Offers opportunities for American academics, artists, and experienced professionals to lecture (4-10 months) or conduct research (3-10 months) at Polish academic and research institutions. 

Proposals are welcome from candidates in all disciplines with established relations with the host institution. We also offer four Distinguished Chair posts and one research award together with our partner institutions:

• Distinguished Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University
• Distinguished Scholar in Humanities at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
• Distinguished Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences at the American Studies Center, University of Warsaw
• Teaching East European and Eurasian Studies at the Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw
• Fulbright Writer-in-Residence at Adam Mickiewicz University

Spread the word about the Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards to Poland and inform us of prospective U.S. scholars who would be strong candidates to the program. If you have a colleague who could contribute to and gain from the program, click the link to refer them, or share this link with them. IIE staff will contact them to set up an advising session and explore their interests. We encourage you to share this link with your networks as well!

Allows college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to conduct their own research projects for two academic semesters (9-10 months) at Poland’s best universities or any other pertinent non-university institutions, such as research centers, labs and archives.

Proposals are welcome from candidates in all disciplines with established relations with the host institution.

Places recent U.S. college graduates and young professionals at universities and institutions of higher education across Poland, which declared their willingness to host candidates and were selected through an open competition. ETAs teach and co-teach practical and specialized English language classes for 2 academic semesters.

Applications are accepted from candidates in all fields. The Commission strongly encourages candidates with teaching experience to apply. Primarily –  teaching English (any TEFL or TESOL experience) or teaching experience in other fields.

Aims to provide a short-term (2-6 weeks), on-demand project collaboration with Polish institutions.

Fulbright Specialists are a diverse group of highly experienced, well-established faculty members and professionals who represent a wide variety of academic disciplines and professions. In order to be eligible to serve as a Fulbright Specialist, candidates must have significant experience in their respective professional field and be a U.S. citizen at the time of application.

Project activities may include delivering a seminar, workshop or guest lecture, consulting on faculty or workforce development, conducting needs assessments or evaluations for a program or institution, or developing academic or training curricula and materials.

The Fulbright Schuman Program is administered by the Fulbright Commission in Belgium and is jointly financed by the U.S. Department of State and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission. Grants are available for American students and professionals, including professionals in training – decision-makers, policy-makers, individuals in industry, the media, politics, academia, and public administration – who wish to study, research, or lecture on a topic relevant to U.S.-EU relations, EU policy, or EU institutions.