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Call for Nominations for the 10th Copernicus Award

17.05.2023

"The Copernicus Award is a joint initiative of the Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej (FNP, Foundation for Polish Science) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). The award is conferred every two years to two researchers, one in Germany and one in Poland, for...

START 2023 Results Announced

15.05.2023

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced the results of the START 2023 competition. One hundred outstanding young scientists will receive prestigious stipends. This year the stipends were awarded for the 31st time. The FNP START programme is the oldest stipend programme in Poland for...

FNP announces support for innovative projects

26.04.2023

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has announced the launch of new support programmes for researchers, which will be financed by the European Funds for the Smart Economy 2021-2027 (FENG) programme. The aim of the projects will be to develop scientific research with high innovative and social...

"Science in times of transition" - the latest FNP publication now available

24.04.2023

"We are delighted to present to you the publication entitled "Science in times of transition. How EU-funded research is helping to protect us from global threats and take advantage of historic opportunities". The material contains information on the scientific achievements of more than 30...

Funding for Research ? Innovative Approaches to Assessment and Selection: Workshop Report

21.03.2023

"Lottery, artificial intelligence, or contextual mechanism? Innovative approaches for the selection of grant applications by science funding foundations were the main theme of the international Philea Research Forum workshop held at the headquarters of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) on...

Third FNP Competition for Polish-Ukrainian Scientific Projects

24.02.2023

"The Foundation for Polish Science continues its efforts to support the Ukrainian scientific community by organizing the third competition in the FOR UKRAINE programme. Thanks to this initiative, scientists from Ukraine can establish cooperation with Polish researchers to undertake joint...

"Nauka dla innowacji" ("Science for Innovation") ? a series of podcasts with the winners of the International Research Agendas programme

21.02.2023

"Join us for a series of podcasts entitled "Nauka dla innowacji" ("Science for Innovation") featuring outstanding Polish scientists, winners of the International Research Agendas programme run by the Foundation for Polish Science and financed by European funds from the Smart Growth Operational...

FNP signs "Agreement on reforming research assessment"

14.02.2023

"FNP has joined the European Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and has become one of the signatories of ?The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment?. The coalition was launched in September 2022 with the aim of working together to improve research assessment...

FNP Funds New Polish-Ukrainian Scientific Projects

02.02.2023

"The Foundation for Polish Science has settled its second competition for the best Polish-Ukrainian research projects. As part of the FOR UKRAINE programme initiated in March 2022 aimed at supporting scientists from Ukraine cooperating with scientists from Poland, the FNP has selected three more...

Papers by winners of FNP programmes in Science Advances

31.01.2023

"Researchers of the Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, and the Max Planck Research Group of the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, carried out a joint research project aimed at understanding photosynthetic processes...

Groundbreaking research by a laureate of the Foundation for Polish Science in the pages of "Nucleic Acids Research"

17.01.2023

"Researchers at the Jagiellonian University's Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB/UJ) have extended our knowledge of the protein structure of the Elongator complex with their latest work. The groundbreaking research was carried out by the Max Planck Research Group led by dr hab. Sebastian...

Polish scientists, laureates of FNP programmes, develop new method of writing holographic 3D images

30.12.2022

"A new method of writing holographic 3D images has been developed jointly by scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the Warsaw University of Technology and the University of Bialystok. Their paper was published in Nature Communications. The method uses an opto-magnetic medium with a...

Laureates of A. von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellowship

22.12.2022

"The Foundation for Polish Sciences has selected the beneficiaries of the Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellowship. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding active German scholars in order to permit them to conduct scientific research at a selected institution in Poland. In...

Christmas greetings from Foundation for Polish Science

22.12.2022

"With Christmas greetings and best wishes for the New Year Foundation for Polish Science *** We support scientists from Ukraine. Join us.

Research services for business - invitation to webinar

19.12.2022

"We are happy to invite you to the webinar "Research Services for Business. Presentation session of the results of selected TEAM-TECH Core Facility projects". The webinar will take place on Monday 19 December 2022 at 12.00 pm. The following speakers will talk about their research, co-funded by...

How do European Funds support research and innovation? A series of online webinars on the latest developments from Polish laboratories

15.12.2022

"We would like to invite you to a series of online webinars "How European Funds Support Research and Innovation" organised by the Foundation for Polish Science. During the meetings, prominent scientists will present the latest research results in the field of green energy, medical diagnostics and...

Results of the latest research by Polish scientists on COVID-19 ? an invitation to a webinar

15.12.2022

"Polish researchers are the authors of cutting-edge research that has had a significant impact on developing tools to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. With the support of European Funds, scientists have developed several solutions that are important not only for limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 but...

FNP has become a member of the European Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment

12.12.2022

"FNP has joined the European Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), which was launched in September 2022 with the aim of working together to improve research assessment practices. The Coalition follows ?The Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment? which is being signed by...

31st FNP Prize: Award Ceremony Report

08.12.2022

"On December 7 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, we held the award ceremony for the FNP Prize, considered the most important scientific award in Poland. The winners of this prestigious award this year included Professors Marcin Nowotny, Bartosz Grzybowski, and Adam Łajtar. A video recording of the...

"Science in times of transition" ? publication announcement

07.12.2022

"The publication "Science in times of transition. How EU-funded research is helping to protect us from global threats and take advantage of historic opportunites" will be launched soon. The publication will present scientific achievements supported by EU funds under the Intelligent Development...

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