Three "Masters" at UW

The Foundation for Polish Science published the list of the laureates of their "Mistrz" ("Master") Programme and granted funding to ten distinguished scientists specialising in Mathematics, Physics or Engineering; among others, to three researchers from the University of Warsaw.

The following representatives of UW were awarded: Dr. Hab. Krzysztof Belczyński, working in the Astronomical Observatory, Dr. Hab. Piotr Kossacki of the Institute of Experimental Physics at the Faculty of Physics and Prof. Robert Moszyński, the Head of the Quantum Chemistry Laboratory at the Faculty of Chemistry.

The following scholars were also the laureates of the competition: Prof. Andrzej Bartoszewicz – Łódź University of Technology, Prof. Bożena Czerny – Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, Dr. Hab. Teodor Gotszalk and Prof. Arkadiusz Wójs – Wrocław University of Technology, Prof. Lech Januszkiewicz – Institute of Mathematics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Mieczysław Mastyło – Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Prof. Maciej Ogorzałek – Jagiellonian University.

The scientists will receive grants amounting to PLN300,000. According to the organizers of the competition, the awarded scholars are able to effectively combine research with training of younger staff and their attainments so far provide assurance of proper use of the funding.

The "Mistrz" Programme was initiated in 1998 r., its main objective is to support distinguished scholars by awarding them grants designed either to intensify the research they are already conducting or to explore new fields of research.

The grants are awarded via a closed competition which covers one field of science each year out of the four:

• I – Earth and Life Sciences;
• II – Chemical and Material Sciences;
• III – Mathematics, Physics and Engineering;
• IV – the Humanities and Social Sciences.

In 2013 the competition will be addressed to scholars conducting their research in the field of Chemical and Material Sciences.