Prizes & Awards

20.02.2023. Nobel laureates James Peebles (L) and Barry Barish (R) during a panel discussion at the World Copernican Congress in Toruń. PAP/Tytus Żmijewski

Nobel laureates awarded first Copernican Prizes

Nobel laureates Professor Philip James Edwin Peebles and Professor Barry Clark Barish are the winners of the first Copernican Prizes.

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    Foundation for Polish Science launches third competition for Polish-Ukrainian scientific projects

    The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has launched its third competition in the FOR UKRAINE programme. The deadline for applications is April 4, 2023.

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    Universities

    AGH Space Systems team wins planetary rover competition in India

    The AGH Space Systems team from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków have won the International Rover Challenge 2023 in India.

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    Warsaw physics students win gold at University Physics Competition 2022

    Students from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw have won a gold medal in the University Physics Competition 2022.

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    Professor Magdalena Król awarded prestigious ERC grant for cancer research

    Professor Magdalena Król, an experimental cancer research expert from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, has been awarded a Proof of Concept grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The list of 90 ERC grant winners was published earlier this week. Magdalena Król is the only person in this group to carry out the grant project in Poland.

  • 07.12.2022. Representative of the Executive Board of the Foundation for Polish Science Professor Maciej Żylicz (R) during the 2022 FNP Prize Ceremony at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. PAP/Tomasz Gzell
    Awards

    Three winners receive prestigious 2022 FNP prizes

    Professors Marcin Nowotny, Bartosz Grzybowski and Adam Łajtar have received the 2022 Foundation for Polish Science Prizes. The 2022 FNP Prize Ceremony was held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

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    Popularisation

    Dr. Paweł Grzesiowski awarded Grand Prize in Popularizer of Science competition

    The Grand Prize in the 18th edition of the Popularizer of Science competition has been awarded to Dr. Paweł Grzesiowski, paediatrician, President of the Foundation for the Infection Prevention Institute, expert of the Supreme Medical Council for Epidemical Threats. Winners in five competition categories (scientist, animator, institution, media and team) also received awards.

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    Poles among creators of best satellite images of water

    The best satellite images showing the problem of pollution of the Earth's water ecosystems were awarded in the 'Seize the beauty of our planet' contest organized under the auspices of the Polish Space Agency.

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    Four Polish scientists win prestigious ERC grants

    Four scientists from Poland are among the 408 winners of ERC Starting Grants - prestigious grants awarded by the European Scientific Research Council (ERC). Two researchers represent the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, and one each the Jagiellonian University and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

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    Polish researchers among winners of EU Contest for Young Scientists

    Polish researchers have been named winners of the EU Contest for Young Scientists.

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