Scholarships for academic achievements are a form of financial support for students who demonstrate significant socially useful activity and achieve very good academic results.

They are awarded in order to financially support students of municipal primary schools (grades V-VIII) and the High School in the Sports School Complex.

For the scholarship period from From 1 September to 31 December 2025, 60 applications were received. Mayor of the City awarded a total of 28 scholarships on Thursday, November 13, which went to students of municipal schools:

• Primary School No. 1 in Ełk – 2 students,
• Primary School No. 2 Danuta Siedzikówna "Inki" in Ełk – 2 pupils,
• Primary School No. 3 Henryk Sienkiewicz in Ełk – 3 pupils,
• Primary School No. 4 Prof. Władysław Szafer in Ełk – 6 pupils,
• Primary School No. 5 Maria Konopnicka in Ełk – 4 pupils,
• Primary School Sports School No. 6 in Ełk in the Sports School Complex in Ełk – 2 pupils,
• Primary School No. 7 with Integration Classes in Ełk – 2 students,
• Primary School No. 9 John Paul II in Ełk – 5 students,
• VI High School Polish Olympians High School in Ełk in the Sports School Complex in Ełk – 2 students.

The total amount of scholarships for the period September – December 2025 is PLN 21,400.

The full photo gallery from the event can be found here - click to go to

the Next call for applications in January (for the period January-June 2026).

The scholarship can be awarded to a student who:

• is active and involved in social activities for the benefit of the local and school environment and peers,
• achieves very good academic results (average for the last school year - not less than 4.5 and every the least good grade in behavior).

Scholarships have value PLN 150 (classes V and VI), PLN 200 (classes VII and VIII) and PLN 250 in primary school per month and will be paid directly in schools.