Three scientists from the University of Gdańsk have made it to the final of the government programme “Top 500 Innovators”.  Congratulations!

 

The list of finalists:

Joanna Karczewska-Golec, MA, Department of Biology UG

Dr Piotr Golec, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, affiliated to the University of Gdańsk

Michał Capierzyński, MA, the University of Gdańsk Technology Transfer Centre

 

Five groups of participants from the 2015 “Top 500 Innovators” will be taking part in 9-week internship and training programmes at Stanford University in the USA (two groups) and the University of Cambridge in the UK (two groups). 319 candidates from universities, research institutes, Polish Academy of Sciences institutes and technology transfer centres from all over Poland have applied for the fourth and final edition of the competition. 

 

“Top 500 Innovators” is the largest government programme promoting innovation in science. By the end of 2015 as many as 500 Polish scientists and employees of technology transfer centres will be participating in foreign internships and training at scientific and research centres high on the Academic Ranking of World Universities list.