NCBR contributes PLN 132 mln to Polish academic staff's training

The Polish National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) has announced the launch of a new program which is directed to the improvement of Poland's academic staff's competencies in tertiary education institutions. The allocated fund amounts to a total of PLN 132 million and is to cover more than 7,000 applications. The competition will select projects aimed at training academic staff. They will concern classes (for at least one semester) of innovative teaching and computer skills, information management or teaching in foreign languages. "The NCBR supports ideas that contribute to the development of Polish science. Strengthening digital literacy or foreign language abilities among the staff of higher education institutions provides the opportunity to change many research disciplines," commented Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin. The maximum cost per participant utilizing support at a national level is PLN 9,000. For those undergoing training abroad the maximum cost per capita is PLN 24,000. The call for proposals under "Raising the competencies of academic staff" will run from August 1 to September 30, 2016.