The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MEYS) offers scholarships to academic staff of Polish public universities who wish to undertake study, research or lecture visits to one of the Czech public institutions of higher education. The scholarships are intended mainly to support the building and development of relationships between academic departments, to share professional knowledge and information, to gain experience in teaching abroad, as well as to carry out individual research activities.  In all cases, the scholarship must be guaranteed by a Czech public university.

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Choose the Czech public institution of higher education, or its specific faculty, where you would like to undertake your study, research or lecture stay.
   • Contact the specific department/institute or other part of the university (International Relations Office etc.) and request an Invitation Letter, by which the host institution agrees to implement your study/research/lecture project. This document is a mandatory attachment to the application.
   • Be sure to inform the host university that you intend to apply for your study, research or lecture stay within the framework of the MEYS scholarship
2. Complete the scholarship application as instructed by NAWA.
3. Submit your application by the deadline set by the call.
4. Only applicants who have participated in the selection procedure organised by the NAWA and have received instructions from the said institution to apply through this online registration system can apply for the scholarship.
   • The application must be completed in Czech or English.
   • An application is complete only if it contains all the required attachments (in English or Czech or with translation into these languages). Check the requirements for each document well in advance - some documents require a third party signature.
5. Keep track of the status of your application. You will be notified by e-mail of any status changes. Always check to see if you are required to provide additional information, etc.

HOW THE APPLICATION IS EVALUATED:

1. The completed application will be assessed by the MEYS, which may return it to the applicant for completion in the event of missing data. Ineligible (without prior nomination by the NAWA) or poor quality (without complete documentation) applications will be rejected.
2. The MEYS may, in justified cases, propose a change of the scholarship period or of the receiving university (e.g. if admission to the study programme preferred by the applicant is not possible).
3. Applications are then sent to individual universities for consideration according to the applicants' preferences and/or the MEYS’ recommendations.
4. The evaluation process result is:
   • Confirmation of admission to the study/research/lecture stay from the MEYS. The confirmation indicates the amount of financial support granted, confirms the date of the study/research/lecture placement, the receiving university and the accommodation reservation (primarily in university halls of residence). or
   • Rejection of the application. There is no right of appeal against the rejection of an application.