The Rector’s Award of the Jagiellonian University, ‘Pro Auxilio Optimo’, is granted during the Opening of the Academic Year to a JU employee who is not an academic teacher in recognition of particularly important initiatives and activities aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of work at the University and streamlining its operations, outstanding organisational achievements for the benefit of the University, activities undertaken for the benefit of others that have a positive impact on the University’s image, and initiatives promoting the University and exerting an influence on the wider social environment.

List of 'Pro Auxilio Optimo' JU Rector's Award recipients:

In 2026:

• Alicja Marciniak-Nowak
• Lucjan Stalmach