Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange

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]

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange

Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
Agency overview
Formed	October 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-01)
Jurisdiction	Government of Poland
Headquarters	ul. Polna 40, Warsaw, Poland
Minister responsible	Wojciech Murdzek
Agency executives	dr Wojciech Karczewski, Director Lukasz Golota, Vice-director
Website	nawa.gov.pl/en/

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]

On October 1, 2024, Prime Minister Donald Tusk appointed Dr. Wojciech Karczewski as the director of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange^[9]

Activities

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.^[10][5] NAWA provides scholarships to people of Polish ancestry to study in Poland.^[11] NAWA funds research performed by Polish Universities in partnership with foreign collaborators.^[12][13] 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.^[12]

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:

• programs for students
• programs for scientists
• programs for institutions
• Polish language programs

Additionally, the agency disseminates information about the Polish system of tertiary education and science.^[14]

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^[15] 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]

See also

• The National Centre for Research and Development in Poland
• The National Science Centre (Poland)

References

1. "ACA Secretariat: Details". www.aca-secretariat.be. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
2. 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
4. "Act of 7 July 2017 on the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange" (PDF). Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej [Journal Of Laws Of The Republic Of Poland]. 11 August 2017.
5. Tomala, Ludwika (26 November 2019). "Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej działa już dwa lata" [The National Agency for Academic Exchange's first two years of operation]. Nauka w Polsce [Science in Poland] (in Polish).
6. "Obwieszczenie Marszałka Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 12 lipca 2019 r. w sprawie ogłoszenia jednolitego tekstu ustawy o Narodowej Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej" [Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of July 12, 2019 regarding the publication of a uniform text of the Act on the National Agency for Academic Exchange]. Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych [Internet System of Legal Acts] (in Polish). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
7. "Grażyna Żebrowska appointed a new Director General of NAWA". NAWA. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
8. "Grażyna Żebrowska nowym dyrektorem Narodowej Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej" [Grażyna Żebrowska is the new director of the National Agency for Academic Exchange]. Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego [Ministry of Science and Higher Education] (in Polish). Poland. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
9. "The new director of NAWA". nawa.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
10. Sewastianowicz, Monika (5 July 2018). "jak napisać wniosek o dofinansowanie projektu na uczelni" [The grant application must be considered]. Prawo.pl.
11. "Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej ogłosiła pierwsze programy stypendialne" [The National Agency for Academic Exchange announced the first scholarship programs]. Nauka w Polsce [Science in Poland] (in Polish). 18 February 2018.
12. "W Polsce studiuje około 70 tys. zagranicznych studentów. Ponad połowa jest z Ukrainy" [Of about 70 thousand foreign students in Poland, over half are from Ukraine]. Newseria Biznes (in Polish). 17 September 2018.
13. "Partnerstwa międzyuczelniane". German Academic Exchange Service (in Polish). 30 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
14. Act on Polish National Agency For Academic Exchange
15. "Ready, Study, GO! Poland campaign".

Further reading

• Zespół, A. J. (13 September 2017). "Stypendia NAWA bez podatku" [NAWA scholarships will be tax-free]. e-prawnik.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
• Mokrzycka, Katarzyna (18 July 2018). "Powrót syna wykształconego" [Return of an educated son]. Obserwator Finansowy [Financial Observer] (in Polish).
• Bachmat, Paweł (2017). "Opinia prawna na temat rządowego projektu ustawy o Narodowej Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej z projektami aktów wykonawczych" [Legal opinion on the governmental Bill on the National Agency of Academic Exchange, including draft by-laws]. Zeszyty Prawnicze Biura Analiz Sejmowych [Legal Journal of the Bureau of Parliamentary Analysis]. 3 (55): 155–161.
• Dytko, Jan (2019). "The procedure for financing programs of the Polish National Academic Exchange Agency". International Journal of Legal Studies. 5 (1): 185–200.
• Głębocki, R. (2016). "Sprawozdanie z konferencji Narodowego Kongresu Nauki "Umiędzynarodowienie–szansa i wyzwanie dla polskich uczelni", Rzeszów, 20–21 października 2016" [Report on the conference of the National Congress of Science "Internationalization - an opportunity and a challenge for Polish universities", Rzeszów, October 20-21, 2016]. Studia Medioznawcze [Media Studies]. 67 (4): 145–147. doi:10.33077/uw.24511617.ms.2016.67.439.
• Łomzik, M. (2018). "Przekład nazw polskich szkół wyższych a zachowanie zasady staranności i wierności tłumaczenia poświadczonego" [Translation of the names of Polish universities and observance of the principle of diligence and fidelity of certified translation]. Comparative Legilinguistics. 35: 39–57. doi:10.14746/cl.2018.35.2. S2CID 186564554.
• Krasowski, D. (2017). "Reforma szkolnictwa wyższego łącząca naukę z gospodarką" [Higher education reform: Combining science with the economy]. Przegląd Geologiczny [Geological Review]. 65 (3): 145–146.
• Pietraś, M. (2017). "Umiędzynarodowienie szkolnictwa wyższego w Polsce" [Internationalization of higher education in Poland]. In Domański, T.; Stępień-Kuczyńska, A.; Włodarska-Frykowska, A. (eds.). Internacjonalizacja polskich ośrodków politologicznych [Internationalization of Polish political science centers]. Łódź: University of Lodz Publishing House. hdl:11089/22807.

External links

• Official website