The increase in the doctoral scholarship

22 09 2025

[POST HAS BEEN EDITED ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025]

The amount of the increase in the doctoral scholarship in the 2025/2026 academic year is PLN 3,300 gross per year.

The increase in the doctoral scholarship will be paid in a single instalment in December 2025 to the bank account indicated by the scholarship holder for the payment of the doctoral scholarship in the SAP system.

[POST HAS BEEN EDITED ON NOVEMBER 28TH 2025, DECEMBER 17TH 2025]

RESULTS

The list of doctoral students entitled to receive the increase in the doctoral scholarship in the academic year 2025/2026: LINK

The scholarship is planned to be paid once in December 2025.

Doctoral students who receive a doctoral scholarship and who have completed their first year of study may apply for an increase in the doctoral scholarship.

In order to be awarded an increase in the scholarship, at least one of the following academic achievements must be obtained in the academic year 2024/2025:

acceptance for publication of a scientific article in a journal from the ministerial list or included in the SCOPUS database or in the peer-reviewed post-conference materials;
acceptance for publication of a monograph or a chapter in a monograph in a publication on the ministerial list;
presenting a paper at a scientific conference, which is not part of the programme of studies at the doctoral school of the University of Warsaw;
obtaining a patent related to the research carried out as part of the doctoral project;
submission of an application for an external grant which has passed formal assessment;
conducting a scientific activity for which applications from the funds of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” programme for doctoral students pass the merit evaluation.

The applications should be submitted by 31 October 2025 via university electronic mail to the following e-mail address: phd.nh@uw.edu.pl

The amount of the scholarship will be announced after the applications have been reviewed. The scholarship will be paid in December 2025. The budget for the payment of scholarships is PLN 2.4 million, which represents a 9% increase compared to the previous year.

For more information:

https://monitor.uw.edu.pl/Lists/Uchway/Attachments/7111/EN.M.2024.293.Zarz.108.pdf

A template application:

[LINK]