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:
- Nominations shall be submitted in English to the DFG or the FNP in eight copies and in electronic version by the deadline (16 October 2009). In case of mailed nominations, the mailing date is decisive. Nominations submitted after the deadline shall not be considered.
- 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.
- 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: rafal.flis@fnp.org.pl.
In all other issues related to the contest you may contact:
FNP: Adam Zielinski (Tel. +48 22 845 95 15; adam.zielinski@fnp.org.pl)
DFG: Dr Anne Rörig (Tel. +49 (228) 885-2292; Anne.Roerig@dfg.de)