Fulbright STEM Impact Award for prof. Łukasz Kurpaska

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Prof. Łukasz Kurpaska, our Materials’ Functional Properties Research Group Leader, received the Fulbright STEM Impact Award.

 

Three Poles has been rewarded by the foundation this year in the area of research projects on science, technology, ingeneering and mathematics (STEM). The scientist will take advantage on a grant for a 2 to 6-week stay in US research institutions. Scholarship holders can not only share their knowledge and conduct research in their field, but also learn about the organizational and financing systems of American institutions.

 

Prof. Łukasz Kurpaska is a Head of Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) in the National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ). He coordinated several expertise works for Polish industry and is working with numer of Polish accreditation and certificate institutions such as: Polish Center for Accreditation, Technical Inspection Authority and Office of Nuclear Regulation. MRL is the only laboratory in Poland equipped in set of 12 Hot Cells able to handle radioactive materials, while mechanical division of MRL is the only laboratory in Poland providing services in the field of fracture mechanics in accordance with ASTM, BS and ISO standards. Since September 2020, Prof. Łukasz Kurpaska has acted as the leader of the Research Group at NOMATEN.

 

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 857470 and from European Regional Development Fund
via Foundation for Polish Science International Research Agenda PLUS programme grant
No MAB PLUS/2018/8.
Poland
The project is co-financed from the state budget within the framework of the undertaking of the Minister of Science and Higher Education "Support for the activities of Centers of Excellence established under Horizon 2020".

Grant: 5 143 237,70 EUR
Total value: 29 971 365,00 EUR
Date of signing the funding agreement: December 2023

The purpose of the undertaking is to support entities of the higher education and science system that have received funding from the European Union budget in the competition H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020/WIDESPREAD-01-2018-2019: Teaming Phase 2. in the preparation, implementation and updating of activities, maintenance of material resources necessary for carrying out activities, acquisition and modernization of scientific and research apparatus, maintenance and development of personnel potential necessary for the implementation of activities, and dissemination of the results of scientific activities.