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"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) invite nominations for the 9th competition for the COPERNICUS Award for distinguished Polish and German researchers. The aim of the award is to recognize distinguished scientists from Poland and Germany who have...

" The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is announcing a call for expert candidates as part of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the human potential in the R&D sector? as part of which it fulfils the role of the Implementing...

"On May 7?8 will be held (this time online) the eleventh conference ?Science: Polish Perspectives? organized by the Polonium Foundation. The Foundation for Polish Science is a strategic partner of this event that integrates young Polish scientists who work abroad. This year?s conference will...

"We kindly invite you to watch a video recording from the online ceremony of the third Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science since 2016. This year?s winner is Dr. Julia Borcherding from the University of Cambridge. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the...

"Prof. Daniel T. Gryko from the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ICHO PAN) in Warsaw, winner of many Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) programs, discovered how long-range electron transfer can occur, along with his collaborators from the Institute ? Prof....

"We invite you to an online ceremony of the Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship, awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science since 2016, which seeks to honor young scholars with outstanding scientific achievements in the field of history of ideas and medieval and early modern philosophy until...

"People are now producing huge amounts of digital data. A sudden increase in the amount of information to be processed, stored and transferred is quite a challenge for scientists working on new technologies associated with data processing and recording. The research team working under the...

"A European team of scientists, including researchers from the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (MIBMiK) in Warsaw, discovered proteins participating in the management of metabolic processes taking place inside human cells. Deregulation of the signal path controlled by these...

"Dr. Julia Borcherding from the University of Cambridge is the winner of the third Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship, awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). The Fellowship seeks to honor scholars who are at the beginning of their scientific careers but can already boast...

"In the process of photosynthesis, trees capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into organic carbon which is accumulated in their biomass ? wood, bark and roots. By being able to fix carbon dioxide, forest ecosystems help reduce its concentration in the atmosphere. And since...

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has become one of the institutions supporting the action ?Science against the pandemic.? This initiative aims to spread reliable and proven knowledge about Covid-19 vaccines. The action is organized by recognized experts from the scientific community,...

"We are pleased to announce that Professor Maciej Żylicz, President of the Foundation for Polish Science, has become a member of the jury of the Körber European Science Prize, one of the most important scientific awards in the world. The Körber European Science Prize recognizes the achievements...

"The Guidelines on the eligibility of expenditures under the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund for the years 2014-2020 were amended with effect as of 1 January 2021. On 21 December 2020 the Minister of Finance, Development Funds and Regional...

"The Foundation for Polish Science has granted additional resources to finance new research tasks in ongoing projects under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the Human Resources Potential of the R&D Sector?. The Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 (SG OP). The funding in the total amount of PLN...

"Three Polish scientists are among the winners of the prestigious Consolidator grant, announced today by the European Research Council (ERC). International experts who reviewed the 2020 competition applications recognised projects submitted by Justyna Olko, PhD Hab. from the ?Artes Liberales?...

"The world of science is taking intense efforts to find compounds which would stop the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, thus providing causative treatment for COVID-19, and blocking the spread of this pathogen. One of the ideas is to inhibit the activity of one of the viral enzymes which...

"  Piotr Skowron, Dsc., from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, received the prestigious IJCAI Computers and Thought Award. The award is given to outstanding young scientists studying artificial intelligence. Dr. Skowron was recognised for his...

" The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is announcing a call for expert candidates as part of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the human potential in the R&D sector? as part of which it fulfils the role of the Implementing...

"We already know quite a lot about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. We understand how it spreads and penetrates into human cells; we recognise its genome and the proteins that build it. However, several details relating to the production of virus proteins in host cells still remain unclear. The answer...

"Polish scientists from Wrocław and Warsaw are working on fluorescent probes to track two SARS-CoV-2 enzymes in live cells which are key for the multiplication of its particles and infecting more cells These solutions will enable better and more effective testing of, i.a., antiviral drugs...