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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...

Polish-French Science Award Presented

05.12.2022

"Professors Pierre Kervella of the Paris Observatory and Grzegorz Pietrzyński of the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have received the Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie Polish-French Science Award from the Foundation for Polish Science and...

The 2022 FNP Prize Ceremony Broadcast

25.11.2022

"We kindly invite you to the broadcast of the 2022 FNP Prize ceremony, considered the most important scientific award in Poland. The ceremony will happen on December 7, 2022, from 4 to 6 p.m., and it will be broadcast on the FNP channel on YouTube. We will award the FNP Prize to the...

EMBO Programmes across Europe

09.11.2022

"Until the end of 2024, life scientists in or going to Poland can apply for the following EMBO Programmes. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Supporting internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral...

The 2022 FNP Prizes Awarded

03.11.2022

"For the thirty-first time, the Foundation for Polish Science awarded its Prizes, which enjoy the reputation of the most important scientific distinction in Poland. The laureates are three outstanding scientists: Professors Marcin Nowotny, Bartosz Grzybowski, and Adam Łajtar. The FNP Prize...

The third Polish-German Science Meeting - great importance of German-Polish cooperation in science and research

28.10.2022

"DFG and partner organisations FNP and NCN organise third Polish-German Science Meeting in Berlin on the 27-28 of October. The current global political crises and their impact on science and research in Germany and Poland, as well as possible coping strategies, were the central topics at the...

Long COVID affects millions of people. Polish researchers on the trail of dangerous post-COVID syndrome

27.10.2022

"Scientists are getting closer to explaining the mystery of the so-called long COVID. The syndrome of prolonged symptoms, affecting people who have undergone infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, can concern up to almost half of all infected people. However, there is still no answer to the question...

The FNP laureate's team makes the first observation of Ostwald ripening in an oxide-on-metal system

26.10.2022

"The research group, led by dr. hab. Mikołaj Lewandowski, prof. UAM, from the NanoBioMedical Centre at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, was the first to observe the occurrence of Ostwald ripening in a system consisting of oxide islands on a metallic substrate. The results of the research,...

AGH scientists ? as part of the FNP's TEAM-TECH programme ? have created groundbreaking thermoelectric modules

26.10.2022

"To date, the technologies used to convert waste heat into electricity are characterised by low efficiency and high cost, which significantly limits their application scope. However, this might soon change thanks to the scientists and doctoral students from the AGH UST who developed inexpensive...

FNP START Programme Winners Receive 2022 Polityka Science Awards

19.10.2022

"For the 22nd time, the Polityka weekly awarded prestigious prizes to the most talented young scientists. As many as three researchers from among the five winners selected this year are grantees of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). Polityka awards prizes in five categories: humanities,...

Winners of the FNP MONOGRAPHS and TRANSLATIONS Programmes

19.10.2022

"Acting as the jury in the MONOGRAPHS programme, the FNP Publishing Board has qualified one new work for publication in the FNP MONOGRAPHS series: Magdalena Chułek, How is a Slum Produced? Case Study of Kibera and Korogocho Residents in Nairobi. The TRANSLATIONS programme will...

Report from the 4th Interdisciplinary FNP Conference

11.10.2022

"The Foundation for Polish Science organised the FNP Interdisciplinary Conference for the fourth time. This year, it was held on 6 and 7 October. There were 26 speakers during the conference and 164 posters were presented in the poster zone. The conference was addressed to project leaders, team...

Smart Computer Listener. Research by a Krakow team could change how we control our devices

29.09.2022

"The Krakow-based researchers could revolutionize how we talk to our devices - and to each other. The team of Konrad Kowalczyk, Ph.D., of the AGH University of Science and Technology, is developing a multi-microphone system that allows one to talk or dictate text freely even when the speaker is...

Call for Applications for the 2023 START Competition

19.09.2022

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announces a call for applications for the START competition, in which young researchers can win a scholarship for outstanding scientific achievements. Recruitment will be conducted until October 31, 2022. The FNP START scholarship is a prestigious award...

Foundation?s Annual Report

10.08.2022

"We present you with the Annual FNP Report, which overviews our activities in 2021. As in previous years, the document reports on our statutory activities in 2021, along with financial statements, the auditor?s report, and a supplement presenting some of the FNP?s initiatives and selected FNP...

FNP Announces the Second Competition for Polish-Ukrainian Research Projects (The UA translation is available)

03.08.2022

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has launched its second Polish-Ukrainian research projects competition for scientists in the social sciences and humanities. Pairs of scholars from Poland and Ukraine can apply until the end of September. The call for applications in the FNP's "FOR...

First Polish-Ukrainian Research Projects Awarded by the FNP

27.07.2022

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has settled its first Polish-Ukrainian research projects competition. Three pairs of scientists from Poland and Ukraine were awarded. They will carry out research on the problems caused by the war and the challenges for Ukraine's future. Each project...

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