Oxford-Poland Hub began operating on 10 November as a new collaboration centre linking researchers in Poland with the University of Oxford. Its most important practical rule is also a limit: an Oxford-employed researcher is expected to submit the grant application formally, while a researcher from Poland must be involved in the project.
That gives Polish researchers a workable route into the first call, planned for December, but it is not a standalone funding scheme that they can enter directly on their own. Nauka w Polsce reports that an initiative can also start in Poland: a researcher can approach an Oxford counterpart, prepare a joint project and have the Oxford researcher submit the funding request.
The initial grant programme is intended to focus on social sciences and humanities. Joint research, academic visits and work preparing applications for larger grants may receive up to £5,000. Support for academic workshops may reach £10,000. The hub is also intended to help researchers find partners, which matters for those with a research idea but no existing Oxford contact.
This is a useful design for an early-stage partnership: modest funding can pay for the work required to form stronger projects. But the launch should not be presented as a broadly open new funding stream for every Polish academic. The supplied report does not set out the full call rules, total budget, number of awards or assessment criteria.
The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, NAWA, is funding the centre's first three years with support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. In its second year, the hub is expected to offer young researchers support for training in Oxford.
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- Nauka w Polsce · Fundacja PAP — Źródło: Nauka w Polsce (Fundacja PAP) (https://naukawpolsce.pl/) · Source date: 2026-11-10
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