They studied biology in Poland, conducted research at top institutions abroad for many years, and came out on top in the new funding scheme developed by the Max Planck Society (MPG). Now they are setting up their own research groups at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw: Aleksandra Pekowska and Grzegorz Sumara are overseeing the first two Dioscuri Centres. »

A scholarship for the best PhD students at doctoral schools, funding of research and an opportunity to do a foreign fellowship– these are the underlying assumptions of the new PRELUDIUM BIS call launched by the National Science Centre (NCN) and the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). The two agencies signed a cooperation agreement today. »

Dr hab. Michał R. Szymański from the University of Gdańsk is currently in charge of a project funded under NCN's POLONEZ 2, while Dr Rafał Banka from the Jagiellonian University is conducting research within the framework of SONATA 12. Yesterday, the two researchers received prestigious Starting Grants awarded by the European Research Council. »