Success Stories

Laser light for fighting brain diseases

Piotr Hańczyc, MSc Eng., is a member of the group led by Prof. Marek Samoć, PhD hab., from the Wrocław University of Technology?s Faculty of Chemistry, who is a beneficiary of the Foundation for Polish Science?s WELCOME and MISTRZ/MASTER programmes. ...
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prof. Maciej Lewenstein

Prof. Lewenstein a double ERC beneficiary

It is our great pleasure to inform you of the latest success of Prof. Maciej Lewenstein, winner of the FNP Prize in the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences in 2011, who has obtained the prestigious ERC grant for experienced researchers &h...
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dr hab. Ewelina Knapska_fot. Tomasz Stankiewicz

Reward Learning Demystified

  We are pleased to inform about success of a team of scientists from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw who has proved that the process of reward learning and memory involves a specific part of the brain: … Read more >>

Smoluchowski Medal for Prof. Misiewicz

We are happy to inform you that Prof. Jan Misiewicz from the Wrocław University of Technology, a beneficiary of the MISTRZ programme in 2005 and winner of the COPERNICUS Award in 2010 (together with Prof. Alfred Forchel), has been awarded …
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prof. Guzik_pion

FNP Beneficiaries Receive Prime Minister?s Awards

It gives us great pleasure to inform you that the leading scientists who received the Prime Minister?s Awards in 2013 include many of the Foundation?s beneficiaries. There are two FNP beneficiaries among the six people singled out for outstanding sci...
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