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Carotene sergeants and soldiers

07.06.2019
"Many compounds which are necessary to sustain life on Earth can exist in two forms. These are so-called enantiomers which, despite having the same chemical formula, are characterised by varied optical activity and, thereby, completely different biological effects. Nowadays, more and more...

Michał Parniak, ardent windsurfer

30.05.2019
"When he is practising his moves on a surfboard equipped with a sail, light to him is not a wave, only rays of sunshine heating up his skin. But in his everyday work, instead of catching rays on his wind board, Michał Parniak, who has won distinction for his scientific achievements in the 2019...

Agata Perlińska: A fruitful combination of biology and IT

28.05.2019
"There are antibiotic-resistant bacteria causing serious illnesses. To stay alive, many of these bacteria require proteins entangled in nodes or ?knots.? These knots, like a loop of line in mountain climbing, stabilize and reinforce the molecules. But Agata Perlińska, a laureate of the 2019 START...

2019 START stipends awarded

27.05.2019
"The award ceremony for this year?s laureates of the START programme was held on Saturday, 25 May 2019, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Stipends were awarded to the most talented young researchers from all over Poland who won this year?s competition in the START programme. ?Diamonds are...

Call for FNP experts ? the 16th round

27.05.2019
"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...

Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship

17.05.2019
"The Foundation for Polish Sciences has selected the beneficiaries of the Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding active German scholars with the highest qualifications and a significant contribution to global research, as recognition...

Polish contribution to the development of quantum computers

16.05.2019
"Characterising and optimising quantum computing operations performed by qubits, which are basic quantum computer information units, is a task which Polish physicists and IT specialists have undertaken as part of the TEAM-NET project managed by Professor Marek Kuś. The results of their research...

START 2019 laureates announced

09.05.2019
"The Foundation for Polish Science has for the 27th time awarded START stipends for the most talented young scientists from all over Poland. This year stipends will be received by 100 young researchers. The amount of each one-year stipend is PLN 28,000, and the total amount earmarked by the...

Competition launched for COPERNICUS Polish-German Research Award 2020

09.05.2019
"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) invite nominations for the 8th competition for the COPERNICUS Award for distinguished Polish and German researchers. The aim of the award is to recognize distinguished scientists from Poland and Germany who have...

Polish researchers improve nanodiamond technologies

29.04.2019
" Four Polish research establishments join forces to work together on improving nanodiamond technologies used in, for instance, advanced medical diagnostics, electronics and optics. The Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw is acting as the Consortium Leader while the research is being...

Call for FNP experts ? round 15

18.04.2019
"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...

Laureate of FNP programmes involved in groundbreaking astrophysics project

18.04.2019
"Dr Maciej Wielgus, a laureate of FNP?s VENTURES and START programmes, is a member of the team of astronomers who presented the first photo of a black hole. The photo was taken through eight telescopes forming a ?virtual telescope? as large as the Earth. The photo was presented at six press...

Joining forces to diagnose leukaemia faster and better

17.04.2019
"Polish researchers are proposing an innovative leukaemia diagnostic method to foster relapse prevention. To proceed with developing a specialised diagnostic device, they have just been granted a funding of PLN 26 million as part of the TEAM-NET programme run by the Foundation for Polish...

TEAM-NET ? competition results update

16.04.2019
"We are pleased to announce that the number of projects to be co-funded has increased due to a change in allocation for the TEAM-NET 1/4.4/2018 competition. Applications for the TEAM-NET competition could be submitted by research establishments for the establishing of cooperation networks to...

Artificial Intelligence getting smarter thanks to Polish scientists

02.04.2019
"The development of innovative artificial neural networks is the objective of a research project supervised by Prof. Jacek Tabor from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków which has just received funding as part of the TEAM-NET competition organised by the Foundation for Polish...

TEAM-NET competition results

19.03.2019
"The Foundation for Polish Science announced the results of the first TEAM-NET competition. Five projects received grants with a total value of over PLN 105 m.   Research units which took part in the TEAM-NET competition could receive grants for developing a network of collaborating research...

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