Four projects involving Polish research teams have qualified for funding under Understanding the Mechanisms for Non-Pharmacological Interventions, a call organised by the JPND network. Two of these are coordinated by Polish principal investigators.

Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Bański from the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences will perform a research project under Weave-UNISONO on social and political consequences of spatial imbalance, using Eastern Europe as an example.

“Research under pressure – How do research institutions and funding organisations react to crisis?”. This is a subject of the third Polish-German Scientific Meeting held in Berlin on 27 and 28 October with the participation of 17 Polish and German research institutions.

“Nature” has published an article co-authored by Dr Mateusz Tałanda from the University of Warsaw, which sheds new light on the evolution of lizards in the era of the dinosaurs.

Following the decision of one of the applicants not to carry out the project funded under POLONEZ BIS 1 call, the funding decision was issued to one project representing the domain of physical Sciences and Engineering.

Between 24 and 26 October, the EOSC Festival – the National Tripartite Event Poland was held at the National Science Centre and online under the theme Open Science for Better Science.

We are pleased to announce that three projects involving Polish researchers have been awarded funding in the first call of the European Biodiversity Partnership.

The conference promoting the Basic Research program financed under the third edition of the EEA and Norway Grants was held in Gdańsk on Thursday, October 6, at the Olivia Business Center. This year's event was devoted to polar and climate research.

Karolina Safarzyńska, Michał Bogdziewicz, and Piotr Wcisło win NCN Award 2022, the most prestigious award for early-stage researchers in Poland. On 12 October, the award was given out for the tenth time in its history.