ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS to support for the publishing activities of doctoral students of the Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice – costs Proofreading
The project coordinator announces a call for applications for the task: Support for the publishing activities of doctoral students of the Doctoral School at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice – costs Proofreading.
By decision of the project coordinator, funding will be given first to people who have not yet received funding under the project.
Description of the activity for which funding can be applied for
Individual activities involving the proofreading of a scientific article prepared to be published in recognized scientific journal.
Funding will be provided for the costs of proofreading of an article of which the doctoral student is the first or the only author (a declaration in this matter should be included in the substantive attachment, the link to which is provided below). In the case of publications in which the order of authors is established alphabetically, an additional declaration signed by all co-authors must be provided, confirming the leading/greatest authorial contribution of the PhD student to the publication.
The funding covers proofreading of high-level scientific texts that are planned to be published in a scientific journal indexed in Scopus or Web of Science databases, with the following minimum number of points according to the current list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education:
– in the field of humanities: 70 points;
– in the field of social sciences: 70 points;
– in the field of engineering and technology: 100 points;
– in the field of natural sciences: 140 points;
– in the field of theology: 70 points;
– in the field of art: 200 points;
The call covers activities for which financing will be completed by 30.06.2025.
The financing procedure will be carried out in accordance with the principles of financing the costs of publications in specialist journals in force at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
The project coordinator reserves the right to decide on the final amount of financing. The maximum amount of financing will not exceed PLN 1200.
THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 03.12.2024 TO 13.12.2024
The support can be used by a person who meets all of the following requirements:
- He/She has the status of a PhD student at the University of Silesia in Katowice,
- He/She conducts research to support the transformation process, in particular with the directions of the green and digital economy,
- Within the set deadline, hesh will hand over in person, by traditional mail or intra-university mail to the Project Office (Rector’s Office Building, Bankowa 12, room 2.7) a set of original documents (incomplete documents will not be considered).
The set of documents includes:
Załącznik nr 3 – Formularz zgłoszenia dla doktorantów(pdf, 209kb, eng)
Załącznik nr 5 – Formularz klauzuli informacyjnej FESL(pdf, 228kb, eng)
Załącznik nr 6 – Formularz klauzuli informacyjnej UŚ(pdf, 218kb, eng)
Załącznik nr 7 – Formularz danych osobowych(pdf, 246kb, eng)
Załącznik nr 8 – Deklaracja uczestnictwa(pdf, 225kb, eng)
Załącznik nr 11 – Karta wyboru formy wsparcia dla doktorantów(pdf, 195kb, eng)
Supervisor’s opinion – printed form https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/5761
Substantive attachment – printed form https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/5760
All attachments are intended for traditional (paper) completion and in case of problems with completing them/special needs, please come to the Project Office – room 2.7, 2nd floor, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, where you can get assistance in completing them. In case of qualification, please also report to the Project Office – room 2.7, 2nd floor, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice just.fesl@us.edu.pl special needs resulting from disability.
NOTE: Appendix no. 11 must be confirmed by the Doctoral School. In the case of PhD students of Polish Academy of Science, the verification of the number of publications is undertaken by the appropriate Polish Academy of Science unit.
Recruitment will take place on the basis of the Regulations of recruitment and participation in the project „U.S. transition – The potential of the University of Silesia as the basis for the Just Transition of the region” – Ordinance No. 95/2024 of the Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice of 19 June 2024.
In the case when the same number of point will be given, the order of applications is decisive.
In the event of any discrimination or events limiting access to the project, any person participating in the project (any candidate) may contact:
