Anton Zeilinger fot. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Sepp Dreissinger Prof. Anton Zeilinger - a Nobel laureate, world-renowned quantum physicist and long-standing collaborator of the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT) at the University of Gdańsk - has joined the ranks of foreign members of the Polish…

The Minister of Science and Higher Education, Marcin Kulasek, has awarded scholarships to 230 outstanding young scientists representing 54 scientific and artistic disciplines. Among the recipients were four researchers from the University of Gdańsk: dr Maciej Mańko, dr Dorota Miler, dr Urszula Zarzecka, and dr Magdalena Zdrowowicz-Żamojc. The Minister…

The results of the competition for scholarships awarded by the Lanckoroński Foundation and the Lanckoroński Foundation of Brzezie to Polish humanities scholars for research abroad have been announced. One of the scholarship recipients (for 2027) is dr hab. Karol Kłodziński from the Department of Ancient History at the Institute of History, University…

Nearly 7 million zlotys for the implementation of the project ‘CO₂ capture technology from industrial gas streams using advanced porous materials’ (CO2MAT) has been awarded in the third call for proposals under the NEON programme, implemented as a joint endeavour between the National Centre for Research and Development and ORLEN S.A. The project, led by prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, will be carried out at the Faculty…

We know the winners of the ‘Competition for the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences Award for Young Scientists for the best creative work published in 2025’. As always, the awards were presented in five categories; in four of them, the laureates were researchers from the University of Gdańsk! The Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Academy of…

Dr Felix Huber from the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Gdańsk was among the winners of the prestigious international QuantERA Call 2025 grant competition, having been involved in two projects, one of which he will coordinate. The competition is one of the most important European programmes supporting research into…

We present a profile of dr Tomasz Linowski from the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies at the University of Gdańsk, winner of the prestigious START grant from the FPS in the field of physics. The START programme is the FPS’s longest-running fellowship programme, supporting outstanding young scientists across all fields of science.…

We present a profile of dr Łukasz Grabowski, a lecturer in the Department of Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, and recipient of the prestigious START grant from the Foundation for Polish Science in the field of microbiology. The START programme is the FPS’s longest-running fellowship scheme, supporting outstanding young…

How can scientific development be combined with addressing real social needs? A good example is the project led by dr hab. Karolina Pierzynowska, prof. UG, entitled ‘Development of a comprehensive care system for NBIA (neurodegenerative disease with iron deposition in the brain) patients in Poland’. The project has received funding under the Ministry…

The University of Gdańsk is a partner of the European Quantum Academy ‘Quantum technologies are recognised as one of the key technologies of the future,’ says dr Adrian Kołodziejski, who leads the European Quantum Academy (EQA) project on behalf of the University of Gdańsk. This is a prestigious, ambitious undertaking involving over 70 institutions…