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FNP START Programme Winner Receives the Frank Wilczek Prize

17.07.2020
"Dr. Przemysław Mróz from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, a scholarship holder in the START program of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), won the first Frank Wilczek Prize. Mróz?s research was appreciated for the study of rogue planets, that is planets not bound to...

FNP Programs Winner to Participate in Leadership Academy for Poland 2020

13.07.2020
"Dr. Mateusz Czesław Strzelecki, winner of the START, SKILLS ? Coaching, and HOMING PLUS programs of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) qualified to the prestigious Leadership Academy for Poland 2020 program. Strzelecki is a polar geomorphologist who manages the Stanisław Baranowski Polar...

Call for FNP experts ? the 26th round

08.07.2020
" 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...

Scientists closer to developing efficient terahertz-wave amplifiers

07.07.2020
"Scientists from the Centre for Terahertz Technology Research and Applications in Warsaw (CENTERA), established under the International Research Agendas Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, have discovered a way to amplify terahertz waves with the use of graphene nanostructures at room...

FNP Calls on the EU to Guarantee EU Funds for Research for 2021?2027

30.06.2020
"Researchers from all over Europe call for signing a petition calling for the protection of funding for the European Research Council (ERC) within the new multi-annual budget of the European Union. The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has also joined the initiative. The events of recent...

A new class of fluorescent dyes

29.06.2020
"The group led by FNP Prize winner Prof. Daniel T. Gryko from the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has developed innovative dyes for use in fluorescence microscopy, emitting very strong red light, which makes them potentially suitable for studying deeper...

Winner of the START FNP Program Publishes in the Prestigious Nature Protocols

23.06.2020
"Dr. Karolina Finc from the Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, a laureate of the START program of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), co-authored an article in the prestigious journal Nature Protocols. The article entitled ?Analysis...

Third Competition for Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Scholarship Begins

17.06.2020
"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announces the third competition for Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Scholarship addressed to outstanding philosophers and historians of ideas. The Scholarship seeks to distinguish scholars with a doctoral degree who, from the very beginning of their...

New funds awarded for COVID-19 research

15.06.2020
"The Foundation for Polish Science has announced the results of the assessment of applications submitted by the beneficiaries of the current projects funded under Measure 4.4. of the Smart Growth Operational Programme related to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional funds from SGOP 4.4. ...

Winner of the START Program Examines Brain Work in Children with Dyslexia

04.06.2020
"About 10 percent of children in Poland may have problems when learning to read, which often causes reluctance to learn, complexes, and emotional issues. ?Diagnosis of dyslexia is possible only from the third grade of primary school, which is quite late to introduce training and therapy,? says...

To Cross Borders: A Summary of the Art + Design + Science Project

03.06.2020
"How to face the challenges of the modern world and find the answer to current problems? Combining science, design, and art! The organizers, experts, and participants of the first edition of the Art + Design + Science program made such an attempt. The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) was one of...

Call for FNP experts ? the 25th round

20.05.2020
" 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...

International team of scientists involved in Years of Maritime Continent collaboration shows that social-media and newspaper reports reveal large-scale meteorological drivers of floods on Sumatra

19.05.2020
"Research meteorologists from Poland (Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Collegium Civitas), USA (Naval Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and Indonesia (Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics of the Republic of Indonesia, Andalas University)...

Call for FNP experts ? the 24th round

13.05.2020
" 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 Know the Winners of FNP?s 2020 START Competition

12.05.2020
"The Foundation for Polish Science for the 28th time awarded scholarships in the START program to the 100 most talented young scientists from all over Poland. The FNP?s START program is the oldest scholarship program in Poland for the best young scientists from all fields of science. The...

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