Over PLN 2.6 million will be allocated to UPWr scientists for research under grants awarded in the National Science Center PRELUDIUM BIS 4 competition. The funded projects will contribute to increasing food safety, improving methods of prevention and treatment of salmonellosis and the use of yeast in biofuel production, among other things.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/preludium-bis---four-grants-for-upwr-researchers-568.html
The European Space Agency is to allocate EUR 80 million to the GENESIS mission, which goal is to do something that has never been achieved before in satellite and space exploration. The new satellite will help improve the accuracy of geodetic measurements on the Earth's surface. The team preparing the mission concept included four scientists from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/upwr-scientists-in-the-genesis-mission-team-520.html
Krzysztof Sośnica, chairman of the scientific discipline of Civil Engineering and Transport at the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław, a European Space Agency expert and member of the International Laser Ranging Service governing board, is currently the youngest professor in Poland.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/the-youngest-professor-in-poland-263.html
