The Poland – U.S. Science Award

Candidates holding a doctoral degree are collaborating scientists, one of them working at a Polish research institution and the other at a U.S. research institution, whose achievement was a result their mutual interaction and comparable participation.

The purpose of the award is to give recognition to outstanding achievements accomplished through Polish-American scientific cooperation.

The award is granted to two scientists on the basis of a competition. The scope of the award covers the entire spectrum of scientific research excluding art.

All active members of the Polish and American scientific community holding a doctoral degree, or working as researchers or research administrator at a university or other R&D institution (including the industrial sector) are eligible to nominate candidates for the Award. Self-nominations shall be also considered.

Award winners are chosen from among the nominated candidates by a jury appointed by the AAAS and FNP including the following Jury members:

• Prof. Magda Konarska ? Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw
• Prof. Kris Matyjaszewski ? Carnegie Mellon University
• Prof. Karol Myśliwiec ? Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures Polish Academy of Sciences
• Prof. Krzysztof Palczewski ? Case Western Reserve University
• Prof. Marek Potemski ? The Laboratoire National de Champs Magnétiques
• Prof. Mark Rasenick ? University of Illinois at Chicago

The Jury elect to request the opinions of external experts.

Nominations shall be submitted in English only in electronic version by the closing date to:

• plusaward@fnp.org.pl

The complete nomination should consist of:

• acknowledgement by a nominator of the joint scientific achievement made by the two candidates in the sense of the award (the document should include a concise description of a one specific achievement and commentary concerning the impact of this achievement on the resolution of a societal or scientific problem)

• curricula vitae of both scientists and a list of publications relevant to the joint achievement
• one letter of support for the couple of nominees, in case of self-nominations ? two (the letter of support should be issued by a third party ? neither a nominator nor the nominees; it should contain informative comment on the quality of the achievement reported as the basis of the nomination)

NB: FNP or AAAS may contact the nominators to ask for additional information or documents.