Horyzonty Scholarship Programme
In the HORYZONTY Scholarship Program, we provide comprehensive support to students from smaller towns who want to gain knowledge in the most interesting high schools and technical schools in big cities.
Website of the HORYZONTY Scholarship Program, run by the Czernecki Educational Foundation and the Starak Family Foundation:
https://stypendiumhoryzonty.pl
What do we provide?
- The opportunity to study in the best high schools and technical schools
- Additional English lessons and the possibility of obtaining a certificate
- Individual support in developing passions and interests
- Accommodation in a dormitory with meals
- Friendly and safe conditions for development and mentor support
- Summer and winter camps - sailing, snowboarding, kayaking
- Coordinator care in the city of study and support from a psychologist
- Workshops and classes on social topics
Our partnership with the Starak Foundation is not only an accomplishment in terms of the scope and scale of our scholarship program. It is also an unprecedented example of the fact that NGOs are ruled by different laws than the market here, in Poland. There is no competition or patents. Working together we can achieve more, faster and at a lower cost and each penny saved on administration is for the benefit of our scholars.
– Igor Czernecki, head of the Czernecki Educational Foundation board
Who do we address our Programme to?
Students can apply to the Horizons Program if they:
- are finishing primary school in the given year
- come from towns with up to 100,000 inhabitants
- have a monthly net family income not exceeding 3,100 PLN per person
- plan to study in one of the high schools cooperating with the HORYZONTY Scholarship Program.
From a small community to great opportunities!
How to apply?
To participate in the recruitment, you must complete the online application form within the specified deadline. It is filled out by the scholarship candidate together with their parent or legal guardian. More details about the scholarship conditions and recruitment rules can be found in the Regulations. We also invite you to contact the relevant regional Coordinator or the office of the Czernecki Educational Foundation.
HORYZONTY Scholarship Program - Summary:
- 1044 scholarship holders participated in 14 editions of the Program
- 224 scholarship holders are currently under the care of the Czernecki Educational Foundation and FRS
- 10 regional Coordinators take care of the scholarship holders
- over 30 million PLN has been invested in the development of the scholarship holders.
About motivations, dreams, life decisions, choices, and doubts... This was the theme of this year's Master's Dinner organized by the Roman Czernecki Educational Foundation and the Starak Family Foundation for the scholarship recipients of the last year of the HORYZONTY Scholarship program. The meeting took place on October 3, 2025, in Warsaw.
Nature is a great work of art! This was confirmed by the recipients of the first year of the Stypendium Horyzonty scholarship program organized by the Starak Family Foundation and the EFC Foundation.
25 scholarship recipients from the first year and 18 scholarship recipients from previous years of the Horizons Program, run by the Roman Czernecki Educational Foundation and the Starak Family Foundation, coordinators, and experts visited the Foundation's headquarters on August 23 for the third Integration Meeting.
For the second time, the First-Year Scholars of the 2023 / 8th Edition of the “Horizons” Scholarship Programme, operated by the EFC Foundation and the Starak Family Foundation, met at the Starak Family Foundation head office, where arts interact with science.
