Awards of the Rector

Ordinance No. 205/2025

of the Rector of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
of 25 November 2025

amending Ordinance No. 9/2025 of the Rector of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
of 20 January 2025 concerning the Regulations for Awarding Prizes to Doctoral Students of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

https://bip.ujk.edu.pl/zarzadzenie_nr_205_2025.html

Annex to Ordinance No. 205/2025

REGULATIONS FOR AWARDING THE RECTOR’S PRIZES
TO DOCTORAL STUDENTS OF THE JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY IN KIELCE

§1

The Regulations for Awarding Prizes to Doctoral Students of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations”) set out the detailed rules and procedures for awarding Rector’s prizes to doctoral students for scientific or artistic achievements (hereinafter referred to as “prizes”).

§2

1. Prizes are awarded on the basis of the Regulations.
2. Prizes are awarded annually for outstanding scientific or artistic achievements.

§3

1. Prizes are awarded annually by the Rector.
2. Prizes concern achievements obtained in the previous academic year.
3. Only achievements that have not previously been awarded a Rector’s prize or a prize of the minister responsible for higher education and science may be considered for the Rector’s prize.
4. Prizes are individual awards.
5. Prizes may be awarded to doctoral students enrolled in the Doctoral School of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce.
6. Prizes may not be awarded to persons who have been subject to disciplinary penalties.
7. In a given academic year, a doctoral student may receive only one individual prize from the Rector or from the minister responsible for higher education and science. Persons whose applications for the minister’s prize have been submitted to the ministry but who did not receive that prize may be nominated for the Rector’s prize for achievements in the given academic year. For this purpose, an application must be submitted in accordance with the procedure specified in these Regulations.

§4

1. Prizes are awarded obligatorily in the case specified in paragraph 2 or through an application procedure.
2. The Rector’s prize is awarded to a doctoral student appointed as a project leader or task package coordinator in a project involving scientific research or development work, financed competitively by foreign institutions or international organizations, as well as by the National Science Centre, the National Centre for Research and Development, the Foundation for Polish Science, under the National Programme for the Development of the Humanities, or projects co-financed competitively by the National Agency for Academic Exchange or the National Science Centre.
3. Prizes awarded through the application procedure are granted in particular for original and creative scientific or artistic achievements documented by:

   1. scientific articles published in academic journals and in peer-reviewed proceedings of international scientific conferences included in the list of such journals and proceedings compiled in accordance with the regulations issued pursuant to Article 267(2)(2) of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”);

   2. scientific monographs published by publishers included in the list compiled in accordance with the regulations issued pursuant to Article 267(2)(2) of the Act, as well as scientific editorial work of such monographs and chapters in such monographs;

   3. patents for inventions, protection rights for utility models, and exclusive breeders’ rights to plant varieties;

   4. results of artistic activity that have a significant impact on the development of the discipline.

4. In the event of changes to the regulations issued pursuant to Article 267(2)(2) of the Act during the academic year, the number of points is determined according to the regulations in force on the date of publication of the article or monograph.

§5

1. Award recipients receive a monetary prize of 2,000 PLN and a diploma.
2. The doctoral student is informed in writing about the granting of the prize. A copy of the letter is kept in the personal file of the awarded doctoral student.

§6

1. Each calendar year, the Rector initiates the process of awarding prizes by sending information on this matter to the applicants and indicating the persons awarded in the manner specified in § 4(3).
2. A candidate for the Rector’s prize may be a doctoral student who meets the conditions referred to in § 3(5) and has at least one of the achievements listed in § 4(3).
3. An application for the Rector’s prize for scientific or artistic achievements, prepared in accordance with the template specified in Annex 1 to the Regulations, must be submitted to the secretariat of the appropriate institute, in accordance with the discipline to which the doctoral student belongs, by 28 November 2025.
4. The director of the institute conducts a formal evaluation of the applications for the Rector’s prize.
5. Applications for the Rector’s prize that meet the formal requirements are reviewed by the scientific council of the institute at the request of the institute director.
6. After the applications have been reviewed by the appropriate council, the institute director prepares a list of persons positively recommended for the prize for scientific or artistic achievements, in accordance with the template set out in Annex 2 to the Regulations, and submits it to the Director of the Doctoral School by 10 December 2025.
7. The maximum number of positively reviewed applications for prizes for scientific or artistic achievements may not exceed two within a given institute.
8. Lists of persons positively recommended for the Rector’s prize, together with the candidates’ applications, are submitted to the Rector through the Director of the Doctoral School.
9. The Director of the Doctoral School prepares a ranking list, which is reviewed by the Scientific Council of the Doctoral School, and submits it to the Vice-Rector for Research together with the minutes of the meeting.
10. The Vice-Rector for Research verifies the substantive content of the candidates’ applications and the ranking list, and — in the case of the disciplines of medical sciences and health sciences — cooperates with the Vice-Rector for Medical Affairs. The Vice-Rector then prepares a list of persons recommended for the Rector’s prize for scientific or artistic achievements.
11. The maximum number of persons recommended for the Rector’s prize under the application procedure may not exceed 15.
12. The final decision on awarding the prize is made by the Rector. The Rector may also award a prize on their own initiative.
13. The Rector informs the University community about the awarded prizes by publishing a list of awardees, along with the category and type of prize, on the University’s website.