UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Engineering Fellowship Programme 2025 (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: 26 May 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Engineering Fellowship Programme. With a view to selling human useful resource capacities within the growing nations and to enhancing worldwide understanding and friendship amongst nations and peoples , the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology, and Engineering on the AGH University of Krakow (Poland) are inserting on the disposal of UNESCO twenty-eight (28) fellowships for the advantage of plenty of growing Member States . Beneficiaries of those fellowships will probably be given the chance to undertake a person analysis programme within the discipline of Science, Technology and Engineering for a period of 6 months between 1 October 2025 and 31 March 2026. 

AFRICA (21 Member States) • Angola •Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d’Ivoire • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • Gambia • Kenya • Malawi • Mali • Mozambique • Nigeria • Senegal • South Africa •The Comoros • the Seychelles • Uganda • United Republic of Tanzania • Zambia 

Benefits

Facilities Offered by the Polish authorities

• Free tuition for six (6) months and entry to the college services primarily based on the native laws.
• A Monthly allowance of 1800 PLN for BSc diploma college students and 2200 PLN for MSc diploma college students (1 USD = roughly 4,0 PLN), cost in accordance with nationwide taxation laws. This allowance is meant to cowl all residing bills and lodging in Poland.
• A one-time particular allowance of 1800 PLN for BSc diploma college students or 2200 PLN for MSc to be paid upon arrival in Poland, this sum will cowl completely different actions associated to your keep in Krakow, corresponding to an compulsory medical check-up upon arrival (in accordance with the interior laws for all college students and fellows); cultural, historic and/or touristic visits, conferences, workshops, and seminars associated to your research.

Facilities Offered by UNESCO

• International journey bills (by probably the most direct, economical route): from the beneficiary’s nation to and from Poland will probably be lined by UNESCO;
• Health insurance coverage for fellowship beneficiaries who’re declared medically match: UNESCO fellowship holders could also be lined by a medical health insurance coverage, taken-out by the Organization throughout fellowship. UNESCO will subscribe the medical health insurance on behalf of awarded fellows and canopy the price incurred.;
• One-time particular pocket allowance of US$120 (100 and twenty US {dollars}).

Submission Procedure:

• Due to the intergovernmental character of UNESCO, particular person functions won’t be accepted by UNESCO. Only functions endorsed by the National Commissions for UNESCO will probably be thought-about. 
• Applicants ought to submit their application paperwork via the National Commissions. 

How to Apply

Step 1:
Read rigorously Annex I (Terms and Conditions) and Annex IV (List of fields of analysis/challenge titles as decided by the Polish authorities) for the 2025 version of UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships in Engineering) to know the necessities for eligible candidatures and the procedures for application submission.

Step 2:
Contact the National Commission for UNESCO of your nation to investigate the application procedures at nationwide degree. Click here for the contact data of the National Commissions for UNESCO.

Step 3:
Prepare your application, together with the next supporting paperwork to the National Commissions of your nation of Origin as talked about within the Annex II:

1. UNESCO fellowships application kind, All 4 pages duly accomplished in English utilizing capital letter (illegible paperwork will probably be eradicated from the analysis process, and hand writing kind should be written in capital letters solely);
2. A replica of the applicant’s passport
3. A replica of the identification picture of the applicant;
4. Certified copies (in English) of Bachelor’s, Master’s Degree or PhD diploma obtained (with Apostille or authorised by competent authority); For nations that don’t acknowledge the Apostille: legalization the above paperwork within the nation of concern is required.
5. A UNESCO certificates of language information, duly accomplished by a related authority, if the mom tongue of the candidate isn’t English.
6. Two letters of advice from individuals acquainted with the candidate’s work, confirming their {qualifications} (dated 2025 12 months). 

Step 4:
Submit your application with all of the supporting paperwork talked about above to the National Commission for UNESCO of your nation.

NOTE: As National Commissions for UNESCO of the invited nations will choose and transmit the functions of nominated candidates to UNESCO Paris Headquarter by 26 May 2025 on the newest, candidates are suggested to submit their application to the National Commissions as early as doable.

Step 5:
As quickly as you might be knowledgeable by the National Commission for UNESCO of your nation that you’re endorsed and nominated as a candidate for this programme, it’s best to submit your application by e mail to to [email protected] (with [email protected] and [email protected] in copy) after which full and submit the net data sheet this link. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Engineering Fellowship Programme