Prizes & Awards

14.04.2016. Professor Tomasz Dietl. PAP/Jakub Kamiński

Polish physicist honoured with prestigious Japanese award

Professor Tomasz Dietl, a leading physicist with the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Tohoku University International Award – Special Award.

  • Adobe Stock

    ERC awards 281 Advanced Grants, 4 winners from Poland

    The European Research Council (ERC) announced the results of the Advanced Grants competition. 281 outstanding scientists from Europe will receive a total of EUR 721 million to carry out ambitious research projects under the Horizon Europe programme. The grants will also be awarded to four winners from Poland.

  • Credit: AGH UST in Kraków
    Technology

    Swiss team wins 10th edition of European Rover Challenge in Kraków

    The Swiss FHNW Rover Team won the 10th edition of the European Rover Challenge, a competition for Mars rovers. Twenty four teams representing universities from all over the world participated in the competition in Kraków, in the so-called Marsyard - a space inspired by the Red Planet.

  • Photo from press release

    Polish space law expert receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award

    The director of the Centre for Space Studies at Poland’s Kozminski University has received the Rosalind Franklin Society 2023 Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of space law, the university reports.

  • Adobe Stock

    Young Polish physicists win medal at international tournament

    Young Polish physicists took third place at the International Young Physicists' Tournament in Budapest.

  • Adobe Stock

    NAWA Lecturers promote Polish language abroad

    Polish language courses in 86 academic centres in 43 countries will be taught by 89 teachers selected by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).

  • Photo from press release

    Polish inventor wins European Inventor Award and Popular Choice Award

    Inventor Olga Malinkiewicz is the first Pole in history to win the European Inventor Award - a distinction awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO). At the ceremony in Valletta, Malta, she also received the Popular Choice Award.

  • Anna Szkobodzińska. Credit: Dariusz Piekut

    Polish graphic designer awarded in New York

    A graphics graduate from the Faculty of Architecture at the Białystok University of Technology, won the Student Prize category in the 'Alter Ego' competition organized in the United States.

  • Credit: Adobe Stock

    Physicist from Kraków’s Jagiellonian University wins EUR 2.5 million grant for quantum mechanics project

    Professor Karol Życzkowski from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science at the Jagiellonian University acquired funding of over EUR 2.25 million for the implementation of a quantum mechanics research project. The research will be financed by the European Research Council under the ERC Advanced Grant 2023 competition.

  • Fot. materiały prasowe FNP

    Foundation for Polish Science launches fourth call of FOR UKRAINE Programme

    Scientists from Ukraine are invited to establish cooperation with Polish researchers to undertake joint research in humanities and social sciences. The deadline for applications is June 3, 2024. The funds have been made available by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) as part of the fourth call in the FOR UKRAINE Programme.

Most Popular

  • Credit: Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw

    Paleolithic Neanderthal workshop found in Poland

  • New species of ancient sea reptile identified in Germany

  • 19 Polish lakes and rivers achieve top water quality class

  • Polish-Swiss study challenges reliability of coral skeletons in climate research

  • Sociologist warns against ‘migrant panic’ and vigilante ‘militias’ amid rising anti-immigrant sentiment in Poland

Recommended

Warsaw, 24.07.2025. European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher during a press conference accompanying the welcoming of Polish astronaut, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, a member of the Axiom-4 mission crew, at Warsaw Chopin Airport in Okęcie. The Polish astronaut returned to Poland aboard a special government aircraft. (jm) PAP/Leszek Szymański

Polish astronaut is ‘strong candidate’ for European Astronaut Corps, says ESA chief

Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is an “exceptionally strong candidate” for active membership in the European Astronaut Corps, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher has told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).