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Call for Applications for the START 2021 Competition

23.09.2020
"From September 23 to November 2, 2020, young scientists can apply for a scholarship in the START 2021 competition. The START scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is a prestigious distinction for the most talented young researchers, awarded in recognition of their scientific...

How COVID-19 pandemic is affecting immigrants and ethnic minorities

17.09.2020
"The health and economic crisis associated with the recent COVID-19 pandemic is elevating the levels of stress, anxiety and depression. While nearly everyone is exposed to these negative emotional effects of the pandemic, ethnic minorities and immigrants seem to be the most vulnerable. These...

A living molecular fossil

15.09.2020
"An international team of researchers from the Max Planck Research Group at the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB) deciphered the molecular mechanism of a sulfur carrier system that stands at the root of all eukaryotic Ubiquitin-conjugation systems. For this project, the team headed by...

Warsaw's scientiscts make NMR measurements much faster

11.09.2020
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) can now be used for more than just medical examination. As a measurement technology which offers extremely accurate insights into the structure of molecules and biochemical processes, NMR can support the development of new drugs and help optimise many industrial...

Call for FNP experts ? the 27th round

03.09.2020
" The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is announcing a call for expert candidates as part of the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 under Measure 4.4 ?Increasing the human potential in the R&D sector? as part of which it fulfils the role of the Implementing...

Secrets of Polish Constrictor Snakes

28.08.2020
"He tracks snakes. He sticks transmitters to their scales, and he knows what nooks and crannies they slip into. He accompanies them in marshy thickets and in their big-city hideouts. He knows the secrets of creatures that others fear. Even if accidentally bitten by his own fault, he argues that a...

Could Interferon help in the fight against COVID-19?

19.08.2020
"Dr Alicja Chmielewska, a Polish virologist from Gdańsk, is verifting whether human immune proteins, also known as interferons, could stimulate the immunological system to effectively fight with SARS-CoV-2. Her research is financed by the Foundation for Polish Science from the EU Smart Growth...

A Prize for FNP MONOGRAPHS Publication

10.08.2020
"We are pleased to inform you that the book by Dr. Katarzyna Kalinowska, published in the FNP MONOGRAPHS series, entitled Praktyki flirtu i podrywu. Studium z mikrosocjologii emocji (Flirt and Pickup Practices: A Study in the Microsociology of Emotions) received the Stanisław Ossowski Prize...

About terahertz waves on the PR1 radio station

06.08.2020
"What is terahertz radiation and how can we use it to develop new technologies and for 6G-based high-speed data transmission? Professor Wojciech Knap, the co-founder of the Warsaw-based CENTERA institute, talks about this significant discovery of CENTERA researchers . CENTERA, Center for...

Foundation?s Annual Report

06.08.2020
"We present you with the Annual FNP Report, which overviews our activities in 2019. As in previous years, the document reports on our statutory activities in 2019, along with financial statements, the auditor?s report, and a supplement presenting some of the FNP?s initiatives and selected FNP...

FNP Parent-Bridge programme winner seeks new method of treating glioma

03.08.2020
"Dr. Hab. Maja Grabacka from the Faculty of Food Technology at the University of Agriculture in Krakow proved in her experiments that the development of gliomas (brain tumors) could be inhibited by introducing tumor cells into an energy crisis with the use of fenofibrate, a substance used in the...

This year?s FNP START winner co-authored a publication in Nature

31.07.2020
"The method presented in the article published in the prestigious journal Nature enables the ?editing? of mitochondrial DNA, meaning the introduction of precise changes within the mitochondrial genome. This method will allow further study of mitochondrial diseases caused by mutations in...

FNP programmes? laureate has co-authored an innovative retinal imaging laser

30.07.2020
"  A team of researchers from Wrocław University of Science and Technology?s Faculty of Electronics has devised an advanced type of ultracompact laser designed, among other purposes, to facilitate more precise retinal imaging, allowing the development of tools for advanced and early...

2.5 Million Euro for Continued Development of the FNP WELCOME Grant in Olsztyn

22.07.2020
"The Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research (IRZiBŻ) of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn won EUR 2.5 million in the prestigious ERA Chairs H2020 program for the implementation of the six-year project ?Welcoming ERA Chair to Center of Excellence in nutrigenomics for optimizing...

FNP START Programme Winner Receives the Frank Wilczek Prize

17.07.2020
"Dr. Przemysław Mróz from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, a scholarship holder in the START program of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), won the first Frank Wilczek Prize. Mróz?s research was appreciated for the study of rogue planets, that is planets not bound to...

FNP Programs Winner to Participate in Leadership Academy for Poland 2020

13.07.2020
"Dr. Mateusz Czesław Strzelecki, winner of the START, SKILLS ? Coaching, and HOMING PLUS programs of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) qualified to the prestigious Leadership Academy for Poland 2020 program. Strzelecki is a polar geomorphologist who manages the Stanisław Baranowski Polar...

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