NCBR to spend PLN 132 mln on higher education in Poland

Polish National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) has announced the launch of a new programme, which is directed to the improving of Poland's academic staff's competencies in tertiary education institutions. The allocated funds amount to a total of PLN 132 million and is to cover more than 7,000 applications. The competition will select projects aimed at training the 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 the Polish science. Strengthening digital literacy or foreign language abilities among the staff of higher education institutions stands a chance to change many research disciplines," commented Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin. The maximum cost per participant utilising support at the 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 the academic staff" will run from August 1 to September 30, 2016.