Changes in the Foundation Board

"On September 20, at the request of President of the FNP Board, Prof. Maciej Żylicz, the Council of the Foundation for Polish Science appointed Dr. Marta Łazarowicz-Kowalik as Deputy President of the FNP Board, effective October 1, 2023. The appointment of the new board member follows the decision of the Foundation’s previous Deputy President, Prof. Włodzimierz Bolecki, to retire, and the FNP Council’s resolution to dismiss Prof. Bolecki from his position as of September 30. Dr. Łazarowicz-Kowalik has been involved with the Foundation for many years, most recently as head of the Programme Evaluation and Analysis Section, overseeing the Foundation’s evaluation activities and work related to the analysis and implementation of good practices regarding the mechanisms and criteria for evaluating scientific projects. As the new FNP Deputy President announces: - An important challenge for the coming years is to reinforce the FNP identity based on the values that over the years have built its prestige as an institution guided primarily by scientific quality, kindness to scientists, promotion of the highest research standards and professional ethics, and strengthening Poland’s position in international science. This activity requires systematic care, and I would like it to become the core of my responsibility as the FNP Deputy President. In practice, my area of activities will include such elements as integration of the FNP winners and beneficiaries communities, development and promotion of good practices in science, support for the development of early career researchers by enabling them to interact with other FNP winners, including the more experienced researchers who act for the benefit of the broader research community, along with nourishing the public understanding and authority of science in the non-scientific community.

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Dr. Marta Łazarowicz-Kowalik - graduate of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw. Also there, she received her doctoral degree in 2016 from the Faculty of Sociology. Her research interests are the sociology of science and the determinants of scientific success and academic career. She has worked with the Foundation for Polish Science since 2007, from the beginning focused on evaluation and programme analysis, especially career development of the Foundation’s beneficiaries, equal opportunities, along with evaluation mechanisms and criteria of scientific projects. Since 2012, she has been responsible for the implementation of “The European Charter for Researchers” and “The Code of Conduct for Recruitment.” Moreover, she serves as an expert for the European Commission in assessing the progress of other institutions in this regard. She is involved in international networks, including Science Europe, Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, and Philea Research Forum. Her previous work experience was in the non-governmental sector. Among other places, she worked at the PZU Foundation (2004–2007), the Ashoka: Innovators for the Public (2000–2002), and the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland (2000–2003). Between 2003 and 2004, she served as Secretary of the III Sektor (3rd Sector) editorial board, a quarterly dedicated to building scientific background for NGOs and presenting knowledge on the development of civil society in Poland and around the world. Before joining the NGO community, she worked as a journalist in the economic press: Życie Gospodarcze, Gazeta Bankowa, Businessman Magazine. She has been appointed Deputy President of the FNP Board as of October 1, 2023.