Dear Students,

The American Studies Center is pleased to announce a competition for student research grants.

The grants will support students’ work on their MA theses and BA papers written in conjunction with their BA seminars. As the research must be related to a BA paper or an MA thesis, 3rd-year BA students and MA students of all years will have priority.

Funding

  • The maximum amount of a single grant is 4000 PLN.

  • The maximum number of grants available is three.

  • If applications are budgeted at less than 4000 PLN, it may be possible to award more than three grants (last year four grants were awarded).

The funding may be used for:

  • travel to libraries and specialized collections,

  • purchase of books,

  • fees for access to online databases,

  • other resources necessary to complete the research project.

Grants will be awarded to the authors of the best MA and BA research proposals.

Application Process

Research proposals should be submitted by email to the Head of the Committee:
Prof. William Glass – w.glass@uw.edu.pl


Deadline: January 12, 2026

The final decision will be made by the committee members – Prof. William Glass, Prof. Agnieszka Graff, Prof. Bohdan Szklarski, and Dr. Jan Smoleński – by January 29, 2026.

More detailed instructions down below.

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