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    Space, Memory and RNA. 2026 NCN Award

    Piotr Achinger, Dawid Kobiałka and Paweł Sikorski are the winners of this year’s NCN Award. This most prestigious distinction for early-career researchers was presented at the Wawel Castle on 14 October. The awarded researchers work in Warsaw and… czytaj dalej
    Piotr Achinger, Dawid Kobiałka and Paweł Sikorski are the winners of this year’s NCN Award. This most prestigious distinction for early-career researchers was presented at the Wawel Castle on 14 October.
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    2026 NCN Award Ceremony Broadcast Live from Wawel Castle

    On Wednesday, 14 October, the winners of the 2026 NCN Award will be announced during the ceremony at the Wawel Castle. The ceremony will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel, starting at 6:30 p.m. The NCN Award is the most prestigious distinction… czytaj dalej
    On Wednesday, 14 October, the winners of the 2026 NCN Award will be announced during the ceremony at the Wawel Castle. The ceremony will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel, starting at 6:30 p.m. 

  • Weave-UNISONO call: important notice for Polish research teams

    Under the Weave-UNISONO call, if a joint proposal is submitted to the SNSF as the lead agency by 1 October 2026, an NCN proposal must be submitted electronically via the OSF submission system as soon as possible following the submission of the joint… czytaj dalej
    Information for Polish research teams on to the deadlines and rules of preparing joint and NCN proposals within the Weave-UNISONO. 
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    SHENG: Pre-announcement of the fifth call for Polish-Chinese research projects

    The National Science Centre (NCN), in cooperation with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), plans to launch the fifth edition of the call for research projects carried out by Polish and Chinese research teams.Under the SHENG 5 call,… czytaj dalej
    The National Science Centre (NCN), in cooperation with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), plans to launch the fifth edition of the call for research projects carried out by Polish and Chinese research teams.
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    Terms of participation in grant calls amended by NCN Council

    The NCN Council has adopted the amended terms of participation in NCN grant calls announced in June, according to which the number of… czytaj dalej
    The NCN Council has adopted the amended terms of participation in NCN grant calls announced in June, according to which the number of proposals that a principal investigator may submit in a single year is limited, and eligibility for subsequent OPUS grants is linked to participation in ERC calls. 

  • Research into possibilities of water-based thermal energy storage

    Under the Weave-UNISONO programme, researchers from the University of Silesia in Katowice alongside their research partners from the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) will study the properties of water trapped inside nanometer-wide pores under to… czytaj dalej
    Under the Weave-UNISONO programme, researchers from the University of Silesia in Katowice alongside their research partners from the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) will study the properties of water trapped inside nanometer-wide pores under to explore the possibilities of using water for storage and recovery of currently wasted low-grade heat.
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    #NCNGeneration – Rafał Szabla: Basic building blocks of life on early Earth

    In the 10th episode of the series, we talk to Rafał Szabl, chemist from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, who studies how simple chemical compounds could have given rise to the basic building blocks of life on the early Earth  … czytaj dalej
    In the 10th episode of the series, we talk to Rafał Szabl, chemist from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, who studies how simple chemical compounds could have given rise to the basic building blocks of life on the early Earth.  
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    BiodivFuture Call Now Open

    In cooperation with the European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+ we have launched a call for transnational and interdisciplinary research projects in the field of biodiversity conservation science. A total of 1 million EUR is allocated for all… czytaj dalej
    In cooperation with the European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+ we have launched a call for transnational and interdisciplinary research projects in the field of biodiversity conservation science. A total of 1 million EUR is allocated for all Polish research teams.
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    NCN at 35th Economic Forum in Karpacz

    NCN will participate in the 35th Economic Forum in Karpacz which will start on 8 September 2026. It is one of the largest gathering of representatives from science, economy and politics in Central and Eastern Europe.We will take part in the panel… czytaj dalej
    NCN will participate in the 35th Economic Forum in Karpacz which will start on 8 September 2026. It is one of the largest gathering of representatives from science, economy and politics in Central and Eastern Europe.
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    Babies smell divine. Teenagers, not so much.

    An international research team involving researchers from the University of Wrocław received an Ig Nobel Prize for research into why babies smell better than teenagers. A research team comprising Prof. Ilona Croy from the University of Jena, Prof.… czytaj dalej
    An international research team involving researchers from the University of Wrocław received an Ig Nobel Prize for research into why babies smell better than teenagers. 
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    AI-based Wi-Fi optimization

    Under the Weave-UNISONO call, researchers from AGH University of Krakow, in collaboration with German researchers, will leverage machine learning to develop more efficient, reliable and equitable Wi-Fi networks. The Polish research team headed by… czytaj dalej
    Under the Weave-UNISONO call, researchers from AGH University of Krakow, in collaboration with German researchers, will leverage machine learning to develop more efficient, reliable and equitable Wi-Fi networks. 
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    Molecular ion, photon and ‘Schrödinger cat in Nature

    Polish researchers from the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with researchers from the Czech Republic and Austria, have developed a method for detecting single-photon absorption by a single molecular ion. … czytaj dalej
    Michał Tomza and Marcin Gronowski from the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with researchers from the Czech Republic and Austria, have developed a method for detecting single-photon absorption by a single molecular ion. Their research findings have just been published in Nature.