Funding & Awards

I truly enjoy my work and I always try to do my best. In academia one has to treasure their own self-motivation, because our hard work often doesn’t bring any tangible results for a long time.

This is why it’s fantastic to receive positive feedback and feel appreciated for the work done. I am grateful for all bigger and smaller distinctions and awards I was honoured to receive in the last years, so I am proud to share some of them here.

Funding

  • La Caixa Junior Leader Fellowship (Sep. 2025 – Oct. 2028). Project “Sync-in-id: synchrony in neurodiverse interpersonal dynamics” at University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
  • DAAD PRIME (Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience) Fellowship (Oct. 2023 – Mar. 2025). Project “It takes two: facilitating social interactions in autism – non-autism dyads” at Humboldt-Univesität zu Berlin, Germany, Dartmouth College, US, and University College London, UK.
  • Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (declined). Project “Multisensory integration of speech in autism” at University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
  • Grant for activities to increase the social impact of research from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Mar 2022 – Dec 2022) for project “Building bridges for autism: closing the gap between the autism community, society and research”.
  • Maria Skłodowska-Curie & EUTOPIA-SIF Co-fund Postdoctoral Fellowship (Oct 2021-Oct 2023);
  • The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship: Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany (Oct 2017 – Oct 2021);
  • The Berlin School of Mind and Brain scholarship for doctoral students (Oct 2016 – Oct 2017);
  • Erasmus + scholarship for abroad semester at Mei:CogSci – Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Programme in Cognitive Science at University of Vienna, Austria (Sep 2014 – Feb 2015);
  • Australian-European Network full tuition scholarship for abroad semester in Clinical neuropsychology at University of Wollongong, Australia (Jul 2013 – Dec 2013);
  • Rector’s scholarship for the best students at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (Oct 2011 – Jun 2012 and in Oct 2012 – Jun 2013).

Awards for conference talks and poster presentations

  • Best talk awards at: 1) Science Polish Perspectives 2018 Berlin (Oct. 2018), 2) NEURONUS 2018 IBRO Neuroscience Forum (Apr. 2018), 3) XLIV Int. Seminar of Students’ Scientific Associations (Apr. 2015);
  • Best poster awards at: 1) Annual Poster Presentations of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Dec. 2018), 2) NEURONUS 2016 IBRO & IRUN Neuroscience Forum (Apr. 2016), 3) WTAS 2024 (March 2024), 4) Autism Research Showcase (ARCH) (Sep 2024).

Distinctions

  • Distinction for the master’s thesis entitled “In My Mind’s Eye”: Game-Induced Emotions Influence Face Processing in a Gaze-Cueing Task: an ERP Study (2015)