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"On Mentoring and Coaching in Science" Conference

22.10.2015

"Please join us at the conference "On Mentoring and Coaching in Science", organised jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science and SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. The conference will take place on 5 November 2015 from 9.15 am to 5.45 pm at SWPS, ul. Chodakowska 19/31,...

International Research Agendas project ? invitation to information meeting in Warsaw

22.10.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science is pleased to invite scientists from Poland and abroad to an information meeting on the International Research Agendas project (MAB), to take place on 29 October at the University of Warsaw Library at ul. Dobra 56/66. The International Research Agendas project...

Continued success for FNP winners

21.10.2015

"We are proud to report that in October, winners of FNP programmes went on to receive numerous other prestigious awards for distinguished scientific achievements. Here are a few of them. Polityka weekly has named five winners of the Polityka Science Awards. In the 15th edition of the awards,...

Sabbatical Fellowships for MASTER/MISTRZ winners?applications open

19.10.2015

"Winners of the MASTER/MISTRZ programme who have completed implementation of their project can now apply for a sabbatical fellowship for a stay at a selected foreign institution. Applications will be accepted from now until 11 January 2016. A fellowship of up to ? 5,500 per month may be awarded...

The Competition for the Polish-American Scientific Award begins

01.10.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science together with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are launching the competition for their award promoting Polish-American scientific cooperation. The Polish-American Scientific Award will be granted to two researchers, one from Poland...

Winners named in FNP?s 18th MASTER/MISTRZ programme

25.09.2015

"Seven distinguished scholars from the humanities and social sciences won professorial grants in the 18th edition of the MASTER/MISTRZ programme of the Foundation for Polish Science. They received a total of over PLN 2 million from the Foundation to pursue their research projects. The purpose...

Applications now accepted for the START programme

18.09.2015

"We invite young scholars to file applications for the 2016 edition of the START programme. The START stipend is a distinction for the most talented young researchers, awarded in recognition of their achievements so far. In the competition for START stipends, the primary criteria are the...

Innovative Europe conference in October

17.09.2015

"The Innovative Europe conference organised by the founders of the Coalition for Polish Innovations will be held on 27?28 October 2015 in Gdańsk. The conference will include debates about the future of innovation and a summary of the first six months of work by the coalition. The Foundation for...

FNP Beneficiaries Among Finalists of POLITYKA Science Awards

09.09.2015

"We are pleased to inform you that the 15 finalists of Polityka weekly?s 15th Science Awards, announced on 9 September 2015 in the weekly, include seven beneficiaries of the Foundation for Polish Science?s programmes. In the humanities, the list of finalists includes: Jan Jakub Kwapisz, PhD...

?Science: Polish Perspectives? conference in Cambridge?registration of participants

04.09.2015

"Young Polish researchers working abroad have only until 11 September 2015 to register for the conference ?Science: Polish Perspectives,? which will be held on 30?31 October 2015 in Cambridge. The guests at the conference will include the FNP Prize winner Prof. Mariusz Jaskólski. The event is...

Information Days in Berlin and Cambridge on the International Research Agendas project ? invitation

03.09.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science invites representatives of scientific institutions in Germany and the United Kingdom for information days on the International Research Agendas project. The meetings are to take place in September in Berlin and Cambridge. The purpose of the International...

An announcement on the planned implementation by the Foundation for Polish Science of the "International Research Agendas" project

03.09.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science is getting ready to implement the "International Research Agendas" project co-financed within the 4th axis of the Smart Growth Operational Programme (SG OP), Measure 4.3. The purpose of the project under the SG OP is to create world-class specialised scientific...

2014 Annual Report of the Foundation for Polish Science

24.08.2015

"We invite our readers to review the Annual Report of the Foundation for Polish Science, which includes financial statements as well as a presentation of the Foundation?s statutory activity and initiatives undertaken in 2014. The report answers such questions as: ? What programmes, domestic...

Unfolded protein response activated by mistargeting of mitochondrial proteins

06.08.2015

"Mitochondrion is a cellular compartment commonly known as ?the power plant? of cells. To fulfill its various functions, these organelles need more than one thousand cellular proteins. Yet, the majority of mitochondrial proteins are synthesized outside mitochondria in the cytosol and thus must be...

Bigger Stipends for Physicists, Mathematicians and Astronomers in the START Programme

03.08.2015

"As of the 24th edition of the Foundation for Polish Science?s START programme, stipends for selected beneficiaries from the fields of theoretical physics, mathematics and astronomy will be raised thanks to money from the newly established Professor Adam Sobiczewski Fund. The fund was set up in...

Winners announced in the last edition of the IMPULS competition

02.07.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science has announced the results of the 4th and final edition of the IMPULS competition, organized as part of the SKILLS project.* Thanks to funding totalling PLN 880,000, the nine winners of the final competition will be able to realize innovative projects and research...

Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship: call for applications

01.07.2015

"We are pleased to inform you that registration of applications in this year?s edition of the Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship programme has begun. We encourage Polish researchers to register their candidates ? German scientists who want to conduct research at a Polish research unit of their...

Top science popularizers honoured in the last INTER competition

29.06.2015

"The grand finale of the 5th and final edition of the INTER science popularization competition, organized by the Foundation for Polish Science as part of the SKILLS project,* was held on 27 June 2015 at the Industrial Design Institute in Warsaw. Each of the ten finalists had five minutes to...

Foundation for Polish Science recipients among the winners of the prestigious competition Innovators Under 35 Poland

25.06.2015

"The grand finale of the first Polish edition of the prestigious competition Innovators Under 35,*organized by the MIT Technology Review?the oldest tech magazine in the world, published by the prominent Massachusetts Institute of Technology?was held on 23 June 2015 during the Bitspiration...

Ten researchers face off in the finals of the INTER science popularization competition

22.06.2015

"The finals of the fifth and last INTER science popularization competition, organized by the Foundation for Polish Science as part of the SKILLS project,* will be held on Saturday, 27 June 2015. The 10 finalists will compete not only for the title of the best popularizers of science, but also for...

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