From December 1 to December 31, 2020, young scientists can submit applications for scholarships of the Ministry of Science for outstanding young scientists with significant achievements in scientific activity.

The scholarship may be up to PLN 5,390 per month.

According to the definition of the Ministry of Science, a young scientist is a person conducting research activity including doctoral students or academic teachers without a doctoral degree or a person who obtained a doctoral title less than 7 years ago, and is employed at a university or other entity conducting main business activity research in an independent and continuous manner.

Significant scientific achievements include: authorship or co-authorship of a scientific monograph or a chapter in a scientific monograph, authorship or co-authorship of a scientific article published in a scientific journal or reviewed materials from international conferences, managing a research project with a high level of innovation financed under the competition national or international, permanent cooperation with a prestigious foreign university or foreign research institution.