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FNP laureate wins prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

30.03.2016
"Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński has received an ERC Advanced Grant worth nearly EUR 2.4 million for implementation of the project ?A sub-percent distance scale from binaries and Cepheids.? This is the next stage of research seeking to determine the famous Hubble Constant, which defines the rate of...

FNP winner honoured in L?Oréal-UNESCO international competition

29.03.2016
"Dr Bernadeta Szewczyk, a neurobiologist from the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, was recognized in the L?Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science competition in the category of International Rising Talents. Dr Bernadeta Szewczyk, a winner in the START and POMOST/BRIDGE...

Registration has begun for the Polish Scientific Networks conference

25.03.2016
"An international conference entitled ?Polish Scientific Networks: Science and Business? will be held on 30 June - 2 July 2016 at the EIT+ Wrocław Research Centre. The conference is jointly organized by the Club of Foundation for Polish Science Scholars, the Academy of Young Researchers of the...

Copernicus Award 2016 announced

24.03.2016
"Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska of the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw and Prof. Peter Rehling of the University Medical Centre in Göttingen have been named the winners of the 6th edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award, given jointly by the...

FNP laureates named to the FameLab finals on 16 April 2016

24.03.2016
"The finals of the 5th edition of the FameLab Poland science communications competition, organized by the British Council and the Copernicus Science Centre, will be held on 16 April 2016 at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. The 10 charismatic scientists who qualified for the finals include...

FNP?s TEAM POIG and WELCOME programmes highly rated by international experts

22.03.2016
"Experts evaluated the quality and usefulness of the research conducted in the TEAM POIG and WELCOME programmes of the Foundation for Polish Science. They found that most of the projects they examined met very high global scientific standards. An international group of experts assessed the TEAM...

Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship

18.03.2016
"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...

FNP winners to meet Nobel laureates in Lindau

04.03.2016
"Four of last year?s winners in the START programme of the Foundation for Polish Science - talented young physicists - will meet in Lindau, Germany, this year with Nobel Prize winners and several hundred other young researchers from around the world. The main topic of the event this year will be...

Cambridge Polish Studies: An investment in Poland?s image abroad

19.02.2016
"Cambridge Polish Studies, established in 2014 through the efforts of groups including the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), is one of the few autonomous centres in the world offering the possibility to learn about Poland. Although the programme has achieved success within less than two years...

FNP partners with the prestigious ?Innovators Under 35? competition

17.02.2016
"The Foundation for Polish Science has become a partner of the 2nd Polish edition of the prestigious competition ?Innovators Under 35.? The competition is organized by MIT Technology Review, the oldest tech magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The competition recognizes...

Calls for Applications Begin in the FIRST TEAM and HOMING Programmes

15.02.2016
"As of today, 15 February, applications are being accepted in the FIRST TEAM and HOMING programmes for young scientists that the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is implementing with funding from the Smart Growth Operational Programme (PO IR). The application deadline is 24 March 2016. The...

Rozpoczynamy przyjmowanie wniosków w programach FIRST TEAM i HOMING

15.02.2016
"Od dzisiaj do 24 marca br. młodzi badacze mogą składać wnioski o granty w programach FIRST TEAM i HOMING finansowanych z Programu Operacyjnego Inteligentny Rozwój (POIR). Łącznie w obu konkursach do zdobycia jest prawie 20 mln zł. ? Programy FIRST TEAM i HOMING to oferta dla młodych badaczy,...

Prof. Maciej W. Grabski (1934?2016)

13.02.2016
"We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Maciej Władysław Grabski (20 June 1934 ? 12 February 2016), a distinguished scholar of materials science and engineering, president of the Foundation for Polish Science in 1992?2005, a member of the Foundation Council since 2005, architect of...

Calls for Applications Begin in the TEAM and TEAM-TECH Programmes

05.02.2016
"As of today, 5 February, applications are being accepted in the TEAM and TEAM-TECH programmes that the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is implementing with funding from the Smart Growth Operational Programme (PO IR). Funding is made available to scientific institutions as well as companies....

Information on the FNP?s New Programmes in English

03.02.2016
"We are pleased to inform you that our website now offers information in English about our new programmes: TEAM, TEAM-TECH, FIRST TEAM, HOMING and POWROTY/REINTEGRATION as well as English-language specimens of the competition documentation. All those interested in submitting applications for...

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