The Kosciuszko Foundation annually awards a number of Fellowships/Grants to Poles for advanced study, Research, and/or Teaching at universities and other institutions of higher learning in the United States. Please note that Foundation grants do not provide for tuition costs. As such, applicants who are accepted by universities for Ph.D. programs should apply for a Kosciuszko Foundation award only in cases where their tuition has been waived totally or at least substantially.

From the Kosciuszko Foundation: Program for Advanced Study, Research and/or Teaching in the United States

The Kosciuszko Foundation annually awards a number of Fellowships/Grants to Poles for advanced study, research, and/or teaching at universities and other institutions of higher learning in the United States. The Foundation provides a cost-of-living stipend, which includes trans-atlantic travel, housing allowance, health and accident insurance coverage, and (when warranted) domestic travel. There is no allowance for dependents (spouse and children). Recipients are solely responsible for all expenses of accompanying dependents.

There are no restrictions as to fields of study/research.

Awards range from $7,650 to $25,500 depending on award category and duration of stay.

In addition to overall excellence, consideration is given to a number of other factors such as scholarly affiliation and geographic location. This is done in order to achieve fairness and reasonable diversity among recipients.

Award Categories

Currently, the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Exchange Program to the U.S. has 3 award categories:

• Fellowships: awarded to successful candidates with doctoral degrees, including postgraduate scholars, professionals, or artists.
• Grants: awarded to candidates without doctoral degrees.
• Teaching Fellowships: university faculty members with teaching assignments at U.S. universities, in addition to individual research projects.

Eligibility

Only Polish citizens permanently residing in Poland are eligible. This program is NOT for Poles residing outside of Poland, or those residing temporarily outside of Poland, whether or not engaged in research/study.

Dual citizens (United States and Poland) as well as individuals applying for/holding United States permanent residency status (green card) are not eligible. There are no exceptions to this requirement.

Applicants must hold an M.A. or M.S. degree prior to the commencement date of the award. Preference is given to doctoral or postdoctoral candidates. Current academic affiliation is required in all cases and must be documented with a certificate from an institution of academic employment/study.

Applicants must have strong English language proficiency in order to carry out their proposed projects. English proficiency will be assessed during personal interviews in Warsaw.