Here are the 100 most talented researchers. The Foundation for Polish Science has announced a list

The list of one hundred of the most talented Polish scientists before thirty was announced on Monday by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). Winners and winners of the competition in the START 2025 program will receive scholarships with a total value of over PLN 3 million.

FNP awarded scholarships for young Polish scientists for the 33rd time. Winners and winners were selected through a multi -stage competition, in which the quality of their scientific achievements was assessed. Each of the researchers appreciated by FNP will receive an annual scholarship of 30,000. PLN, and the total amount for it is over PLN 3 million – the foundation said on Monday.

In this year's edition of the FNP competition, 725 applications arrived. Of the 100 winners (67 men and 33 women), 32 people had a doctoral degree at the time of submitting the application. The winners most often represent biological, medical and earth sciences (30 scholarships); chemical sciences and material science (23 scholarships); Humanities and social sciences (18 scholarships); Technical sciences (17 scholarships) and physical and mathematical sciences (12 scholarships). The most awarded young scientists are represented by the University of Warsaw (15), the Jagiellonian University (14), the Polish Academy of Sciences (13).

Since 2009, FNP has also been awarding the program participants, whose research achievements have been assessed by the reviewers of the competition as outstanding. The scholarships of these people will be increased to PLN 38 thousand. zloty. This year, awards were awarded to: Jędrzej Chrzanowski (Medical University of Łódź, Faculty of Medicine) – natural and medical sciences, Jakub Zakrzewski (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Faculty of Chemistry) – chemical sciences and materials, Sebastian Borówka (University of Warsaw, Center for New Technologies) – technical and strict sciences and Michalina Kowala (University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań, Department of Law and Administration) Humanities and social sciences.

As part of the START program, a scholarship is also awarded. Barbara Skarga. As we read in a message, they can be obtained by a person whose research “is distinguished by a bold crossing of boundaries between various fields of science, open new research perspectives and create new science values.” This year, Alexandra Staniewska from the Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań.

In turn, Stanisław Kurwalka from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw received a distinction. prof. Adam Sobiczewski, awarded by FNP since 2015, is an expression of appreciation for a scientist conducting research in mathematics, theoretical physics or astronomy, which has “extremely high quality” scientific achievements.

In this year's competition, a scholarship with distinction was awarded for the fourth time. prof. Wacław Szybalski for an outstanding young scientist conducting research in fields cultivated by the founder – i.e. biotechnology, genetics or molecular biology. Paulina Kamińska (Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw) became the winner of the award.

“Supporting young scientists is an investment in the future of science and innovation. Winners and winners of this year's competition in the START program prove that in Poland we have great research potential and world -class creativity. We are proud that we can accompany scholarships in the development of their scientific career and we believe that their achievement will contribute to real changes in many areas of life,” he said quoted in many areas of life. ” President of the Management Board of the Foundation for Polish Science prof. Maciej Żylicz.

Scholarships in the 2025 competition will be financed from the FNP budget, by private and institutional donors (TVN Foundation and PKO Bank Polski Foundation) and from payments 1.5 percent. income tax.

The full list of winners can be found on the website of the Foundation for Polish Science. The call for applications for the next competition will start in autumn this year.

Start is the oldest scholarship program in Poland for young scientists. Since 1993, FNP awarded a total of 3.6 thousand. people and granted 4236 scholarships (in the years 2002-2015 you could get a scholarship twice) with a total amount of over PLN 99.5 million. (PAP)

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