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Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship - 2014 competition

"The Foundation for Polish Sciences has selected the beneficiaries of the Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding active German scholars with the highest qualifications and a significant contribution to global research, as recognition...

The COPERNICUS Award 2016 - pre-announcement for the VI edition

"Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Foundation for Polish Science are preparing to launch an open call for the sixth edition of The COPERNICUS Award. The Copernicus Award is a joint initiative of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Foundation for Polish Science initiated in...

Additional call for applications in the INTER popularisation competition

"From 2 March until 28 April 2015 young scientist popularisers will be able to submit their applications in the fifth INTER popularisation competition organized as part of the FNP's SKILLS* project. The aim of the competition is to promote interdisciplinary research and develop science...

New participants of the Mentoring and Coaching programmes

"The Foundation has chosen the latest participants of the Mentoring and Coaching programmes implemented as part of the SKILLS project*. The third call for applications in the Coaching programme yielded 36 applications. Ten scientists took part in the next stage involving interviews with a...

Pioneers of HIV structural biology win an award

"World-renowned scientists - Prof. Mariusz Jaskólski of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, and Dr. Alexander Wlodawer of the National Cancer Institute, USA ? are the first winners of the Poland - U.S. Science Award granted jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science and the American...

Polish physicists prolonged optical information storage time

"Figure 1 Profs. Grzegorz Karczewski and Tomasz Wojtowicz of the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, beneficiaries of the Foundation for Polish Science?s MASTER/MISTRZ programme, are among the scientists responsible for a groundbreaking achievement ? they have developed a...

FNP programme beneficiaries nominated in ?Focus Lenses? Poll

"We are delighted to announce that our beneficiaries feature among the 2014 ?Focus Lenses? poll nominees. The aim of this poll is to reward the most interesting and innovative scientific projects in three categories: innovations in medicine, innovations in technology and innovations in...

Polish Teams Score Success in TEAMING OF EXCELLENCE Competition

"Three Polish projects are among 31 applications qualified by the European Commission for the next stage of the TEAMING of EXCELLENCE competition. The Foundation for Polish Science helped prepare the winning applications. Participation in TEAMING OF EXCELLENCE was open to 15 EU member states...

Best Science Popularisers Receive Prizes

"The finals of the fourth INTER popularisation competition, organized by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) as part of the SKILLS project*, were held at the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw on 24 January 2015. The 11 finalists had five minutes each to present their interdisciplinary...

Prof. Maciej Żylicz gives a comment in Nature magazine

"Prof. Maciej Żylicz, President of the Board of the Foundation for Polish Science, gives a comment in the prestigious journal NATURE about attempts by the European Union's Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development to close gaps in research excellence across the European...

FNP supports leading female researchers

"As of 2012 the Foundation has been a partner of the AcademiaNet initiative ? a web portal presenting profiles of leading female researchers. The project has been run since 2010 by the Robert Bosch Foundation in association with the Nature and Spektrum der Wissenschaft...

FNP a Partner of Innovators Under 35 Prestigious Competition

"The Foundation for Polish Science has become a partner of the first Polish edition of a prestigious competition called Innovators Under 35 organized by the MIT Technology Review ? the world?s oldest technology magazine published by the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The...

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