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Registration has begun for the Polish Scientific Networks conference
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25.03.2016
"An international conference entitled ?Polish Scientific Networks: Science and Business? will be held on 30 June - 2 July 2016 at the EIT+ Wrocław Research Centre. The conference is jointly organized by the Club of Foundation for Polish Science Scholars, the Academy of Young Researchers of the...
Copernicus Award 2016 announced
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24.03.2016
"Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska of the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw and Prof. Peter Rehling of the University Medical Centre in Göttingen have been named the winners of the 6th edition of the Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award, given jointly by the...
FNP laureates named to the FameLab finals on 16 April 2016
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24.03.2016
"The finals of the 5th edition of the FameLab Poland science communications competition, organized by the British Council and the Copernicus Science Centre, will be held on 16 April 2016 at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. The 10 charismatic scientists who qualified for the finals include...
FNP?s TEAM POIG and WELCOME programmes highly rated by international experts
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22.03.2016
"Experts evaluated the quality and usefulness of the research conducted in the TEAM POIG and WELCOME programmes of the Foundation for Polish Science. They found that most of the projects they examined met very high global scientific standards.
An international group of experts assessed the TEAM...
Laureates of A. von Humboldt Honorary Scholarship
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18.03.2016
"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...
FNP winners to meet Nobel laureates in Lindau
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04.03.2016
"Four of last year?s winners in the START programme of the Foundation for Polish Science - talented young physicists - will meet in Lindau, Germany, this year with Nobel Prize winners and several hundred other young researchers from around the world. The main topic of the event this year will be...
Science after a break - recruitment begins for the POWROTY/REINTEGRATION programme
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01.03.2016
"Over PLN 4 million awaits PhDs who want to return to conducting research after a break connected with work in another sector or parenting. On 1 March 2016, the Foundation for Polish Science is launching the first competition in the POWROTY/REINTEGRATION programme, financed from the Smart Growth...
Cambridge Polish Studies: An investment in Poland?s image abroad
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19.02.2016
"Cambridge Polish Studies, established in 2014 through the efforts of groups including the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), is one of the few autonomous centres in the world offering the possibility to learn about Poland. Although the programme has achieved success within less than two years...
FNP partners with the prestigious ?Innovators Under 35? competition
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17.02.2016
"The Foundation for Polish Science has become a partner of the 2nd Polish edition of the prestigious competition ?Innovators Under 35.? The competition is organized by MIT Technology Review, the oldest tech magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The competition recognizes...
Note! Amended provision in competition documentation for the TEAM and TEAM-TECH programmes
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15.02.2016
"We kindly announce that the provision in the competition documentation for the TEAM and TEAM-TECH programmes concerning purchase of low-cost R&D apparatus has been amended.
In the competition documents for the TEAM and TEAM-TECH programmes...
Calls for Applications Begin in the FIRST TEAM and HOMING Programmes
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15.02.2016
"As of today, 15 February, applications are being accepted in the FIRST TEAM and HOMING programmes for young scientists that the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is implementing with funding from the Smart Growth Operational Programme (PO IR). The application deadline is 24 March 2016. The...
Rozpoczynamy przyjmowanie wniosków w programach FIRST TEAM i HOMING
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15.02.2016
"Od dzisiaj do 24 marca br. młodzi badacze mogą składać wnioski o granty w programach FIRST TEAM i HOMING finansowanych z Programu Operacyjnego Inteligentny Rozwój (POIR). Łącznie w obu konkursach do zdobycia jest prawie 20 mln zł.
? Programy FIRST TEAM i HOMING to oferta dla młodych badaczy,...
Prof. Maciej W. Grabski (1934?2016)
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13.02.2016
"We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Maciej Władysław Grabski (20 June 1934 ? 12 February 2016), a distinguished scholar of materials science and engineering, president of the Foundation for Polish Science in 1992?2005, a member of the Foundation Council since 2005, architect of...
Calls for Applications Begin in the TEAM and TEAM-TECH Programmes
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05.02.2016
"As of today, 5 February, applications are being accepted in the TEAM and TEAM-TECH programmes that the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) is implementing with funding from the Smart Growth Operational Programme (PO IR). Funding is made available to scientific institutions as well as companies....
Information on the FNP?s New Programmes in English
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03.02.2016
"We are pleased to inform you that our website now offers information in English about our new programmes: TEAM, TEAM-TECH, FIRST TEAM, HOMING and POWROTY/REINTEGRATION as well as English-language specimens of the competition documentation.
All those interested in submitting applications for...
Over PLN 615 million for researchers and firms in Foundation for Polish Science projects
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22.01.2016
"The Foundation for Polish Science is launching a new line-up of offers for financing of innovative research with funds from the Smart Growth Operational Programme. Over PLN 305 million will be spent to solve scientific issues of applied importance in research teams, about PLN 205 million will go...
New FNP programmes: live streaming
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21.01.2016
"The Foundation for Polish Science cordially invites interested persons to follow the live streaming of the informational meeting about new support programmes for researchers and firms which the Foundation will pursue using funds from the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014?2020 (Measure 4.4,...
New FNP programmes - closing of registration for Info Day
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20.01.2016
"Because the limit on places at the informational meeting devoted to new FNP programmes on 22 January 2016 has been reached, we hereby announce that registration for this event is now closed. We invite all interested persons to follow the transmission from the meeting online on the FNP channel on...
MIT Enterprise Forum Poland programme ? two weeks left to apply
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18.01.2016
"We hereby announce that the deadline for submitting applications for the programme for young researchers and startups implemented by MIT Enterprise Forum Poland has been extended to 31 January 2016.
The purpose of the program is to support startups and young researchers on the path from...