GSSR International Academic Exchange Program
GSSR International Academic Exchange Programsupported by NAWA PROM (BPI/PRO/2024/1/00020/DEC/1)
PhD Student Travel Grants
Call for Applications: Mobility Grants for Participation in the Event “Automating Welfare – Policy Implications of AI in the Digital Welfare States”
We cordially invite PhD students to apply for funding to participate in the four-day event “Automating Welfare – Policy Implications of AI in the Digital Welfare States”, organised within the AUTO-WELF project. This international interdisciplinary event comprises a conference, a workshop and networking and gathers researchers, data activists and policy-makers interested in digitalisation and datafication of the welfare states. The event takes place on 9-12 April 2025 in Warsaw (Poland).
The purpose of these short-term international mobility grants is to strengthen your knowledge on digitalisation and datafication processes in the area of welfare, to develop your skills to formulate policy implications, to facilitate international cooperation with experts and early career researchers working in your field, and to broaden your networks, among others.
This Call is supported by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science (IFiS PAN) and the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR), via the The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) grant PROM Short-term academic exchange (in Polish, PROM- Krótkookresowa wymiana akademicka). For this call we can award up to six travel grants for PhD students at universities abroad to participate in the AUTO-WELF event.
Description of the event
Your visit will require participation in the four-day event taking place on 9-12 April 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. The Policy Workshop “Automating Welfare – Policy Implications of AI in the Digital Welfare States” has two major aims. Firstly, to disseminate and discuss research findings of the AUTO-WELF project publicly, and second to develop consistent strategies to communicate policy relevant implications based on the research findings. The Workshop will gather scholars and policy practitioners from different European NGOs including Data Ethics EU, Data Justice Lab, and AlgorithmWatch. The programme combines the conference “Automating Welfare – Policy Implications of AI in the Digital Welfare States” (April 10th) with the workshop “Automating Welfare – connecting research and policy” (April 11th) and a PhD workshop (April 9th). The PhD workshop will be dedicated to the discussions of PhD research projects focused on the issues of digitalisation of public services. The last day of the event (April 12th) will discuss the outcomes of the event, including lessons learned, and award participants with attendance certificates.
Eligibility
The Call is open to doctoral students studying in one of the countries listed in Appendix A in
Table A.1 (groups 1-5). Under NAWA rules, Russian citizens are not eligible for funding.
We are inviting students who conduct research on digitalisation and public services to apply. This call promotes equal opportunity for people with disabilities, and adequate gender representation.
Successful applicants are expected to participate in the entire event, while their PhD student status is still active (confirmation of PhD status is required).
Funding
NAWA PROM travel grants can be used to cover travel expenses (maximum 2 travel days), living allowance, visa and insurance. The NAWA PROM grant also includes a scholarship of PLN 125/day.
For details on the lump sum allowances for transportation and living costs, see Appendix A. In particular, for Poland, the daily rate of living and accommodation costs equals 300 PLN/day (Group 1 in Table A.2). For travel costs, please refer to Table A.1. Based on the country of your departure, use the indicated lump sums to apply for travel funds.
To apply, please:
- Fill out the Application From (see p. 4),
and provide it together with the following documents: - Short description of dissertation research (approx. 500 words). Please describe your PhD dissertation, focusing on the link of the research with the Workshop topic.
- Rationale for participation in the event (approx. 500 words). Please discuss the benefits of your participation in the event for your dissertation research and your academic career more broadly. In doing so, you are expected to (i) describe what learning outcomes – in terms of new/enhanced knowledge, skills and social competences – you expect to gain from this mobility, and how they complement your current skills;1 discuss
(ii) how the new/enhanced competences will advance your PhD research. - Your current academic Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages).
- Document confirming your current enrolment into a PhD program at a Higher Education Institution operating in the country included in groups 1-5 in Table A.1.
The deadline for Applications is Thursday, January 16, 2025. Please send your Application package via email to autowelf@ifispan.edu.pl. For any questions regarding the application process, contact Monika Berdys (autowelf@ifispan.edu.pl).
Please indicate “NAWA PROM 2025” in your email’s subject.
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