Eight projects of the Silesian University of Technology with funding
On September 24th, in the building of the Silesian Parliament, a ceremonial presentation of congratulatory letters to beneficiaries who obtained funding from the funds of the “Just Transition Fund” under the European Funds for Silesia Program for the years 2021-2027 was held. On behalf of the Silesian University of Technology, which is the leader in terms of the number of projects and their total value, the congratulatory letter was received by Prof. Dr Hab. Eng. Zbigniew Paszenda, Vice-Rector for Infrastructure and Investment.
Congratulatory letters were presented by Rafał Adamczyk from the Silesian Voivodeship Board. They were collected by beneficiaries who obtained co-financing for the total amount of PLN 111 689 471.64 from the funds of the” Just Transition Fund” under the European Funds for Silesia program for the years 2021-2027 for Measure 10.25 “Development of Higher Education in Line with The Needs of The Green Economy”.
The implementation of the projects will contribute to the acquisition of new competences among students, doctoral students, and academic staff of the university, as well as pupils of secondary schools and employees of enterprises in subregions of the Silesian Voivodeship undergoing the transformation process.
This amount will be allocated to support career offices at universities, activities for the development of scientific staff including doctorates (including implementation) and doctoral schools, in particular in the fields of green and digital economy, support for knowledge and technology transfer, increase the attractiveness of universities and support for secondary school pupils by universities.
As part of the competition, the beneficiaries submitted 51 applications, of which 25 met the criteria for project selection and obtained the required number of points and received funding by the decision of the management board of the Silesian Voivodeship. Silesian University of Technology will implement as many as 8 projects and thus is the leader among Silesian universities in terms of the number of projects and their total value (PLN 44 640 336.43).
In the attachment, we present a list of projects of the Silesian University of Technology that received funding.
Photograph Tomasz Żak/UMWS
