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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...

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...

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...

Destination Poland - live streaming

16.06.2015
"We cordially invite to the live streaming of the event for foreign researchers Destination Poland - Scientific and Business Opportunities for Foreign Researchers. The meeting will start tomorrow, 17th of June, at 11.30. Live streaming will be made available on the FNP's Youtube channel. The...

The COPERNICUS Award - new deadline for hardcopy submission

12.06.2015
"We kindly inform you that, due to strikes in German postal service, the deadline for the hardcopy of the nomination in the Polish ? German Scientific Award Copernicus programme is prolonged until 30 June 2015. The electronic version must be submitted until 15 June and the hardcopy of the document...

DESTINATION POLAND: conference for foreign researchers

08.06.2015
"The Foundation for Polish Science invites foreign researchers to a conference entitled ?Destination Poland: Scientific and Business Opportunities for Foreign Researchers? which will be held on 17 June 2015 at the foundation?s headquarters. The purpose of the event is to encourage foreign...

The COPERNICUS Award 2016: two weeks left to nominate

01.06.2015
"15 June 2015 is the deadline to submit applications in the sixth Polish-German COPERNICUS Award. Self-nominations shall be considered. The purpose of the award is to give a distinction to the researchers most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional achievements...

Artur Rojszczak Award 2015 Granted

29.05.2015
"Katarzyna Zacharczuk, PhD, from the National Institute of Public Health ? National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw is the winner of the 10th competition for the Artur Rojszczak Award. The award is granted by the Club of the Foundation for Polish Science Scholars (Club of FNP Scholars) to young,...

START 2015 Stipends Presented

25.05.2015
"START programme diplomas were presented to this year?s beneficiaries of the programme on the morning of Saturday, 23 May at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The recipients of the prestigious stipends ? the most gifted young researchers from all over Poland ? received their diplomas from Prof. Andrzej...

Polish/American success in diagnosing radiation injuries

15.05.2015
"Dr. Wojciech Fendler of the Medical University of Łódź, a winner in Foundation for Polish Science programmes (START, INTER, IMPULS and MENTORING), and researchers from the have developed an innovative blood test that could greatly improve triage of victims of radiation accidents. Researchers...

POLITYKA Weekly?s History Award Goes to FNP Beneficiary

13.05.2015
"We are happy to announce that Anna Wylegała, PhD, a beneficiary of the START programme, has received Polityka weekly?s award in the debut category for her book Przesiedlenia a pamięć. Studium (nie)pamięci społecznej na przykładzie ukraińskiej Galicji i polskich ziem odzyskanych [Resettlement and...

2015 START Scholarships awarded

28.04.2015
"The Foundation has concluded the 23rd competition in the START programme and selected this year?s 130 beneficiaries ? outstanding young scholars at the beginning of their scientific careers. Each of them will receive a Foundation scholarship worth 28,000 PLN. What this money is spent on is at the...

Call for applications ? Polish-German Scientific Award COPERNICUS 2016

15.04.2015
"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) are pleased to announce an opening call for the sixth edition of The Polish-German COPERNICUS Award. Only researchers who have at least a doctoral degree and are currently working at universities and/or research...

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