On 30 December, Włodzimierz Bernacki, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education and Science, appointed new NCN Council members. On the same day, the new Council held its first session and elected Prof. Robert Hasterok as the new President.

The results of the last round of the OPUS 22+LAP/Weave call are now in. Polish researchers will carry out 15 bilateral projects in cooperation with German teams, and 1 trilateral project in cooperation with German and Slovenian teams, with the total budget of PLN 19.9 million.

NCN grant holders winning ERC calls, lots of support for young scientists, grants for Ukrainian researchers, a survey about men and women in science and the NCN Gender Equality Plan, NCN Days in Białystok and the QuantERA conference in Kraków – these are but some of the events we have lived and breathed in recent months. Here’s a rundown of 2022 at the NCN.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for a wonderful New Year!

In interviews with Prawo.pl and PAP, the Director of the National Science Centre talks about the budget situation, the new Council and the NCN’s plans for 2023.

The Minister of Education and Science has recently appointed twelve new members of the NCN Council, who will be in office from 15 December 2022 until 14 December 2026.

This year’s last lecture in the “Science in the Centre” series will be delivered by Michał Bogdziewicz, a forest ecologist and winner of the NCN Award 2022 for life sciences. The talk will start at 6 pm on 21 December.

Announcing the SONATINA 7 call for young researchers and the SHENG 3 call for Polish research teams involved in Polish-Chinese projects.

Join us on 15 December at 6:00 PM for an online “Complexity Economics: the Future Is Now” lecture which will be delivered by Karolina Safarzyńska.