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"The publication "Science in times of transition. How EU-funded research is helping to protect us from global threats and take advantage of historic opportunites" will be launched soon. The publication will present scientific achievements supported by EU funds under the Intelligent Development...

"Professors Pierre Kervella of the Paris Observatory and Grzegorz Pietrzyński of the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have received the Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie Polish-French Science Award from the Foundation for Polish Science and...

"We kindly invite you to the broadcast of the 2022 FNP Prize ceremony, considered the most important scientific award in Poland.   The ceremony will happen on December 7, 2022, from 4 to 6 p.m., and it will be broadcast on the FNP channel on YouTube. We will award the FNP Prize to the...

"Until the end of 2024, life scientists in or going to Poland can apply for the following EMBO Programmes. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Supporting internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral...

"For the thirty-first time, the Foundation for Polish Science awarded its Prizes, which enjoy the reputation of the most important scientific distinction in Poland. The laureates are three outstanding scientists: Professors Marcin Nowotny, Bartosz Grzybowski, and Adam Łajtar. The FNP Prize...

"DFG and partner organisations FNP and NCN organise third Polish-German Science Meeting in Berlin on the 27-28 of October. The current global political crises and their impact on science and research in Germany and Poland, as well as possible coping strategies, were the central topics at the...

"Scientists are getting closer to explaining the mystery of the so-called long COVID. The syndrome of prolonged symptoms, affecting people who have undergone infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, can concern up to almost half of all infected people. However, there is still no answer to the question...

"The research group, led by dr. hab. Mikołaj Lewandowski, prof. UAM, from the NanoBioMedical Centre at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, was the first to observe the occurrence of Ostwald ripening in a system consisting of oxide islands on a metallic substrate. The results of the research,...

"To date, the technologies used to convert waste heat into electricity are characterised by low efficiency and high cost, which significantly limits their application scope. However, this might soon change thanks to the scientists and doctoral students from the AGH UST who developed inexpensive...

"For the 22nd time, the Polityka weekly awarded prestigious prizes to the most talented young scientists. As many as three researchers from among the five winners selected this year are grantees of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). Polityka awards prizes in five categories: humanities,...

"Acting as the jury in the MONOGRAPHS programme, the FNP Publishing Board has qualified one new work for publication in the FNP MONOGRAPHS series:   Magdalena Chułek, How is a Slum Produced? Case Study of Kibera and Korogocho Residents in Nairobi. The TRANSLATIONS programme will...

"The Foundation for Polish Science organised the FNP Interdisciplinary Conference for the fourth time. This year, it was held on 6 and 7 October. There were 26 speakers during the conference and 164 posters were presented in the poster zone. The conference was addressed to project leaders, team...

"The Krakow-based researchers could revolutionize how we talk to our devices - and to each other. The team of Konrad Kowalczyk, Ph.D., of the AGH University of Science and Technology, is developing a multi-microphone system that allows one to talk or dictate text freely even when the speaker is...

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announces a call for applications for the START competition, in which young researchers can win a scholarship for outstanding scientific achievements. Recruitment will be conducted until October 31, 2022. The FNP START scholarship is a prestigious award...

"We present you with the Annual FNP Report, which overviews our activities in 2021. As in previous years, the document reports on our statutory activities in 2021, along with financial statements, the auditor?s report, and a supplement presenting some of the FNP?s initiatives and selected FNP...

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has launched its second Polish-Ukrainian research projects competition for scientists in the social sciences and humanities. Pairs of scholars from Poland and Ukraine can apply until the end of September. The call for applications in the FNP's "FOR...

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has settled its first Polish-Ukrainian research projects competition. Three pairs of scientists from Poland and Ukraine were awarded. They will carry out research on the problems caused by the war and the challenges for Ukraine's future. Each project...

"The Foundation for Polish Science invites the beneficiaries of the First TEAM, TEAM HOMING, POWROTY/REINTEGRATION, TEAM-TECH (including the core-facility type competitions) and TEAM-NET programmes to apply for  project modifications for the employment of R&D personnel from Ukraine. Who can...

"Scientists from the Laboratory of Protein Metabolism at the IIMCB in Warsaw, led by Wojciech Pokrzywa, Ph.D., D.Sc., winner of the FIRST TEAM programme of the Foundation for Polish Science ? a grant financed under the Smart Growth Operational Programme, have recently published an article entitled...

"Co-funded by the Foundation for Polish Science with the funds from the Intelligent Development Operational Programme, the research conducted by scientists from the Max Planck Research Group at the Jagiellonian University?s Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB) in Krakow and their Australian,...