Program Copernicus 2012


Introduction

Polish-German Scientific Award "Copernicus"

Introduction
The Copernicus Award was created to give a distinction to the individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation and who have attained significant successes in promoting young researchers.

The Copernicus Award is a common undertaking between the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
The award is granted to academics on the basis of a competition, irrespective of their field of science. Candidates may be nominated by researchers having a doctoral degree who are employed at a Polish or German academic institution.
Candidates are academics who hold at least a doctoral degree, are aged under 65, work at a Polish or German academic institutions, and at the time of the making of the award are engaged in a Polish-German scientific project. Candidates should not hold management positions that conflict with their research activities.

Please remember that:

  1. Nominations shall be submitted only in English via electronic system by the deadline (31 July 2011). Once the on-line form is completed, please accept and close the nomination file and print out the nomination form in two copies. Each copy has to be signed and mailed to FNP and DFG (postal addresses below). In case of mailed nomination forms, the mailing date is decisive. Nominations submitted after the deadline shall not be considered.

    Foundation for Polish Science
    Tomasz Poprawka
    Grazyny 11
    02-548 Warsaw
    Poland

    Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Philip Thelen
    Internationale Zusammenarbeit
    D-53170 Bonn
    Germany

  2. Each nomination shall refer to a team of two researchers, one from Poland, one from Germany. Nominations concerning only one candidate shall not be considered.
  3. Self-nominations shall not be considered.

To submit an application please login, fill in all fields and prepare the attachments according to the instructions. Before the first login, please register. In case of any technical problems please contact the administrator: tomasz.poprawka@fnp.org.pl.
In all other issues related to the contest you may contact:
FNP: Dr Tomasz Poprawka; phone: +48 (22) 845 95 42; email: tomasz.poprawka@fnp.org.pl
DFG: Philip Thelen; phone: +49 (228) 885-2663; email: philip.thelen@dfg.de

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