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Copernicus Award 2018 announced

15.06.2018

"Prof. Dr. Stefan Anker from the Charité ? Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Prof. Piotr Ponikowski from Wrocław Medical University have been chosen to receive the 2018 Copernicus Award from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej...

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT POLISH HONORARY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP: call for application

14.06.2018

"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...

A launch event for the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, a new International Research Agenda unit

14.06.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science is happy to inform you that an event celebrating the official launch of a new research unit created within the FNP?s International Research Agendas programme will take place on 21 June. The Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, led by Professor Konrad...

New principles related to project implementation under SGOP, Measure 4.4. An informational meeting for the laureates of the Foundation for Polish Science

13.06.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) kindly invites the actual grantees of the Smart Growth Operational Programme Measure 4.4 to an information meeting on the new principles related to project implementation. In connection with assuming the role of the Implementing Authority for the Smart...

Reopening of a call for applications for introducing changes in projects implemented as part of Measure 4.4 of the 2014-2020 Smart Growth Operational Programme

30.05.2018

"We are pleased to announce that the call for applications for introducing changes to projects implemented as part of TEAM and TEAM-TECH (together with Core Facility and Core Facility Plus modules), as well as FIRST TEAM, HOMING and POWROTY programmes will be reopened on 6 June 2018. Changes to...

International Research Agendas programme ? training workshop for applicants

22.05.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science cordially invites you to take part in a training workshop , regarding the practical dimension of the application process for FNP?s International Research Agenda Programme (IRAP). The main aim of the IRAP is to enable the creation of highly specialised and...

The last open nationwide IRAP competition has opened

14.05.2018

"Starting today, applications can be filed in the last open nationwide competition within the International Research Agendas (IRAP) programme. The deadline for the first part of the application in competition No 10/2018 is 29 June, 2018. The International Research Agendas programme has been...

New centres of excellence in Łódź and Otwock

10.05.2018

"We are happy to announce that the 2017 IRAP PLUS competition will result in the creation of new centres of excellence in Łódź and Otwock. Professor Klaus Müllen, head of the newly created International Centre for Research on Innovative Biobased Materials (ICRI-BioM), and Professor Piotr Paneth,...

START 2018 Stipends Awarded

09.05.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has granted START stipends for the 26th time to the most talented young scientists from all over Poland. This year the money will go to 100 young researchers. The annual stipend amount per person is PLN 28,000. START is Poland?s biggest stipend programme...

The Foundation for Polish Science has signed the Future Partnership Project Statement

08.05.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science is one of the signatories of the Future Partnership Project - an international statement regarding the scientific collaboration between the UK and countries of continental Europe, which has been initiated by the UK?s Royal Academy and Wellcome Trust. The...

FNP Prize Recipient Publishes Paper in Nature Communications

07.05.2018

"A paper by Professor Daniel T. Gryko, a recipient of the FNP Prize (2017) and beneficiary of the Foundation for Polish Science?s TEAM and MISTRZ programmes, entitled ?On-surface synthesis of a nitrogen-embedded buckybowl with inverse Stone-Thrower-Wales topology?, has been published in the...

International Research Agendas ? information meeting

27.04.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) kindly invites all interested researchers to an information meeting on general rules of the International Research Agendas programme (IRAP). The International Research Agendas programme is being implemented since November 2015 within of the Smart...

New member of the Foundation Council

09.04.2018

" At a session on 28 March 2018, the Foundation Council appointed Prof. Tomasz Guzik, a distinguished specialist in internal medicine and allergology, winner of the Foundation for Polish Science Prize in 2010 in the natural and medical sciences, to serve as a member of the Foundation...

Sabbatical Fellowships for MASTER/MISTRZ winners - applications open

03.04.2018

"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 7 June 2018. A fellowship of up to ? 5,500 per month may be awarded for...

Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship

29.03.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has named the winners of the 21th competition for the Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Fellowship. In the programme, two distinguished professors from Germany will carry out a six-month research visit to Poland. The laureates of...

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29.03.2018

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An open nationwide IRAP competition to launch shortly

28.03.2018

"During the first week of April, the Foundation for Polish Science will publish the competition documentation in the last open nationwide International Research Agendas (IRA) competition. The submission of applications will begin on 23 April 2018 and the deadline for submitting the first part of...

Results of the fourth FIRST TEAM competition announced

12.03.2018

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has selected the winners of the fourth FIRST TEAM competition aimed at supporting young PhD holders in setting up their first research teams. Eleven young scientists have been awarded grants totalling PLN 21,6 million. The FIRST TEAM programme supports...

Fourth competition in HOMING and POWROTY/REINTEGRATION programmes decided

06.03.2018

"Fourth competition in HOMING and POWROTY/REINTEGRATION programmes decided The Foundation for Polish Science has concluded the fourth competition in the HOMING and POWROTY/REINTEGRATION programmes. Funding totalling PLN 11.2 million will go to 15 young researchers pursuing R&D projects in...

Humanities and social sciences included in Poland?s National Smart Specializations

06.02.2018

"The Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology has confirmed that topics explored in the humanities and social sciences are also included in Poland?s National Smart Specializations. The National Smart Specializations (KIS) define the thematic scope of projects eligible for funding by the...

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