Missions: Promote French higher education institutions, Initiate scientific cooperation, Promote the French expertise in science and technology and the French language, Academic, scientific and technology watch. Tools: double degrees, Scholarships (Master, Ph.D., and Researchers), France Alumni Pologne, Research projects and scientific events, etc.

1. Dr. Hab. Christophe PAOLI: Attaché for Scientific and Academic Cooperation
Scientific and Academic Cooperation
France – Poland
Missions and Tools
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2. Context of the cooperation
• Ambassador
– Represents the French government and his country
to the government of the country
• Develop economic, cultural, scientific and military
relations
– Counselors: Politic, Defense, Economic, Culture and
Science
• Attaché for Scientific and Academic Cooperation
– Seconded from the Ministry of Science and higher education
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3. Context of the cooperation
France is ranked:
– 7th in the world in terms of scientific publication
– 5th scientific partner of Poland after Germany,
USA, UK and Italy
– 3rd foreign employer in Poland
CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research)
is the 1st foreign institution to cooperate with Poland
Student mobility (2015-2016):
• 2 330 Polish students in France (including ~1200 Erasmus)
• 1 660 French students in Poland (including ~1200 Erasmus)
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4. Our missions
• Main missions
Promote French higher education institutions in Poland
Initiate scientific cooperation between Poland and France
Promote the French expertise in science and technology
and the French language
Academic, scientific and technology watch in Poland
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More information: pologne.campusfrance.org

5. Tools for cooperation
1. Double degrees
2. Scholarships: Master, PhD and Researchers
3. France Alumni Pologne
4. Research projects and scientific events
5. Ośrodek Kultury Francuskiej
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6. 1. Double degrees
• Financial support: € 32.000 / year
– Guide describing all French-Polish diploma
and interactive map
– 50% have mandatory internships
– All over France and Poland
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7. 1. Double degrees
• Quantitative analysis
– In 2019
• Almost 70 double degrees referenced in our guide
– Level
• Master: 88% / License: 10.5% / PhD: 0.5%
– Main fields of study
• Management
• Engineer, Physics
• Law, Political sciences and philology
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-> 11 DD enjoyed financial support from French
embassy in 2019

8. 1. Double degrees
• Criteria and strategy
– Complementarity, innovative pedagogy
– Part of a European university initiative
– Relation to research/industry
– Co-financing
– Number of students
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More information: pologne.campusfrance.org

9. European Universities
• Aim: create joint degrees and improve mobility between
universities in Europe
• 17 projects funded by European Commission, 5 with Polish
and French universities:
– Jagiellonian University
– University of Warsaw
– Adam Mickiewicz University
– University of Gdańsk
– Opole University
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10. 2. Scholarships/fellowships
• French government scholarship:
– Financial support: ~465.000 € per year
• Master (2nd year) : 700 €/month – Selection rate of 18%
• PhD: 1,060 €/month, 15 months over 3 years – Selection rate of 35%
• Researcher: 1,704 €/month, 1 to 3 months - Selection rate of 20%
– Scholarships/fellowships include: insurance, affordable
accommodation access, monthly allowance, tuition fees
paid up to 5.000 €
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11. 2. Scholarships/fellowships
• French government scholarship with industry
– “co-tutelle” PhDs with industry
• Industry: 55% of scholarship/month + travel (Fr/Pl) +
employee in Poland
• French embassy: 45% of scholarship/month +
administrative handling
– Examples with Thales Group
• Topics: Design electrical systems and services for the
aerospace, defense, transportation and security markets
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12. 2. Scholarships/fellowships
• Quantitative analysis
– 14 Master students each year (~70 applications)
• In 2019: 4 scholarships for DD / 14 possible → 30 %
– 11 PhDs selected in 2019 (~20 applications)
• ~90 selected since 2011
– 30 Research fellowships (~90 applications)
• ~80% of the laureates → exact and engineering
sciences
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13. 2. Scholarships/fellowships
• Criteria and strategy
– Academic excellence of the candidate: file +
interview
– Open to all fields of study
– Complementarity, added value for the French-Polish
cooperation
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14. 3. France Alumni Pologne
• Network of 1,300 former Polish students (Double
diploma and scholars) or French speaking
professionals
• Presence on Social Media
– LinkedIn: 3,000 members
– Facebook: 2,500 members
• Characteristics of members: 77% live in Poland, 84%
women, 30 years old on average
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15. 3. France Alumni Pologne
• Access to a worldwide platform of over 100,000
members
• Networking events all year
– Examples of previous topics: parity in the professional
world, What skills for the future, COP24 and after?
– 100 participants on average
• Free for former students
• Subscription for companies: 1,000 PLN/year
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More information: www.francealumni.fr

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www.linkedin.com/in/FranceAlumniPologne
www.facebook.com/FranceAlumniPologne

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www.linkedin.com/in/FranceAlumniPologne
www.facebook.com/FranceAlumniPologne

18. 4. Research projects and scientific events
• Bilateral program “Polonium”
– Financial support: € 120.000 / year
– 2 years support mobility to initiate cooperation
between French and Polish research teams
• 2 separate but related applications
• Budget: ~ 2.500 € each year
• French part: missions of Polish researchers in France and
travels of French researchers in Poland
• Companies can participate
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19. • Quantitative analysis
– 21 news projects supported for 2020: 42 in total over 2
years
• Selected through a call for projects
– Main domains in 2020
• Medicine-biology (29%), Engineering sciences (19%)
• Earth and space sciences (14%), Chemistry (14%)
• Humanities (10%), Physics (10%), Mathematics (5%)
• Selection rate: 41% = 21 projects / 51 applicants
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4. Research projects and scientific events

20. • Criteria and strategy
– Open to all fields of study
– Priority to new cooperation
– Complementarity of teams and involvement of
young researches or doctorates
– Ability to evolve into an European project (e.g.
H2020)
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Deadline: July 2020
More information: pologne.campusfrance.org
4. Research projects and scientific events

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Past Events Participants City Date
2019
French-Polish Scientific year // Program on the
Embassy website
All
All over
Poland
March to
December
24 hours to innovate // Student innovation
competition: solving industry issues in 24 hours in
teams
Students and
Companies
Lodz 5-6/April
‘MT180’ // Contest rewarding the best PhD
presentation in 180s (Event in French)
Open to all french
speaking public
Warsaw 29/March
and 15/May
Conference Dynamics, Equations and Applications:
dynamical systems, partial differential equations
and applied mathematics
Researchers and
students
Krakow 16-20/Sept
France Alumni Pologne // Celebrate Erasmus Students and Industries Warsaw 11/October
5th
French-polish forum of research and
innovation
Researchers,
Innovative Industries
Warsaw 19/November
4. Research projects and scientific events

22. Conclusion
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Future Events Participants City Date
2020
Maria Skłodowska and Pierre Curie Polish–French
Scientific Award Ceremony// 15.000 €
Researchers, Students,
Industry
Warsaw
February of
March
Security & forecasting 2020: challenges for the
state and international security – the current state
and prognosis for the future // Academy of War
Studie
Researchers, Students,
Industry
Warsaw 24-25/March
‘MT180’ // Contest rewarding the best PhD
presentation in 180s (Event in French)
Open to all french
speaking public
Warsaw
and
Krakow
20/March
and 20/May
Colloque Henri Michaux // Jagiellonian University Researchers, Students Krakow 28-30/May
Workshop Decision Deck // Polytechnic University
of Poznan
Researchers, Students,
Industry
Poznan 05-06/June
Congrès du Conseil International d’Etudes
Francophones (CIEF) // Gdansk University
Researchers, Students,
Artists
Gdansk 06-14/June
Conference Environmental Law / Jagiellonian
University
Researchers, Students,
Industry
Krakow 17/June

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5. Ośrodek Kultury Francuskiej
• A Polish-French research center in humanities and social
sciences founded in 1958 and located in University of
Warsaw
• Activities: publications, lectures, debates, conferences,
seminars
• A library with books in French and Polish
• 3 main scientific axis:
– Migrations
– European security
– Collective memory

24. L'ÉQUIPE - Coopération scientifique et académique
Attaché ds. nauki i współpracy uniwersyteckiej
Christophe PAOLI
e-mail: christophe.paoli@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Koordynator Campus France w Warszawie
Eliza ŁUCZYŃSKA
e-mail: eliza.luczynska@institutfrancais.pl
e-mail: varsovie@campusfrance.org
Koordynator Campus France w Krakówie
Michal ZIEBA
e-mail: michal.zieba@institutfrancais.pl
e-mail: cracovie@campusfrance.org
Koordynator ds. nauki i współpracy uniwersyteckiej, zastepca Attaché
Joanna LORA
e-mail: joanna.lora@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Koordynator ds. nauki, odpowiedzialny za stypendia rządu francuskiego
Koordynator ds. współpracy uniwersyteckiej
Valentin PEDEN
e-mail: valentin.peden@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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