Doctorates for Mazovia: Scholarship and training program for the best PH.D. students at the University of Warsaw in the fields of vital importance to the regional economy development (second edition)

The project is ongoing from January 2012 to April 2014.

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"Doctorates for Mazovia II" is a continuation of the project "Doctorates for Mazovia: Scholarship program for the best PH.D. students at the University of Warsaw in the fields of vital importance to the regional economy development" which was carried out by COME in 2010-11. Similarly, the project "Doctorates for Mazovia II" received funding from the Mazovian Unit of EU Programmes Implementation in the course of competition within the European Social Fund under 8.2.1 sub-measure "Support to cooperation of scientific environment and enterprises", Human Capital Operational Programme.

The aim of the project is to increase the transfer of knowledge onto the market and to develop links in the research and development area between the University of Warsaw and entrepreneurs in the Mazovian voivodship. To meet this aim, the support was given to the best graduate students in the fields of mathematics and natural sciences as well as the socio-economic studies at the University of Warsaw, whose work will contribute to the growth of scientific potential in the areas relevant to the economical development of the region. In the way of competition the Ph.D. students, whose research achievements could be practically transferred onto the market, and thus have a chance to influence the increase of innovation in the region, will be awarded the scholarship.

There are two editions of scholarship competition run in  "Doctorates for Mazovia II" (each time for 25 Ph.D. students of the second and third year of studies, in 2012-13 and 2013-14). Scholarships up to 3000 PLN will be granted for a period of 12 months in each edition. Moreover, the project will be enriched by the e-learning training in the field of commercialization of knowledge, available not only to the successful scholars, but to all students of the University of Warsaw.

Within the project, two seminars on innovation and technology transfer to promote the success of graduate students of the University of Warsaw will be organized for entrepreneurs.