Wrocław University of Science and Technology is implementing the project entitled Raise excellence in R&S&I in HEI for widening countries (acronym: Unite.WIDENING), in partnership with universities of the Unite! alliance. One of the key initiatives of the project is the Industry-Embedded Doctoral School, which assumes direct support for doctoral students from Poland and Portugal in the form of an increase in the doctoral scholarship.
The first call for applications took place in 2025. Due to the unfilled limit of places allocated to participants from Wrocław University of Science and Technology, a second call for applications has been announced.

Terms and conditions of participation
Doctoral students of the Doctoral School of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, in their first year of studies, may apply for the increase in the doctoral scholarship

Potential candidates should meet the following conditions:

1. They are carrying out a doctoral dissertation in at least one of the following strategic areas defined for the project:
• Health & Biotech,
• Urban and Resources Sustainability,
• Circular Economy & Materials,
• Digital & Autonomous Technologies.

2. The doctoral student’s second supervisor is an employee of a university from the Unite! alliance located in a non-Widening country.
Unite! universities from non-Widening countries:
• Politecnico di Torino,
• Graz University of Technology,
• Technical University of Darmstadt,
• University Grenoble Alpes,
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
• Aalto University,
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
The supervisor from the Unite! university must be appointed by the proper Scientific Advisory Council before concluding an agreement with a doctoral student qualified for support.

3. The doctoral student’s research project has the potential to be developed in cooperation with industry, including an unpaid internship carried out in an enterprise.

The limit of places for doctoral students of the Doctoral School of Wrocław University of Science and Technology in the second call for applications is 5 (five).
Applications for an increase in the doctoral scholarship must be submitted by 16 February 2026.

The increase in the doctoral scholarship amounts to PLN 7,300.00 gross per month. The increase will be granted no earlier than March 2026 and will be paid no later than 31 December 2028. A condition for the payment is signing an agreement with the doctoral student.
Detailed information and document templates are available at the link below:
https://unite.pwr.edu.pl/en/doctoral-programme