UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships in Engineering 2025 | Fully Funded Research Opportunities

Before you start your application, please check Annex II (List of Invited Member States) and Annex III to make sure your country (nationality) is eligible for your intended project/field of research.

Step 1:
Read carefully Annex I (Terms and Conditions) and Annex IV (List of fields of research/project titles as determined by the Polish authorities) for the 2025 edition of UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships in Engineering) to understand the requirements for eligible candidatures and the procedures for application submission.

Step 2:
Contact the National Commission for UNESCO of your country to enquire the application procedures at national level. Click here for the contact information of the National Commissions for UNESCO.

Step 3:
Prepare your application, including the following supporting documents to the National Commissions of your country of Origin as mentioned in the Annex II:

1. UNESCO fellowships application form, All 4 pages duly completed in English using capital letter (illegible documents will be eliminated from the evaluation procedure, and hand writing form must be written in capital letters only);
2. A copy of the applicant’s passport
3. A copy of the identity photo of the applicant;
4. Certified copies (in English) of Bachelor’s, Master’s Degree or PhD degree obtained (with Apostille or authorised by competent authority); For countries that do not recognize the Apostille: legalization the above documents in the country of issue is required.
5. A UNESCO certificate of language knowledge, duly completed by a relevant authority, if the mother tongue of the candidate is not English.
6. Two letters of recommendation from people familiar with the candidate’s work, confirming their qualifications (dated 2025 year).

Step 4:
Submit your application with all the supporting documents mentioned above to the National Commission for UNESCO of your country.

NOTE: As National Commissions for UNESCO of the invited countries will select and transmit the applications of nominated candidates to UNESCO Paris Headquarter by 26 May 2025 at the latest, applicants are advised to submit their application to the National Commissions as early as possible.

Step 5:
As soon as you are informed by the National Commission for UNESCO of your country that you are endorsed and nominated as a candidate for this programme, you should submit your application by email to to agh.poland@unesco.org (with uniune25@agh.edu.pl and Fellowships.Engineering@unesco.pl in copy) and then complete and submit the online information sheet this link.

Note: Only applications endorsed  by the National Commission will be accepted by UNESCO. It is mandatory for each endorsed candidate to submit his/er information sheet by Monday 26 May 2025, Midnight Paris time at the latest.