THE FNP PRIZE
Individual prize for eminent researchers for their outstanding achievements or discoveries. Regarded as the most prestigious of its kind in Poland.
- AMOUNT OF FUNDING:
- The amount of the Award is PLN 250,000 gross.
To whom
Candidates submitted for the Prize should be scholars whose achievement was made in Poland or scholars working abroad who have made a scientific discovery confirmed by publications affiliated with a Polish research unit. Participants submitted to the contest may also include scientists whose achievement dealt with matters pertaining to Poland.
Funding objective
The FNP Prize is awarded since 1992. The prize honours renowned scientists for significant advancements and scientific discoveries which shift cognitive boundaries and open new perspectives for research, provide an exceptional contribution towards the advancement of our nation’s progress and culture as well as assure Poland a significant position for undertaking the most ambitious challenges of the modern world. Subject of the Prize shall be clearly defined and confirmed scientific achievements which have in the recent period opened new perspectives for further research.
Procedure
The Prize is awarded by the Foundation’s Council.
Candidates for the FNP Prize may be submitted by outstanding representatives from the field of science, invited in name by the Foundation’s Board and Council.
Contest procedure is divided into two stages.
- The first stage includes nomination of candidates for the Prize by renowned representatives of the scientific community selected by name by the Foundation’s Council. The nomination letter, signed by the applicant, must identify clearly the scope and significance of the candidate’s achievement for the Prize and the field to which they are to be assigned.
- As part of the contest’s second stage, the Foundation Board and Council designate experts who evaluate the applications in terms of content (taking into account, quality, originality and significance of the candidate’s scientific achievements within the given field) as well as independent reviewers, who perform a comparative evaluation of the candidates’ achievement (as part of each of the four areas of science). The role of experts and reviewers are fulfilled by renowned scientists, specialists within the given areas and disciplines. The Foundation’s Council undertakes the decision on selecting the Prize laureates on the basis of the above mentioned assessors and their critiques.
Candidates for the FNP Prize may be submitted by outstanding representatives from the field of science, invited in name by the Foundation's Board and Council.
Useful Materials
All laureates of the THE FNP PRIZE program
| Year | Program name | Name | Institution | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wodziński Marcin, Prof. dr hab. | Uniwersytet Wrocławski | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2024 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sacha Krzysztof, prof. | Uniwersytet Jagielloński | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2024 | THE FNP PRIZE | Lewiński Janusz, prof. | Politechnika Warszawska (Wydział Chemiczny), Instytut Chemii Fizycznej PAN | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2024 | THE FNP PRIZE | Glatt Sebastian, dr hab. | Uniwersytet Jagielloński | nauki o życiu i Ziemi |
| 2023 | THE FNP PRIZE | Liberek Krzysztof, prof. | Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG in Gdańsk | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2023 | THE FNP PRIZE | Stępień Marcin, prof. | University of Wrocław | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2023 | THE FNP PRIZE | Latała Rafał, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2023 | THE FNP PRIZE | Lewicka Maria, prof. | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2022 | THE FNP PRIZE | Łajtar Adam, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2022 | THE FNP PRIZE | Grzybowski Bartosz, prof. | Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2022 | THE FNP PRIZE | Nowotny Marcin, prof. | International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2021 | THE FNP PRIZE | Cieśliński Cezary, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2021 | THE FNP PRIZE | Pietrzyński Grzegorz, prof. | Centrum Astronomicznego im. M. Kopernika PAN w Warszawie | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2021 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jemielity Jacek, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2021 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kamińska-Kaczmarek Bożena, prof. | Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS, Warsaw | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2020 | THE FNP PRIZE | Schild Romuald, prof. | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2020 | THE FNP PRIZE | Górski Krzysztof M., prof. | University of Warsaw and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2020 | THE FNP PRIZE | Górecka Ewa, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2020 | THE FNP PRIZE | Radwan Jacek, prof. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2019 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wiśniewski Andrzej, prof. | Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2019 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kossakowski Andrzej, prof. | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2019 | THE FNP PRIZE | Drąg Marcin, prof. | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2018 | THE FNP PRIZE | Snyder Timothy, prof. | Yale University | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2018 | THE FNP PRIZE | Pachucki Krzysztof, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2018 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gałęski Andrzej, prof. | Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2018 | THE FNP PRIZE | Dziembowski Andrzej, prof. | Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2017 | THE FNP PRIZE | Pomian Krzysztof, prof. | CNRS in Paris and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2017 | THE FNP PRIZE | Trautman Andrzej, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2017 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gryko Daniel, prof. | Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2017 | THE FNP PRIZE | Trzonkowski Piotr, prof. | Medical University of Gdańsk | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2016 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wojciszke Bogdan, prof. | SWPS University in Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2016 | THE FNP PRIZE | Spałek Józef, prof. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2016 | THE FNP PRIZE | Samoć Marek, prof. | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2016 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kozłowski Jan, prof. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2015 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jedlicki Jerzy, prof. | Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2015 | THE FNP PRIZE | Rzążewski Kazimierz, prof. | Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2015 | THE FNP PRIZE | Penczek Stanisław, prof. | Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2014 | THE FNP PRIZE | Szczucki Lech, prof. | Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2014 | THE FNP PRIZE | Białynicki-Birula Iwo, prof. | Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2014 | THE FNP PRIZE | Grela Karol, prof. | University of Warsaw and the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2014 | THE FNP PRIZE | Goslar Tomasz, prof. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2013 | THE FNP PRIZE | Woleński Jan, em. prof. | Institute of Philosophy of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University and the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2013 | THE FNP PRIZE | Żukowski Marek, prof. | University of Gdańsk | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2013 | THE FNP PRIZE | Porowski Sylwester, prof. | Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2013 | THE FNP PRIZE | Tarkowski Andrzej K., prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2012 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wipszycka Ewa, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2012 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wojtkowski Maciej, prof. | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2012 | THE FNP PRIZE | Mąkosza Mieczysław, prof. | Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2012 | THE FNP PRIZE | Palczewski Krzysztof, prof. | Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (USA) | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2011 | THE FNP PRIZE | Frąckowiak Elżbieta, prof. dr hab. | Poznan University of Technology | nauki chemiczne i o materiałach |
| 2011 | THE FNP PRIZE | Lewenstein Maciej, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Castelldefels and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies in Barcelona | nauki matematyczno-fizyczne i inżynierskie |
| 2011 | THE FNP PRIZE | Potempa Jan, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki o życiu i o Ziemi |
| 2011 | THE FNP PRIZE | Giaro Tomasz, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2010 | THE FNP PRIZE | Krygowski Tadeusz Marek, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2010 | THE FNP PRIZE | Guzik Tomasz, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2010 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wierzbicka Anna, prof. dr hab. | Australian National University in Canberra | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2009 | THE FNP PRIZE | Marciniec Bogdan, prof. dr hab. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki techniczne |
| 2009 | THE FNP PRIZE | Barnaś Józef, prof. dr hab. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki ścisłe |
| 2009 | THE FNP PRIZE | Koliński Andrzej, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2009 | THE FNP PRIZE | Strzelczyk Jerzy, prof. dr hab. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2008 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jajszczyk Andrzej, prof. dr hab. inż. | AGH University in Kraków | nauki techniczne |
| 2008 | THE FNP PRIZE | Horodecki Ryszard, prof. dr hab. | University of Gdańsk | nauki ścisłe |
| 2008 | THE FNP PRIZE | Oleksyn Jacek, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2008 | THE FNP PRIZE | Mossakowski Stanisław, prof. dr hab. inż. | Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2007 | THE FNP PRIZE | Nowicki Andrzej, prof. dr hab. inż. | Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki techniczne |
| 2007 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sobolewski Andrzej L., doc. dr hab. inż. | Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2007 | THE FNP PRIZE | Krzyżosiak Włodzimierz J., prof. dr hab. | Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2007 | THE FNP PRIZE | Modzelewski Karol, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2006 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gradoń Leon, prof. dr hab. inż. | Warsaw University of Technology | nauki techniczne |
| 2006 | THE FNP PRIZE | Dietl Tomasz, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2006 | THE FNP PRIZE | Ratajczak Mariusz Z., prof. dr hab. | Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2006 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sztompka Piotr, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2005 | THE FNP PRIZE | Słowiński Roman, prof. dr hab. inż. | Poznan University of Technology | nauki techniczne |
| 2005 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kielan-Jaworowska Zofia, em. prof. | Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2005 | THE FNP PRIZE | Myśliwiec Karol, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures PAS in Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2004 | THE FNP PRIZE | Matyjaszewski Krzysztof, prof. dr hab. inż. | Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź | nauki techniczne |
| 2004 | THE FNP PRIZE | Stec Wojciech J., prof. dr hab. | Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź | nauki ścisłe |
| 2004 | THE FNP PRIZE | Limon Janusz, prof. dr hab. n. med. | Medical University of Gdańsk | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2004 | THE FNP PRIZE | Staniszkis Jadwiga, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2003 | THE FNP PRIZE | Pfützner Marek, dr | University of Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2003 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kaliszan Roman, prof. dr hab. | Medical University of Gdańsk | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2003 | THE FNP PRIZE | Szacki Jerzy, em. prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2002 | THE FNP PRIZE | Proń Adam, prof. | Warsaw University of Technology | nauki techniczne |
| 2002 | THE FNP PRIZE | Udalski Andrzej, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2002 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jaskólski Mariusz, prof. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2002 | THE FNP PRIZE | Leciejewicz Lech, prof. | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences and Institute of History of the University of Wrocław | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2001 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kleiber Michał, prof. | Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki techniczne |
| 2001 | THE FNP PRIZE | Newelski Ludomir, prof. | University of Wrocław | nauki ścisłe |
| 2001 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gliwicz Zbigniew Maciej, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2001 | THE FNP PRIZE | Świeżawski Stefan, em. prof. | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 2000 | THE FNP PRIZE | Węglarz Jan, prof. | Poznan University of Technology | nauki techniczne |
| 2000 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jeziorski Bogumił, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki ścisłe |
| 2000 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kaczmarek Leszek, prof. | Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS, PAS | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 2000 | THE FNP PRIZE | Strelau Jan, prof. | University of Warsaw | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 1999 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kowalczuk Zdzisław, prof. | Gdańsk University of Technology | nauki techniczne |
| 1999 | THE FNP PRIZE | Żylicz Maciej, prof. | Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG in Gdańsk | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 1999 | THE FNP PRIZE | Tomaszewski Mieczysław, prof. | Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 1998 | THE FNP PRIZE | Stoch Leszek, prof. | Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie | nauki techniczne |
| 1998 | THE FNP PRIZE | Latos-Grażyński Lechosław, prof. | University of Wrocław | nauki ścisłe |
| 1998 | THE FNP PRIZE | Szczeklik Andrzej, prof. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki przyrodnicze i medyczne |
| 1998 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sondel Janusz, prof. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki humanistyczne i społeczne |
| 1997 | THE FNP PRIZE | Rogalski Antoni, prof. dr hab. | Military University of Technology, Warsaw | nauki techniczne |
| 1997 | THE FNP PRIZE | Łuczak Tomasz, prof. dr hab. | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | nauki ścisłe |
| 1997 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gryglewski Ryszard, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |
| 1997 | THE FNP PRIZE | Paczkowski Andrzej, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki humanistyczne |
| 1996 | THE FNP PRIZE | Paczyński Bohdan, prof. dr hab. | Princeton University, USA | nauki ścisłe |
| 1996 | THE FNP PRIZE | Koj Aleksander, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |
| 1996 | THE FNP PRIZE | Gadomski Jerzy, prof. dr hab. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki humanistyczne |
| 1995 | THE FNP PRIZE | Pluta Maksymilian, prof. dr hab. | Maksymilian Pluta Institute of Applied Optics | nauki techniczne |
| 1995 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sobiczewski Adam, prof. dr hab. | National Centre for Nuclear Research | nauki ścisłe |
| 1995 | THE FNP PRIZE | Konturek Stanisław, prof. dr hab. med. | Jagiellonian University in Kraków | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |
| 1995 | THE FNP PRIZE | Michałowska Teresa, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki humanistyczne |
| 1994 | THE FNP PRIZE | Selmaj Krzysztof, prof. dr hab. med. | Medical University of Lodz | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |
| 1994 | THE FNP PRIZE | Grabowski Zbigniew Ryszard, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki ścisłe |
| 1994 | THE FNP PRIZE | Aftanazy Roman, mgr | The Society of the Friends of the Ossolineum | nauki humanistyczne |
| 1993 | THE FNP PRIZE | Woronowicz Stanisław Lech, prof. dr hab. | University of Warsaw – Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics | nauki ścisłe |
| 1993 | THE FNP PRIZE | Sobczyk Kazimierz, prof. dr hab. | Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki techniczne |
| 1993 | THE FNP PRIZE | Jędrzejczas Wiesław Wiktor, prof. dr hab. | Central Clinical Hospital, Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |
| 1992 | THE FNP PRIZE | Biskup Marian, prof. dr hab. | Section for the History of Pomerania and the Baltic Countries, Polish Academy of Sciences | nauki humanistyczne |
| 1992 | THE FNP PRIZE | Wolszczan Aleksander, prof. dr hab. | Pennsylvania State University | nauki ścisłe |
| 1992 | THE FNP PRIZE | Kamler Ewa, prof. dr | Polish Hydrobiological Society | nauki medyczne i przyrodnicze |