The National Science Centre has announced OPUS 22 and SONATA 17 competitions for research grants. Numerous scientists from the University of Gdańsk are on the shortlist. In total, UG departments will receive over PLN 15 million. Finally, 589 out of 3005 submitted applications will receive funding in the total amount of nearly PLN 740 million. OPUS 22 is a competition that does not take into account the advancement of…

'Relativistic causality and information processing' - a project submitted to the NCN competition by the International Centre for the Theory of Quantum Technologies-has gained funding of over 3.4 million PLN. - 'We ask what are the absolutely fundamental limits on information processing in any reasonable physical theory. Also such, which ... do not exist yet,' - says prof. dr…

Dr Anna Iglikowska from the Faculty of Biology, UG. Dr Anna Iglikowska from the Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, was awarded the prize in the Miniatura 5 competition of the National Science Centre. Her project, entitled: 'Testing bioaccumulation of heavy metals in aquatic crustaceans from the group of Ostracoda,' will observe the impact of water…

The National Centre of Science announced the results of MAESTRO and SONATA BIS competitions. Among 40 projects, which will receive funding within SONATA BIS - ST panel, there is a project entitled 'Technology of additive manufacturing of spatial structures of polylactide composites reinforced with diamond,' realised in partnership between the University of Gdańsk and the…

The University of Gdańsk was among the leaders in the National Science Center grants in 2019. According to the recently published annual report, the University of Gdańsk ranked 5th among universities and 6th among all NCN funding beneficiaries in 2019. The university received co-funding of PLN  28 638 000  after submitting 56 eligible projects. The success rate of submissions was 24%, which is a commendable result. The…

National Science Center (NCN) has published the final, fourth ranking list of MINIATURA 4 funding recipients for a single, ground research activity. 13 researchers from the University of Gdańsk have received funding for their applications. Total funding granted is PLN 451 859,00. University of Gdańsk researchers altogether submitted 41 application to the funding scheme, 13 of them received funding. We present the list…

Researchers from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG and MUG Faculty of Pharmacy received funding of PLN 1.945.200,00 from the National Science Center to implement the project  ‘Ecological biochemistry of Pectobacterium - decoding of molecular interactions between bacteria and plants’. The funds were granted under the…

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…