THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION THE AMERICAN CENTER OF POLISH CULTURE ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 1 7 Contents 5 THE MISSION OF THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION 7 EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR POLISH CITIZENS 17 SPECIAL AND TRAVEL GRATNS 23 DOMESTIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR AMERICANS 37 TEACHING ENGLISH IN POLAND 43 ANNUAL DINNER AND BALL 47 AFFILIATE GROUPS 53 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 77 THE TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS, THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 78 STAFF OF THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION AND THE CHAPTERS OFFICERS 3 4 The Mission of The Kosciuszko Foundation Founded in 1925, the Kosciuszko Foundation is dedicated to promoting and strengthening understanding and friendship between the peoples of Poland and the United States through educational, scientific and cultural exchanges and other related programs and activities. It awards fellowships and grants to graduate student scholars, scientists, professionals and artists and helps to increase the visibility and prestige of Polish culture in America’s pluralistic society by sponsoring exhibits, publications, film festivals, performing arts such as concerts and recitals, and assists other institutions with similar goals. The Kosciuszko Foundation’s fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. This report covers activities and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. 5 CHAPTERONE EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR POLISH CITIZENS 7 Exchange Fellowships and Grants for Polish Citizens 2016-2017 The Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowships and Grants are awarded annually to Polish citizens for advanced study/research and teaching at universities, institutions of higher learning and scientific/ medical centers in the United States. Under the program, Fellowships are awarded to postgraduate scholars, professionals or artists with degrees. Grants are awarded to those without doctoral degrees. Fellowships and Grants are awarded for 3-10 month periods depending on the nature and scope of the research project, the recommendations of the American institution and the U.S. and Polish Academic Advisory Committees. During fiscal year 2017, 36 Polish scholars and scientists successfully completed their scholarly and scientific projects, receiving $413.000 in support from the Foundation. The Fellows and Grantees had been carefully chosen for the program in a highly selective screening process that included personal interviews in Warsaw. Among them were five Teaching Fellows – a part of the Foundation’s ongoing support for Polish Studies programs at various American universities (since 1992). During the 2016-2017 academic year. In addition to funding, the Foundation provides support to Fellows and Grantees prior to their arrival and during their stay in the United States. Every effort is made to help the participants and their families with travel, housing, medical insurance, visa, and U.S. Homeland Security procedures. Foundation staff contact Fellows and Grantees frequent- ly throughout their stay in the United States, and whenever feasible, conduct exit interviews and receive a final written activities report from each participant. The Foundation would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere appreciation to the members of the U.S. and Polish Academic Advisory Committees, whose members review and interview all of the applicants for the Fellowships and Grants Program. 9 Members of the Academic Advisory Committee for the 2016/17 Advanced Research/Study Program for Polish Citizens Ronald J. Hagadus, M.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, New York Medical Col- lege; Honorary Senior Attending Surgeon, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, Glaucoma Service, New York, NY. Hanna Kelker, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Med- icine, New York University School of Medicine, Member of Center for AIDS Research at NYU, Member of the Board of Directors of PIASA Wlodek Mandecki, Ph.D. Chairman & President, PharmaSeq Inc., Adjunct Professor at the De- partment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University at Newark, NJ. John S. Micgiel, Ph.D. President & Executive Director, The Kosciuszko Foundation Ewa Radwanska, M.D. Ph.D. Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Alex Storozynski President Emeritus, Chairman of the Board of the Kosciuszko Foundation Piotr Wilczek, Ph.D. Professor, Kollegium Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw, and President, Fundacja Kosciuszkowska Polska Notes: A special effort was made to invite former Fellows of the Kosciuszko Foundation as members of the Polish Commission. Polish Committee members were present on days that coordinated with their academic area of focus. EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR POLISH CITIZENS 2016-2017 AMOUNT FUND GRANTEE SUBJECT OF RESEARCH/STUDY $9 000 THE STANISLAW Bienert, Agnieszka 3-month research grant to examine the clinical CHYLINSKI FUND Ph.D., Habilitation - pharmacokinetics of a new α2- adrenergic drug Clinical Pharmacy, dexmedetomidine in the pediatric intensive care Poznan University of unit patients; the dependency of dexmedetomi- Medical Sciences dine clearance on the length of the drug infusion will be determined using an advanced PKPD mod- eling at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuti- cal Sciences with Professor William J. Jusko $9 000 THE SZYSZKOWSKI Blawat, Magdalena 3-month research grant to focus on the problem FUND Ph.D. candidate in of conversion of invalid legal acts in a compara- Law, University of tive context from the perspective of constitutional Warszaw values at the University of California with Professor Katherine Stone. $9 000 THE STANISLAW Chmielarz, Pawel 3-month research grant to focus on the develop- CHYLINSKI FUND Ph.D. in Chemistry, ment of efficient grafting procedures using electro- Rzeszow University of chemically mediated atom transfer radical polym- Technology erization (eATRP) at Carnegie Mellon University with Professor Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. 10 $9 000 THE STANISLAW Ciesielczyk, Filip 3-month research grant to obtain new lignin-based CHYLINSKI FUND Ph.D. in Chemical materials of possibly high surface area and well-de- Technology, Poznan veloped pore structure, and an utilitarian aspect University of Technol- related to environmental (e.g., removal of selected ogy impurities from wastewaters and air) and electro- chemical (supercapacitors and electrocatalysts) applications at the Kent State University with Profes- sor Mietek Jaroniec. $12 000 GRODZICKA, Demkowicz , Karol 4-month research grant to collect bibliographical THE WILIAM AND Ph.D. Candidate in and archival data connected to the problem of MILDRED ZELOSKY Latin-American Stud- influx of armament into Mexico before and during SCHOLARSHIP ies, University of Lodz the revolution of 1910-1920, specifically the issue of FUND legal importation and smuggle, at the University of New Mexico with Professor Melissa Bokovoy. $9 000 THE WILIAM AND Domaradzka-Widla, 3-month research grant to strengthen the capabil- MILDRED ZELOSKY Anna ity for planning more livable cities, using existing re- SCHOLARSHIP Ph.D. in Sociology, search and know-how developed in best American FUND Institute of Sociology- institutions working in the area, at the San Diego University of Warsaw State University with Dr. Roger W. Caves. $15 000 THE TADEUSZ Gola, Mateusz 5-month research grant to analyze the comparison SENDZIMIR FUND, Ph.D. in Psychology, of brain imagine (fMRI) and clinical data from stud- THE STANISLAW University of Social Sci- ies on 4 different addictive behaviors at the Yale CHYLINSKI FUND ence and Humanities School of Medicine with Professor Marc N. Potenza. $12 000 TARSKI FUND, Grygienc, Janusz 4-month grant to research the contemporary THE ALBERT SPEZNY Ph.D. in Political philosophical discourse on democracy which is JOURNALISM Science, Nicolaus Co- dominated by two perspectives: participatory and SCHOLARSHIP pernicus University deliberative at Brown University with Professor David FUND M. Estlund. $9 000 THE WANDA Grzebalska , Weronika 4-month research grant to analyze the way Polish ROEHR FUND, Ph.D. in Gender Stud- national identity has been produced and sus- THE ADOLF AND ies, Graduate School tained as a militarized and gendered project STEPHANIE BAUER for Social Research, by different extra-military actors in post-1989 EDUCATIONAL Polish Academy of FUND Science Poland, among them veterans associations, WWII combat reenactment groups and paramilitary organizations at Clark University, with Prof. Valerie Sperling. $9 000 THE STANISLAW Grzelak, Katarzyna 3-month research grant to investigate interstitial CHYLINSKI FUND Ph.D. in Earth Science, meiofauna organisms in the submarine ground Institute of Oceanolo- waters on Long Island Sound U.S.A and character- gy Polish Academy of ization of the impact of submarine groundwater Sciences discharge on functioning and structure of meio- benthic biota at Stony Brook University with Profes- sor Henry Bokuniewicz. $25 000 THE STANISLAW Harrison, Magdalena 10-month teaching fellowship to teach Polish lan- CHYLINSKI FUND Ph.D. in Slavic guage and literature in the Polish Studies Program Linguistics; Second at Brown University in Providence, RI Language Acquisi- tion, The Ohio State University 11 $9 000 THE REPECZKO Janik, Michal 5-month research grant to develop a simple and FUND Ph.D. candidate/ effective scoring system for predicting outcome Surgical Resident at categories after bariatric surgery, including Lap- the Military Institute of aroscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy procedure at the Medicine Case Western Reserve University