UG Associate Professor Paweł Sitkiewicz from the Institute for Culture Research at the UG Faculty of Languages was nominated for Gdynia Literary Prize in essay category for his book Gorączka filmowa. Kinomania w międzywojennej Polsce (The cinema fever. Cinemaphilia in Poland during the interwar period), Słowo/obraz terytoria publishing house, Gdańsk 2019. The book was nominated for Gdynia Literary Prize, selected out of…

On behalf of the University of Gdańsk, dr Hanna Wolska from the Faculty of Law and Administration is the manager of the grant, co-financed by the Polish-German Foundation for Science, whereas on behalf of the University of Giessen dr Magdalena Jaś-Nowopolska from the Faculty of Law manages the grant. The objective of the project is to conduct research on legal conditions of the freedom of business activity in Poland,…

The EXPRESS CALL TO FUND RESEARCH ON COVID-19 announced at the end of March, has just been concluded.  Dr hab. Ewelina Król from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed is one of the competition winners. She received PLN 999.600,00 in funding for the project: “Towards safe anti-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccine - modifications of the spike protein leading to the elimination of ADE effect”. The objective…

The General Meeting of the newly selected Members of the Polish Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), held remotely on May 11th of the current year, selected dr. hab. prof. UG Waldemar Surosz to serve as the Chairman of the Polish Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research PAN for 2020-2023 term. Professor Waldemar Surosz has served as a Dean of the Faculty of Oceanography and…

For the 28th time the Foundation for Polish Science  granted scholarships under the START program for the most talented Polish researchers. 100 outstanding young scientist will receive the scholarship this year. Start program scholarship recipients are selected through the highly competitive, multi-stage competition to evaluate quality of their scientific achievements so far. The hundred winning researchers were…

Michał Kowalski, freshman student of History of Art at the University of Gdańsk was announced a finalist of the XVI edition of Polish Press Photo Contest – Grand Press Photo 2020, organized by ‘Press’ journal and Grand Press Foundation. The photograph he submitted qualified as individual photo in ‘Environment’ category. It is a last call to vote for your favorite work. Winners will be announced on 13 May, during the…

Dr Wojciech Glac from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk again proves that he has not received Science Popularizer Award in ‘Scientist’ Category in vain. The neurobiologist created board game called ‘Infection’, where you protect human body infected with the coronavirus. In that assessible way, dr Glac accustoms us with this difficult subject and educates us on the functioning of the immune system. We…

The increased use of pharmaceuticals, and consequently increased number of pharmaceuticals discarded to the environment in multiple European countries raises justifiable concerns regarding their presence and potential influence on maritime organisms. Pharmaceuticals used to treat humans are currently regarded as little-known pollutants, however they may cause a serious threat to coastal waters, close to the point…

On 5 May 2020, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Wojciech Murdzek started works of the State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language for the term 2020-2024. New Chairman of the Commission -  prof. Waldemar Martyniuk, Secretary of the Commission - prof. Iwona Janowska and Members of the Commission – including dr hab. Ewa Badyda, prof. UG  from the Institute of Polish…

National Science Center (NCN) published the list of selected research projects, foreign internships, grants and other scientific undertakings financed by the NCN, relating to the viruses and epidemies research. 6 out of 52 selected projects are carried out at the University of Gdańsk:   Funding scheme Project title PM First Name PM Last Name Faculty Signing Date End date Amount of funding granted in…