Lane Kirkland Scholarship 2027–2028: Funded Study Year in Poland for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Opportunity Overview

Founded by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation (PAFF) and supported by NAWA, this programme has offered since 2000 a two-semester study year at a leading Polish university in Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Poznań or Lublin, with a professional internship of at least two weeks in public, private or non-governmental organisations, a training and workshop programme and a Polish language course. Fields: economics and management, public administration, law, social sciences, political science and international relations, environmental and climate protection, security and cybersecurity, crisis management, and development policy and humanitarian aid. In the 2026–27 round the stipend was PLN 22,500 in 9 monthly instalments, plus in-kind support worth about PLN 5,000 a month covering accommodation, health insurance, a return ticket, public transport, visa costs and the language course, with free classes and an academic advisor. It is for citizens and residents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, aged up to 40, with a degree of at least 4 years and at least two years of work experience, and Polish at B2 or English at B2 with basic Polish (A1). The 2026–27 deadline was 1 March 2026; the 2027–28 round has not been announced yet, and past deadlines fell in early March. Applications are made online on the programme's website.