of the Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 574 as amended) |
a doctoral candidate before the mid-term evaluation |
a doctoral candidate after the mid-term evaluation |
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If a doctoral candidate is employed in TUL in the abovementioned project as an academic teacher or researcher and his/her remuneration on the basis of a contract of employment for the purposes of the realisation of this project is lower than 150% of the amount of the doctoral scholarship |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount
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is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount |
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If a doctoral candidate is employed in TUL in the abovementioned project as an academic teacher or researcher, but his/her remuneration on the basis of a contract of employment for the purposes of the realisation of this project equals or exceeds 150% of the amount of the doctoral scholarship |
is not entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship |
is not entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship |
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If a doctoral candidate is employed in TUL in the abovementioned project on the basis of a contract other than contract of employment |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount |
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If a doctoral candidate is employed in TUL in the abovementioned project for the position other than an academic teacher or researcher |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount |
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If a doctoral candidate is employed in the abovementioned project by an entity other than the entity operating the doctoral school where the doctoral candidate pursues doctoral training |
is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount
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is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship in full amount
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a doctoral candidate employed for the purposes other than the realisation of the research project referred to in to in Art. 119 section 2 points 2 and 3 of the Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 574 as amended) |
a doctoral candidate before the mid-term evaluation |
a doctoral candidate after the mid-term evaluation |
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part-time/full-time employment as an academic teacher or researcher (for the purposes other than the realisation of the research project referred to in to in Art. 119 section 2 points 2 and 3) |
this employment is unacceptable, with an exception indicated in Art. 209 section 10 (3) of the Law on Higher Education and Science
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this employment is acceptable; the doctoral candidate is entitled to receive a doctoral scholarship, but in the amount of 40% of monthly scholarship he/she is entitled to |
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The table has been prepared on the basis of the provisions of the Act in the wording in effect until September 30, 2023. As of October 1, 2023, the new wording of Article 209, (1a) will apply:
"1a. A doctoral scholarship shall not be awarded to a doctoral student whose training at a doctoral school involves an obligation to be employed by the entity running the doctoral school:
1) under an employment contract;
2) with a salary that exceeds that of a professor."
and (10) in Article 209 of the Act will be repealed.