The programme is designed for undergraduate students, doctoral students and teaching assistants from all departments and all Polish universities and colleges. Grant-holders leave for academic centres they select in order to study or do archive or library research or pursue academic contacts. PNTA grants accommodation, a monthly stipend and assistance from the Society's representative (usually the former German grant-holder). Besides, a three-day Polish-German seminar is organized during the semester for all grant-holders. The programme was offered in the years 1993-99, with the support of the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation and Stefan Batory Foundation, and was immensely popular. 10 to 20 scholarships were awarded per semester (altogether, some 80 semester-long scholarships and 40 monthly library research stays were awarded in the duration of the programme). Grant-holders were mostly young people, largely prospective or current academics, who did not limit themselves to their academic activity, but were open to all kind of Polish-German contacts.
Note: Due to the lack of financial resources the programme has currently been suspended.