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The 2021 FNP Prizes Awarded

03.11.2021

"For the thirtieth time, the Foundation for Polish Science awarded its Prizes, which enjoy the reputation of the most important scientific distinction in Poland. The laureates are four outstanding scientists: Professors Bożena Kamińska-Kaczmarek, Jacek Jemielity, Grzegorz Pietrzyński, and Cezary...

Call for FNP experts ? the 38th round

15.10.2021

" 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...

Call for Applications for the 2022 START Competition

24.09.2021

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announces the call for applications for the START competition, in which young researchers can win a scholarship for outstanding scientific achievements. Recruitment will be conducted until November 22, 2021. The FNP START scholarship is a prestigious award...

Scientists Discover New Bacteria Survival Mechanism

16.09.2021

"Researchers discovered a new tactic that bacteria use to fight to access nutrients. The discovery may allow for the development of new antibacterial agents in the future. The study results appeared in the scientific journal Science Advances, which also promoted the research on the cover. The work...

Foundation for Polish Science Will Continue Strengthening Polish-French Scientific Cooperation

08.09.2021

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) together with the French Academy of sciences (FAS) decided to continue their cooperation in order to award the Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie Polish-French Scientific Award. The cooperation will be possible thanks to the financial support granted...

Call for FNP experts - the 35th round

01.09.2021

"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...

Foundation?s Annual Report

12.08.2021

"We present the FNP Annual Report, which outlines the Foundation?s work in 2020. As in previous years, the document reports on our statutory activities in 2020, a summary financial statement, and an auditor?s report, along with a supplement that presents some of the FNP?s initiatives and...

Call for FNP experts ? the 34th round

22.07.2021

"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...

Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship: call for applications

09.07.2021

"We are pleased to inform you that the registration of applications in this year?s edition of the Alexander von Humboldt Scholarship programme has begun. It is the last registration of applications in this programme offered by the FNP. We encourage Polish researchers to register their...

A START Team is Tracing the Origins of Life on Earth

24.06.2021

" Four billion years ago, when the first living molecules appeared on Earth, there was no protective ozone layer in the atmosphere. In effect, the biostructures of the time must have been extremely resistant to UV radiation. According to the Polish-Czech-British team of scientists, the first...

Call for FNP experts ? the 33rd round

20.06.2021

"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 Authority. Specialists...

Scottish Government Allocates ?3 Million for Research Collaboration with the EU

17.06.2021

" The Scottish Government has launched a ?3 million Saltire Research Awards grant for research collaboration between scientists from Scotland and European Union countries. The funding is available to researchers from all disciplines, including arts, humanities, and social sciences, but...

Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship

15.06.2021

"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 in order to permit them to conduct scientific research at a selected institution in Poland. In...

START 2021 Competition Results Announced

09.06.2021

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced the results of the START 2021 competition. One hundred outstanding young scientists will receive prestigious scholarships. The FNP START program is the oldest scholarship program in Poland for the best young scientists representing all fields...

FNP Laureate?s Research Results in Nature Communications

28.05.2021

"Co-funded by the Foundation for Polish Science, the research conducted by scientists from the Max Planck Research Group at the Jagiellonian University?s Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB) in Krakow in collaboration with the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, sheds new light on...

Competition launched for COPERNICUS Polish-German Research Award 2022

18.05.2021

"The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) invite nominations for the 9th 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...

Call for FNP experts ? the 31st round

07.05.2021

" 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...

Conference ?Science: Polish Perspectives? on May 7?8

06.05.2021

"On May 7?8 will be held (this time online) the eleventh conference ?Science: Polish Perspectives? organized by the Polonium Foundation. The Foundation for Polish Science is a strategic partner of this event that integrates young Polish scientists who work abroad. This year?s conference will...

Video of the Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship Ceremony

12.04.2021

"We kindly invite you to watch a video recording from the online ceremony of the third Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science since 2016. This year?s winner is Dr. Julia Borcherding from the University of Cambridge. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the...

FNP Laureates Publish in Prestigious PNAS

17.03.2021

"Prof. Daniel T. Gryko from the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ICHO PAN) in Warsaw, winner of many Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) programs, discovered how long-range electron transfer can occur, along with his collaborators from the Institute ? Prof....

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