…kable scholar, one of the greatest living Sovietologists. – he summed up.   Alain Besançon is the scientific director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, a historian specializing in Russia, a political thinker, essayist, an insightful analyst of totalitarian systems, a founding father of the quarterly “Commentaire”, member of Institut de France and the Cavalier of the Legion of Honour. He is also an author of numero…

…s calls; more than 2,300 projects have been selected to receive ERC funding. The competition is held among not only scientists from the European Union but also from associated countries – in other words – from around the world. In November, we will know the names of the laureates of the 2014 edition. The ERC Starting Grants call is published once a year. Applications are evaluated in three thematic groups: physical sciences and engineering, life s…

…us should be directed on the laureates of the European Research Council competitions. The funds from ERC are available to scientists from all around Europe, so Polish scientists compete on equal grounds against their peers from all other countries of the continent. So far, Poland won 14 ERC grants, of which 7 went to the University of Warsaw. In other two projects University participates as the institutional partner, cooperating, among others, wit…

…should be directed on the laureates of the European Research Council competitions. The funds from ERC are available to scientists from all around Europe, so Polish scientists compete on equal grounds against their peers from all other countries of the continent. So far, Poland won 14 ERC grants, of which 7 went to the University of Warsaw. In other two projects University participates as the institutional partner, cooperating, among others, with…

…education institution which received a grant in this competition is the Warsaw University of Technology. More information on the selection results eacea.ec.europa.eu More information on Erasmus Mundus A2 SIGMA Agile www.sigma.uw.edu.pl…

…at the Brudzinski Hall in Pałac Kazimierzowski, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28.   More information www.en.ism.uw.edu.pl…

…e for European Regional and Local Studies at University of Warsaw, The Visegrad Group.   More informationwww.euroreg.uw.edu.pl/en isp.org.pl…

…University in Poznan, and the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Lodz.   More information www.is.uw.edu.pl…

…r class, school, country, and finally on the international scene. In order to make it to the final, they first need to convince national juries to their projects.   The 26th final of the competition is the first to take place in Poland, in the University of Warsaw. Now the decisive stage brought to Warsaw the 118 best young scientists from Europe, Asia and North America. They include mathematicians, computer scientists, ecologists, engineers, econ…

…, and to be guided by some of the most prominent scientists in Europe.   The outcome is a significant endorsement by the European Commission of the work and development achieved in each participant country, which it is hoped will guide and promote more and more young people to careers in science and technology.   The University of Warsaw is host organiser for the 26th EUCYS. The co-organisers are Copernicus Science Centre and Polish Children’s Fun…