2011 - The FNP Prizes 2011 awarded
03.11.2011
The Council of the Foundation for Polish Science has selected Winners of the FNP Prize 2011, considered to be Poland’s most prestigious scientific award. The prizes are granted to the most renowned scientists for scientific achievements which push the boundaries of discovery, open new research perspectives, make an exceptional contribution to the civilization and cultural progress of our nation as well as assure its significant position among the worldwide scientific research community. The Prizes conveyed on the Foundation’s 20-year jubilee are worth PLN 200 thousand each.
Winners of the Foundation for Polish Science Prize in 2011 are:
in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Tomasz Giaro (PhD) for an interdisciplinary analysis of the category of truth in the doctrines of law from antiquity to the present - opening new prospects for understanding of the law as one of the foundations of European civilization;
in the field of Life Sciences
Prof. Jan Potempa (PhD) for the characterization of a new family of bacterial proteases and for demonstration of their role in the development of periodontal disease;
in the field of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering
Prof. Maciej Lewenstein (PhD) for achievements in the area of quantum optics and the physics of ultra-cold gases;
in the field of Chemical and Material Sciences
Prof. Elżbieta Frąckowiak (PhD) for research on new materials, carbon composites and their use for electrochemical energy storage and conversion.
The awards ceremony will take place on 7th December 2011 at the