POLONEZ BIS Team
Administrative Officers
Jolanta Palowska, a graduate of the Institute of English Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She taught linguistics, worked as a translator and editor, and in 2009 joined the international project support team at the Jagiellonian University Medical College. With the National Science Centre since 2017. POLONEZ BIS programme manager, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the programme and reporting to the European Commission.
Przemysław Puchała, a graduate of the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University. He has gained experience in EU-funded projects management during the internship carried out within the Erasmus+ programme. He started working for the National Science Centre in November 2018, initially in the Research Projects Administration Department and then in the International Cooperation Department. In the POLONEZ BIS programme he is responsible for monitoring the process of reporting project results to the Centre, including formal evaluation of the reports and the communication with applicants.
Agnieszka Jędrzejczyk, a graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow. She also completed postgraduate studies in Technology Transfer Management therein, Human Resources Management at the Cracow University of Economics and Applied Computer Science at the AGH – University of Science and Technology. She started her professional career as Project Administration Officer at the AGH – University of Science and Technology and has since gained many years of experience in supporting researchers in applying for funding and throughout project implementation. She joined the National Science Center in 2011, initially in the Research Projects Administration Department, then Proposal Processing Department and now in the International Cooperation Department.
In the POLONEZ BIS programme she is responsible for communication with applicants and fellows as well as monitoring ethics issues in the ongoing projects.
Piotr Malinowski, a graduate of the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University. As a journalist he collaborated with media in Poland, Ukraine, USA, Italy and Slovenia. In the POLONEZ BIS programme, he is responsible for the promotion, disemination and the communication with applicants.
Scientific Officers
Anna Fiust, a graduate of the Interfaculty Studies in Biotechnology at the University of Agriculture in Kraków. Throughout her career, she has been involved in several research projects in plant biotechnology, genetics and physiology, and coordinated a project funded within the PRELUDIUM scheme, awarded by the National Science Centre. Since 2019, she has served as the Discipline Coordinator at the Life Sciences Unit of the National Science Centre. She is the Discipline Coordinator for Life Sciences as well as the Coordinator of the Selection and Evaluation process in all POLONEZ BIS calls.
Anita Bielańska, a graduate of the Institute of Italian Studies and of the Institute of Film Studies at Jagellonian University, specialist in Italian Cinema. Since November 2020 she works for National Science Centre as a Discipline Coordinator. In Polonez Bis responsible for coordinating the evaluation process of proposals submitted in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences area.