On June 28 in Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, the agreement was signed on scientific co-operation between Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and Consortium COPIN in the nuclear physics, acceleration technics and their applications in medical diagnostics and therapy.  Prof. Fernando Ferroni the Director of LNL, Legnaro, acted on behalf of the President of INFN to sign the Agreement. On behalf  of COPIN, the Agreement was signed by Prof. Marek Je¿abek, Director General of IFJ PAN the head of the Consortium and Prof.  Adam Maj the President of the Consortium Council.  The co-operation will include institutions-constituents of COPIN Consortium and several national institutes in Italy, among those Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Legnaro-Padova), Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (Catania), Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, as well as INFN sections in Milan, Padova, and others.

This award addresses young Polish doctors who defended their PhD thesis in 2012 or 2013 and who carried out PhD researches in a Polish laboratory or within a French-Polish Cotutelle PhD program.

The contest addresses all the scientific fields of research that can be applied to energy in terms of production, transport, storage, or improvement of the energy efficiency. The contest is not limited to one particular source or technology and the researches can deal with photovoltaic, fuel cells, super condenser, nuclear, biomass, fossil fuel, aeolian energy, etc. Fundamental as well as applied researches are accepted.

The thesis prize represents an amount of 3 500€ to be divided between the two first places of the contest:

·         The 1^st prize will cover the costs of a flight ticket both ways France-Poland and of a scientific stay according to the rules listed in the contest rules, as well as a plane ticket both ways Warsaw-Paris to be used freely.

·         The 2^nd prize will cover the costs of a flight ticket both ways France-Poland and of a scientific stay according to the rules listed in the contest rules.

Deadline for sending applications: 2^nd May 2014

More information: http://institutfrancais.pl/sciences-universites/pl/2014/02/17/marie-sklodowska-curie-thesis-award-in-the-field-of-energy/

Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (SCAC) of French Embassy in Warsaw sent a letter to Prof. Adam MAJ Coordinator of COPIN-IN2P3 cooperation (see fragments attached below),  informing on a project of awarding the best PhD of a polish researcher in nuclear sciences. 
Candidates should be presented to Prof. Adam MAJ.

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Dear Prof. Adam MAJ,

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One of our main project for 2013 is to create a Franco-Polish Prize for the best PhD in the field of nuclear sciences. This Prize would be awarded to Polish researchers who are in the last years of PhD (3rd or 4th year) or who graduated 5 years ago maximum (i.e. from 2009). 

We would be particularly interested in candidates who collaborate or have collaborated strongly with France (franco-polish "cotutelle" joint PhD, masters degree get in France, etc.) but our main criterion remains the scientific quality of the research carried out.

/…/ We need basic information about them i.e. name, surname, phone number, email address and thesis title, so we can contact them in the next months in order to participate to the Prize contest. /…/
Best Regards

Vincent B. GALAND

Attaché adjoint à la science et la technologie
Zastêpca Attaché ds. Wspó³pracy Naukowej
Responsable des Bourses du Gouvernement Français
Odpowiedzialny za  program  francuskich stypendiów rz±dowych

Ambassade de France, ul. Piêkna 1, 00-477 Varsovie, Pologne
Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (SCAC)
www.ambafrance-pl.org 
Tel: (00.48.22) 529.30.95
Mob: (00.48) 69.003.70.28