Awards of the Rector

Ordinance No. 153/2026

of the Rector of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
of 12 October 2026

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

https://bip.ujk.edu.pl/zarzadzenie_nr_153_2026.html

Annex to Ordinance No. 153/2026

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AWARDING OF THE RECTOR’S AWARDS

TO DOCTORAL CANDIDATES AND GRADUATES OF THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY IN KIELCE

§1

The Regulations Governing the Awarding of the Rector’s Awards to Doctoral Candidates and Graduates of the Doctoral School of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations”) set out the detailed rules and procedures for awarding the Rector’s Awards for scientific or artistic achievements (hereinafter referred to as the “Awards”).

§2

1. The Awards shall be granted in accordance with these Regulations.
2. The Awards shall be granted annually for outstanding scientific or artistic achievements.

§3

1. The Awards shall be granted annually by the Rector.
2. The Awards shall be granted for achievements obtained in the preceding academic year.
3. Only achievements that have not previously received a Rector’s Award or an award from the minister responsible for higher education and science may be considered for a Rector’s Award.
4. The Awards shall be individual awards.
5. The Awards may be granted to doctoral candidates in their second, third or fourth year of doctoral education at the Doctoral School of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. The Awards may also be granted to graduates of the Doctoral School who, during the preceding academic year, submitted their doctoral dissertation in the fourth year of doctoral education, within the deadline specified in their Individual Research Plan, without having been granted an extension of that deadline.

5a. Doctoral candidates whose deadline for submitting their doctoral dissertation has been extended may receive an Award only under the procedure specified in § 4(2), for having been appointed as a project leader or work package coordinator in a project financed from external funding, subject to the conditions set out in that provision.

6. The Awards shall not be granted to persons who have been subject to a disciplinary penalty.

7. In a given academic year, a doctoral candidate or graduate may receive only one individual award from the Rector or the minister responsible for higher education and science. Persons whose applications for an award from the minister responsible for higher education and science have been submitted to the ministry but who have not received such an award may be nominated for a Rector’s Award for achievements obtained in that academic year. To this end, an application must be submitted in accordance with the procedure laid down in these Regulations.

§4

1. The Awards shall be granted automatically in the case specified in section 2 or upon application.
2. The Rector’s Award shall be granted to a person who meets the conditions specified in § 3(5) or § 3(5a) and who has been appointed as a project leader or work package coordinator in a project involving scientific research or development work, financed or co-financed through a competitive procedure by foreign institutions, international organisations, the National Science Centre (NCN), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), or under the National Programme for the Development of the Humanities.
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 shall receive a cash award of PLN 2,000 and a certificate.
2. Award recipients shall be notified in writing of the award. A copy of the notification shall be kept in the recipient’s personal file maintained by the Doctoral School.

§6

1. Each calendar year, the Rector shall initiate the award procedure by providing applicants with relevant information and identifying the persons who have received Awards under the procedure specified in § 4(2).
2. A doctoral candidate or graduate who meets the conditions specified in § 3(5) and has at least one of the achievements referred to in § 4(3) may be nominated for a Rector’s Award under the application-based procedure.
3. An application for a Rector’s Award for scientific or artistic achievements, prepared using the template set out in Appendix No. 1 to these Regulations, shall be submitted to the secretariat of the relevant institute corresponding to the academic discipline to which the candidate belongs, no later than 31 October of each year.
4. The Director of the Institute shall conduct a formal assessment of applications for a Rector’s Award.
5. Applications for a Rector’s Award that meet the formal requirements shall be reviewed by the Scientific Council of the Institute at the request of the Director of the Institute.
6. Following the review of applications by the relevant Council, the Director of the Institute shall prepare a list of candidates whose applications have received a positive assessment for an Award for scientific or artistic achievements, using the template set out in Appendix No. 2 to these Regulations, and shall submit it to the Director of the Doctoral School no later than 30 November of each year.
7. The maximum number of applications for Awards for scientific or artistic achievements that may receive a positive assessment shall not exceed two per institute.
8. The lists of candidates whose applications have received a positive assessment, together with the candidates’ applications, shall be submitted to the Rector through the Director of the Doctoral School.
9. The Director of the Doctoral School shall prepare a ranking list, which shall be reviewed by the Scientific Council of the Doctoral School, and submit it to the Vice-Rector for Research together with the minutes of the Council meeting.
10. The Vice-Rector for Research shall conduct a substantive assessment of the candidates’ applications and the ranking list. In the case of the disciplines of medical sciences and health sciences, this assessment shall be conducted in cooperation with the Vice-Rector for Medical Affairs. The Vice-Rector for Research shall then prepare a list of persons recommended for a Rector’s Award for scientific or artistic achievements.
11. The maximum number of persons recommended for a Rector’s Award under the application-based procedure shall not exceed 15.
12. The final decision on granting an Award shall be made by the Rector. The Rector may also grant an Award on their own initiative, provided that the conditions set out in these Regulations are met.
13. The Rector shall inform the University community of the Awards granted by publishing on the University’s website a list of award recipients, together with the category and type of each Award.