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First Generation of Stars in the Center of the Milky Way

12.11.2015
"An international group of researchers with major involvement of FNP's beneficiaries - astronomers from the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory based large-scale sky survey OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) led by Prof. Andrzej Udalski - announced a discovery in the center...

Breakthrough in retina imaging

04.11.2015
"Researchers from Toruń, Poland, and Cleveland, Ohio, led by FNP Prize laureates Prof. Maciej Wojtkowski and Prof. Krzysztof Palczewski, have developed a revolutionary system for imaging of the retina of a living animal, where one of the optical elements used is the lens of the eye that is being...

FNP Prize 2015 Recipients Chosen

30.10.2015
"The Foundation for Polish Science has for the 24th time granted its FNP Prizes, considered to be Poland?s most important scientific awards. The winners are three leading Polish researchers: Prof. Stanisław Penczek, Prof. Kazimierz Rzążewski and Prof. Jerzy Jedlicki. The FNP Prizes are awarded...

"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,...

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...

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...

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