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History

After the change of the political system in Poland in 1989, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland liquidated the Central Fund for the Development of Science and Technology and allowed for the transfer of some of its to create a new foundation supporting science.

On February 6, 1991, the District Court in Warsaw registered the Foundation for Polish Science. Over time, the new, independent, self-financing organization became Poland's largest non-governmental source of funding for science.

Founders of the Foundation

After more than a year of FNP's existence, Prof. Maciej W. Grabski became its president, soon supported by Prof. Marian Grynberg as vice-president. In the following years, they created a model of supporting scientists that gained recognition in the community and became a standard-setter for other Polish institutions financing scientific research.

Prof. Maciej W. Grabski

Prof. Maciej W. Grabski was born on June 20, 1934, in Grabków-Gołąbki near Warsaw (today Ursus-Gołąbki), where he lived his whole life. Grabski passed away on February 12, 2016. He had unusual roots. His parents were writer Władysław Jan Grabski and painter Zofia Wojciechowska-Grabska, while his grandparents were Władysław Grabski, prime minister and minister in the Second Republic, and Stanisław Wojciechowski, president of the Republic of Poland in the years 1922–26.

Prof. Marian Grynberg

Prof. Marian Grynberg was born on April 11, 1940, and died on November 19, 2017, in Warsaw. He was affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Warsaw for more than 50 years. He was a physicist who specialized in solid-state physics, particularly in the physics of semiconductors. As a long-time university professor, he became an educator of many generations of researchers.

 

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