To enter the qualification procedure, each candidate must:

• create a personal account in irk2.us.edu.pl and fill out a form containing relevant declarations and consents;
• submitting through irk2.us.edu.pl the following documents: an authorized copy of the master’s degree along with the supplement; curriculum vitae
• a list of scientific achievements and documents confirming the list’s authenticity; other documents specified in qualification criteria (the documents should be submitted to the IEDS office or sent to polarknow@us.edu.pl or via the website);
• doctoral project and list of scientific achievements
• pay the admission fee of 300,00 PLN.

The recruitment committee shall evaluate the candidate’s research activities and competencies as regards specific tasks in the research project, expressed as a point score:

 the candidate’s research achievements, including publications in the prestigious academic press and scientific reports/journals (50% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding;
• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 point – poor;
• 0 points – no scientific achievements.

research-related achievements, scholarships, awards, and research experience gained in Poland or abroad, research workshops and training courses, and participation in research projects (20% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding (e.g. scholarships, fellowships at leading foreign research centers, prestigious international prizes or awards, workshops or training courses at the leading research centers, participation in international or foreign projects);
• 3 points – significant (scholarships, fellowships at good Polish and foreign research centers, national prizes or awards, domestic or foreign workshops or training courses, participation in Polish or foreign projects);
• 2 points – moderate (local prizes or awards, workshops or training courses, participation in university projects);
• 1 point – poor achievements;
• 0 points – no achievements.

the candidate’s competence to carry out specific tasks in the research project (30% of the final score):

• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 point – poor;
• 0 points – no competence.

During the evaluation of the candidate’s scientific achievements, as well as achievements resulting from conducting scientific research, scholarships, awards, and scientific experience gained in the country or abroad, workshops and scientific training, and participation in research projects, only those achievements and activities of the candidate will be taken into account, which contributed to the improvement of competences to fulfill the tasks in the research project, or confirms such competences.

https://ncn.gov.pl/dioscuri/dioscuri3/ncn_scholarships_regulations_25_2019.pdf

• November 15, 2023 – opening online registration for candidates in OAS (https://irk2.us.edu.pl/en-gb/)
• November 22, 2023 – closing the registration of candidates in OAS, i.e. setting up an account in the online recruitment system, paying the recruitment fee (the date of transfer is decisive), and entering all documents and information required in the recruitment process.
• November 23, 2023 – informing candidates about the date and place of interviews. This information is sent to the e-mail addresses provided in OAS.
• November 29, 2023 – interviews with candidates.
• November 30, 2023 – notification of candidates about the recruitment results.
• December 1-8, 2023 — receiving documents from candidates qualified for admission and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
• December 11, 2022 – notification of candidates from the reserve list about their acceptance for admission.
• December 12-15, 2023 – accepting documents from candidates qualified for admission from the reserve list and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
• December 18, 2023 – the date of announcing the results of the recruitment procedure on
  the IEDS website.

The planned amount of the scholarship during the first 44 months of the Ph.D. project is PLN 5,000 gross. The scholarship will be financed under the NCN (National Science Centre, Poland) no. 2022/47/B/ST10/01129. During the remaining part of the doctoral studies the PhD student receives a scholarship according to the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science.

The NCN-funded scholarship consists of 1. the doctoral scholarship in accordance with the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science and 2. The NCN scholarship is detailed in the Regulations for awarding NCN scholarships for NCN-funded research projects:

https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/uchwaly-rady/2019/uchwala25_2019-zal1_ang.pdf

The scholarship is delivered based on the scholarship agreement, which specifies the scope of work and the work timeline, as well as the amount of the scholarship and related regulations. In order to receive the scholarship, the Ph.D. student must meet the criteria detailed in the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science. The scholarship is delivered based on the scholarship agreement, which specifies the scope of work and the work timeline, as well as the amount of the scholarship and related regulations. In order to receive the scholarship, the PhD student must meet the criteria detailed in the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science.

dr hab. Agnieszka Herman, prof. IO PAN (Head of the Admission Committee)
prof. dr hab. Jacek Piskozub
dr hab. Sławomir Sagan
dr hab. Mateusz Moskalik
dr Michał Ciepły (Secretary of the IEDS Admission Committee)

To enter the qualification procedure, each candidate must:

• create a personal account in irk2.us.edu.pl and fill out a form containing relevant declarations and consents;
• submitting through irk2.us.edu.pl the following documents: an authorized copy of the master’s degree along with the supplement; curriculum vitae
• outline of Ph.D. project, a list of scientific achievements and documents confirming the list’s authenticity; other documents specified in qualification criteria (the documents should be submitted to the IEDS office or sent to polarknow@us.edu.pl or via the website);
• doctoral project and list of scientific achievements
• pay the admission fee of 300,00 PLN.

The recruitment committee shall evaluate the candidate’s research activities and competencies as regards specific tasks in the research project, expressed as a point score:

 the candidate’s research achievements, including publications in the prestigious academic press and scientific reports/journals (50% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding;
• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 point – poor;
• 0 points – no scientific achievements.

research-related achievements, scholarships, awards, and research experience gained in Poland or abroad, research workshops and training courses, and participation in research projects (20% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding (e.g. scholarships, fellowships at leading foreign research centers, prestigious international prizes or awards, workshops or training courses at the leading research centers, participation in international or foreign projects);
• 3 points – significant (scholarships, fellowships at good Polish and foreign research centers, national prizes or awards, domestic or foreign workshops or training courses, participation in Polish or foreign projects);
• 2 points – moderate (local prizes or awards, workshops or training courses, participation in university projects);
• 1 point – poor achievements;
• 0 points – no achievements.

the candidate’s competence to carry out specific tasks in the research project (30% of the final score):

• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 point – poor;
• 0 points – no competence.

During the evaluation of the candidate’s scientific achievements, as well as achievements resulting from conducting scientific research, scholarships, awards, and scientific experience gained in the country or abroad, workshops and scientific training, and participation in research projects, only those achievements and activities of the candidate will be taken into account, which contributed to the improvement of competences to fulfill the tasks in the research project, or confirms such competences.

https://ncn.gov.pl/dioscuri/dioscuri3/ncn_scholarships_regulations_25_2019.pdf

• 25 September 2023 — Open online registration for candidates through the online candidate registration system – OAS (https://irk2.us.edu.pl/).
• 23 October 2023 —  closing of online registration for candidates.
• 30 October 2023 — deadline for submitting the outline of the doctoral project, the candidate’s scientific achievements form, and documents confirming scientific achievements and other documents.
• 6 November 2023 – provision of information on the admission or not admission interviews, as well as notification of the date and place of interviews.
• 13-16 November 2023 –  interviews with candidates.
• 17 November 2023 – notification of candidates about the recruitment results.
• 20-23 November 2023 – receiving documents from candidates qualified for admission and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
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• 24 November 2023 – notification of admission to candidates on the reserve list.
• 27-29 November 2023 –  receiving documents from candidates qualified for admission from the reserve list and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
• 30 November 2023 – the date of announcing the results of the recruitment procedure on the IEDS website.

The planned amount of the scholarship during the first 24 months of the Ph.D. project is PLN 5,000 gross, which is approximately PLN 3,690 net. The scholarship will be financed under the NCN (National Science Centre, Poland) no. 2021/41/B/ST10/03660 “Spatial representativeness of aerosol profiles, holistic multi-instrument approach”. During the remaining part of the doctoral studies the PhD student receives a scholarship according to the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science.

The NCN-funded scholarship consists of 1. the doctoral scholarship in accordance with the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science and 2. The NCN scholarship is detailed in the Regulations for awarding NCN scholarships for NCN-funded research projects:

https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/uchwaly-rady/2019/uchwala25_2019-zal1_ang.pdf

The scholarship is delivered based on the scholarship agreement, which specifies the scope of work and the work timeline, as well as the amount of the scholarship and related regulations. In order to receive the scholarship, the Ph.D. student must meet the criteria detailed in the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science.

dr hab. Aleksander Pietruczuk (Head of the Admission Committee)
dr hab. Mariola Jabłońska, prof. UŚ
Prof. dr hab. Janusz Krzyścin
Dr hab. Anna Odzimek
dr Michał Ciepły (Secretary of the IEDS Admission Committee)

To enter the qualification procedure, each candidate must:

• create a personal account in irk2.us.edu.pl and fill out a form containing relevant declarations and consents;
• submitting through irk2.us.edu.pl the following documents: an authorized copy of the master’s degree along with the supplement; curriculum vitae
• pay the admission fee of 300,00 PLN.
• submitting motivation letter
• Please prepare a presentation for the interview, in which all the requirements needed to obtain the position will be characterized, along with a short description of the doctoral project.

The recruitment committee shall evaluate the candidates’ research activities and competencies as regards specific tasks in the research project, expressed as a point score:

 the candidate’s research achievements, including publications in prestigious academic press and scientific reports/journals (50% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding;
• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 points – poor;
• 0 points – no scientific achievements.

2. research-related achievements, scholarships, awards and research experience gained in Poland or abroad, research workshops and training courses, participation in research projects (20% of the final score):

• 4 points – outstanding (e.g. scholarships, fellowships at leading foreign research centres, prestigious international prizes or awards, workshops or training courses at the leading research centres, participation in international or foreign projects);
• 3 points – significant (scholarships, fellowships at good Polish and foreign research centres, national prizes or awards, domestic or foreign workshops or training courses, participation in Polish or foreign projects);
• 2 points – moderate (local prizes or awards, workshops or training courses, participation in university projects);
• 1 point – poor achievements;
• 0 points – no achievements.

3. the candidate’s competence to carry out specific tasks in the research project (30% of the final score):

• 3 points – very good;
• 2 points – good;
• 1 point – poor;
• 0 points – no competence.

• June 2, 2023 – opening online registration for candidates in OAS (https://irk2.us.edu.pl/en-gb/)
• June 11, 2023 – closing the registration of candidates in OAS, i.e. setting up an account in the online recruitment system, paying the recruitment fee (the date of transfer is decisive), and entering all documents and information required in the recruitment process.
• June 12, 2023 – informing candidates about the date and place of interviews. This information is sent to the e-mail addresses provided in OAS.
• June 13-15, 2023 – interviews with candidates.
• June 16, 2023 – notification of candidates about the recruitment results.
• June 19-23, 2023 — receiving documents from candidates qualified for admission and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
• July 10, 2022 – notification of candidates from the reserve list about their acceptance for admission.
• July 11-14, 2023 – accepting documents from candidates qualified for admission from the reserve list and entering them on the list of doctoral students.
• September 29, 2023 – the date of announcing the results of the recruitment procedure on
  the IEDS website.

The planned amount of the scholarship during the first 30 months of the PhD project is PLN 5,000 gross, which is approximately PLN 3,690 net. The scholarship will be financed under the NCN (National Science Centre, Poland). Regulations on awarding funds for the implementation of tasks financed by the National Science Center in the field of research projects, as defined by the NCN Council Resolution No. 95/2020 of September 14, 2020. During the remaining part of the doctoral studies the PhD student receives a scholarship according to the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science.

The NCN-funded scholarship consists of
1. the doctoral scholarship in accordance with the Act of 20th July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science and
2. The NCN scholarship detailed in Regulations for awarding NCN scholarships for NCN-funded research projects

The competition may be entered by a person who does not have a doctoral degree and is not a doctoral school participant.

dr Beata Szymczycha (head of the admission committee)
prof. dr hab. Jacek Jania
prof. dr hab. Ksenia Pazdro
dr hab. Sławomir Sagan

dr Michał Ciepły (secretary of the admission committee)