General information

We invite you to learn more about the activities happening within The Excellence Initiative at the Faculty of Philosophy.

As part of the open calls process, you (i.e., Faculty employee) can apply for the following types of funding:

Grants supporting publications in top jounrals and publishers
Grants supporting the receipt of international grants
Allowances for submitting international projects 
Funds to finance open access to publications 
Grants financing research trips of employees 
Grants financing the visits of external guests 
Fund for preliminary and pilot research

Additionally, it is possible to apply for the following types of support:

Fund for journals
Science dissemination
Support of conference organization 
Support of student activities

Information about each of the calls along with the necessary forms can be found on the corresponding subpage.

The committee accepts applications on a continuous basis, and these are assessed in an ongoing manner, as long as the funds are available. In urgent cases, decisions are made without delay.

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NOTE: The Committee works until July 8 inclusive and returns to regular meetings on September 2.

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The IDUJ program funds for 2026 have been fully allocated.
As a result, the call for new applications has been suspended.
 
The rules for project implementation and spending the funds remain unchanged (a short overview is provided below). In the case of projects covering both semesters, the release of the second part of the funding depends on the full use of the funds planned for the first semester. The use of the first part of the funding will be verified at the end of June. If any funds become available at that time - due to not using the first part or not starting the second - additional projects may be funded from among the applications already submitted that have not yet received support, or the call may be reopened.

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In the current year, the IDUJ budget is divided into two semesters. Funds planned for the first semester should be spent by the end of June (and obligated, with ‘obligo’ created, by the end of May), while funds planned for the second semester should be spent by the end of October (and obligated by the end of September).
 
Note: Receiving a funding decision does not mean that an obligation (‘obligo’) has been created. An obligation is created for specific expenses at the request of the project manager. Only funds that are supported by appropriate documents - such as an invoice, travel request, contract, accounting note, etc. - may be obligated.
 
In the case of projects covering both the first and second semesters, their schedule should be divided accordingly. It will not be possible to transfer funds from the first to the second semester.
 
Due to the limited budget for 2026 and the intention to support as many staff members as possible, there is a limit of PLN 50,000, which is the total amount that each eligible person may apply for across all ID UJ calls this year.
 
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More detailed information can be found in the staff mailing. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

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The members of the committee are:

prof. Ewa Kopczyńska (Head of the committee),

prof. Agata Świerzowska,

prof. Malwina Szpitalak,

prof. Paweł Grygiel,

Adrian Stencel, Ph.D.,

Jarosław Bener, M.A.

The applicant has 14 days to appeal against the decision of the committee. The appeals committee members are: prof. Andrzej Bukowski, prof. Elżbieta Przybył-Sadowska, and prof. Przemysław Bąbel.

We also recommend you read the FAQ.

Important:
Mention of the fact that ID UJ is a source of financing should be made on every occasion, whether that be in publications, in presentations on financed activities, etc.
The grants and the publications should be affiliated with the UJ.
After completing the expenditure of the planned funds, we ask for information, and after completing all the task in the grant (e.g., submitting the publication / grant proposal), applicants are required to submit the final report.

If you have any questions, please contact us:

for substantive matters - Marta Maj, Ph.D. (marta.maj@uj.edu.pl),

for administrative matters - Anna Gądek, Ph.D. (a.gadek@uj.edu.pl),

for financial matters - Joanna Madyda-Popiel, M.A. (joanna.madyda-popiel@uj.edu.pl).

Open Access - possibility of consultation

It is possible to consult the publication path for articles in journals regarding the Open Access (OA) policy. This consultation is not equivalent to applying for OA financial support, nor is it a condition for receiving support - these are independent processes and forms.

You will find a link to the appropriate form below. Based on the information about the publication, the possibility of publishing OA of the indicated publication in a given journal will be checked. You will receive answers to your consultations by e-mail as soon as possible.

In order to optimize the process, consultations should be carried out at the earliest possible stage of publication creation (preferably before they are sent to the publisher). Please leave at least 7 days for the consultation.

Link to the form: https://forms.office.com/e/GJ58x1v9RP