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FNP Beneficiaries Among Finalists of POLITYKA Science Awards

09.09.2015

"We are pleased to inform you that the 15 finalists of Polityka weekly?s 15th Science Awards, announced on 9 September 2015 in the weekly, include seven beneficiaries of the Foundation for Polish Science?s programmes. In the humanities, the list of finalists includes: Jan Jakub Kwapisz, PhD...

?Science: Polish Perspectives? conference in Cambridge?registration of participants

04.09.2015

"Young Polish researchers working abroad have only until 11 September 2015 to register for the conference ?Science: Polish Perspectives,? which will be held on 30?31 October 2015 in Cambridge. The guests at the conference will include the FNP Prize winner Prof. Mariusz Jaskólski. The event is...

Information Days in Berlin and Cambridge on the International Research Agendas project ? invitation

03.09.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science invites representatives of scientific institutions in Germany and the United Kingdom for information days on the International Research Agendas project. The meetings are to take place in September in Berlin and Cambridge. The purpose of the International...

An announcement on the planned implementation by the Foundation for Polish Science of the "International Research Agendas" project

03.09.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science is getting ready to implement the "International Research Agendas" project co-financed within the 4th axis of the Smart Growth Operational Programme (SG OP), Measure 4.3. The purpose of the project under the SG OP is to create world-class specialised scientific...

2014 Annual Report of the Foundation for Polish Science

24.08.2015

"We invite our readers to review the Annual Report of the Foundation for Polish Science, which includes financial statements as well as a presentation of the Foundation?s statutory activity and initiatives undertaken in 2014. The report answers such questions as: ? What programmes, domestic...

Unfolded protein response activated by mistargeting of mitochondrial proteins

06.08.2015

"Mitochondrion is a cellular compartment commonly known as ?the power plant? of cells. To fulfill its various functions, these organelles need more than one thousand cellular proteins. Yet, the majority of mitochondrial proteins are synthesized outside mitochondria in the cytosol and thus must be...

Bigger Stipends for Physicists, Mathematicians and Astronomers in the START Programme

03.08.2015

"As of the 24th edition of the Foundation for Polish Science?s START programme, stipends for selected beneficiaries from the fields of theoretical physics, mathematics and astronomy will be raised thanks to money from the newly established Professor Adam Sobiczewski Fund. The fund was set up in...

Winners announced in the last edition of the IMPULS competition

02.07.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science has announced the results of the 4th and final edition of the IMPULS competition, organized as part of the SKILLS project.* Thanks to funding totalling PLN 880,000, the nine winners of the final competition will be able to realize innovative projects and research...

Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship: call for applications

01.07.2015

"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...

Top science popularizers honoured in the last INTER competition

29.06.2015

"The grand finale of the 5th and final edition of the INTER science popularization competition, organized by the Foundation for Polish Science as part of the SKILLS project,* was held on 27 June 2015 at the Industrial Design Institute in Warsaw. Each of the ten finalists had five minutes to...

Foundation for Polish Science recipients among the winners of the prestigious competition Innovators Under 35 Poland

25.06.2015

"The grand finale of the first Polish edition of the prestigious competition Innovators Under 35,*organized by the MIT Technology Review?the oldest tech magazine in the world, published by the prominent Massachusetts Institute of Technology?was held on 23 June 2015 during the Bitspiration...

Ten researchers face off in the finals of the INTER science popularization competition

22.06.2015

"The finals of the fifth and last INTER science popularization competition, organized by the Foundation for Polish Science as part of the SKILLS project,* will be held on Saturday, 27 June 2015. The 10 finalists will compete not only for the title of the best popularizers of science, but also for...

Destination Poland - live streaming

16.06.2015

"We cordially invite to the live streaming of the event for foreign researchers Destination Poland - Scientific and Business Opportunities for Foreign Researchers. The meeting will start tomorrow, 17th of June, at 11.30. Live streaming will be made available on the FNP's Youtube channel. The...

The COPERNICUS Award - new deadline for hardcopy submission

12.06.2015

"We kindly inform you that, due to strikes in German postal service, the deadline for the hardcopy of the nomination in the Polish ? German Scientific Award Copernicus programme is prolonged until 30 June 2015. The electronic version must be submitted until 15 June and the hardcopy of the document...

DESTINATION POLAND: conference for foreign researchers

08.06.2015

"The Foundation for Polish Science invites foreign researchers to a conference entitled ?Destination Poland: Scientific and Business Opportunities for Foreign Researchers? which will be held on 17 June 2015 at the foundation?s headquarters. The purpose of the event is to encourage foreign...

The COPERNICUS Award 2016: two weeks left to nominate

01.06.2015

"15 June 2015 is the deadline to submit applications in the sixth Polish-German COPERNICUS Award. Self-nominations shall be considered. The purpose of the award is to give a distinction to the researchers most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional achievements...

Artur Rojszczak Award 2015 Granted

29.05.2015

"Katarzyna Zacharczuk, PhD, from the National Institute of Public Health ? National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw is the winner of the 10th competition for the Artur Rojszczak Award. The award is granted by the Club of the Foundation for Polish Science Scholars (Club of FNP Scholars) to young,...

START 2015 Stipends Presented

25.05.2015

"START programme diplomas were presented to this year?s beneficiaries of the programme on the morning of Saturday, 23 May at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The recipients of the prestigious stipends ? the most gifted young researchers from all over Poland ? received their diplomas from Prof. Andrzej...

Polish/American success in diagnosing radiation injuries

15.05.2015

"Dr. Wojciech Fendler of the Medical University of Łódź, a winner in Foundation for Polish Science programmes (START, INTER, IMPULS and MENTORING), and researchers from the have developed an innovative blood test that could greatly improve triage of victims of radiation accidents. Researchers...

POLITYKA Weekly?s History Award Goes to FNP Beneficiary

13.05.2015

"We are happy to announce that Anna Wylegała, PhD, a beneficiary of the START programme, has received Polityka weekly?s award in the debut category for her book Przesiedlenia a pamięć. Studium (nie)pamięci społecznej na przykładzie ukraińskiej Galicji i polskich ziem odzyskanych [Resettlement and...

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