For Grantees

The culminating moment of the Kirkland Program consists in drafting and defending a final project that is composed of 2 term papers prepared during each term, as well as conclusions and recommendations. The project may be either of theoretical or practical nature, depending on earlier declarations of grantees. A practical project should include theoretical introduction and an extended section describing solutions or experiences that grantees may implement in their organization/institution. The project should encompass at least 50 pages (where a standardised page equals 1,800 charswith spaces).

Projects will be defended in the cities of affiliation and their manner of organization is determined by a given university. In principle, a grantee should prepare a short presentation of its project and answer 2-3 questions asked by the examination commission. The defense is held in Polish even in the case of grantees who prepared their projects in English.

At the end the scholarship, grantees are awarded with prestigious Kirkland Program diplomas. A diploma with honours is granted when grantees have met the following conditions: received a very good evaluation of the whole stay, their final project was rated as “very good”, the defense was rated as “very good”, a grantee has demonstrated scientific or social activity, for instance delivered a lecture at a reputable conference, published an article in a highly-scored journal, conducted a social project or took part in long-term voluntary service etc.