Projects
Significant Projects

- Acronym:
- PASIFIC
- Title:
- Polish Academy of Sciences’ Individual Fellowships: Innovation & Creativity
- Implementation period:
- 2020 - 2025
- Funding:
- H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2018
- Project number:
- 847639
- Short description:
- PASIFIC is a new fellowship programme at the Polish Academy of Sciences. It will provide 50 scientists of any nationality with an opportunity to gain two years of research experience at one of the institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). The applicants will have the freedom to choose their research area, a research supervisor, Host Institute and secondment organizations best suited to their individual research and career development. The Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS invites researchers at postdoctoral level to apply under PASIFIC project. List of Potential Supervisors from IPC PAS who are committed to supporting PACIFIC Fellows is available here.
- Project website:
- https://pasific.pan.pl/

- Acronym:
- Dioscuri Centre
- Title:
- Dioscuri Centre for Physics and Chemistry of Bacteria
- Project manager:
- Dr Bartłomiej Wacław
- Implementation period:
- 2020 - 2025
- Funding:
- Max Planck Society/National Science Centre
- Project number:
- UMO-2019/02/H/NZ6/00003
- Short description:
- The Dioscuri Centre investigates processes of bacterial growth and evolution using a combination of experiments and computational methods, in partnership with the Evolutionary Theory Department at the MPI Plön. Research activities focus on the physics and chemistry of interactions between bacteria, their environment, and animal cells: adhesion, mechanical interactions, diffusion, and others. The main goal is to better understand bacterial infections and the evolution of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria invading human and animal hosts.
- Project website:
- https://dioscuricentrebacteria.com/

- Acronym:
- ICTER
- Title:
- International Centre for Translational Eye Research
- Project manager:
- Prof. Maciej Wojtkowski
- Implementation period:
- 2019 - 2023
- Funding:
- International Research Agenda programme, Foundation for Polish Science
- Project number:
- MAB/2019/12
- Short description:
- The International Centre for Translational Eye Research ICTER – a new research center, subunit of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, established by professors Maciej Wojtkowski and Krzysztof Palczewski, aims to research the dynamics and plasticity of the human eye and to develop new therapies and diagnostic tools to assist in various visual dysfunctions. ICTER is an interdisciplinary initiative covering areas of applied optics, new technologies, engineering, chemistry, biophysics, biology and medicine. The project is implemented with foreign partner – Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London (UCL) in Great Britain.
- Project website:
- https://www.icter.pl/

- Acronym:
- PD2PI
- Title:
- From Postdoc to PI: Future leaders of ERA
- Implementation period:
- 2019 - 2024
- Funding:
- H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2018
- Supplementary funding:
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education - implementation of an international co-financed projects
- Project number:
- 847413
- Short description:
- PD2PI is a novel postdoctoral programme of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC), designed to foster new generation of scientists (Experienced Researchers) to become independent leaders/managers capable of working in business and/or academia. PD2PI offers research training programme, based on 3-i approach (i.e. intersectoral, international and interdisciplinary), in the field of broadly understood chemistry with its links to medicine/biology and physics. The PD2PI fellows will be free to choose research area from IPC offer and submit own interdisciplinary research proposal, which will be evaluated with participation of international experts in a transparent competition. Each successfully selected project will be carried out within the framework of international cooperation.
- Project website:
- https://www.pd2pi.edu.pl/

- Acronym:
- IMCUSTOMEYE
- Title:
- IMaging-based CUSTOMised EYE diagnostics
- Implementation period:
- 2018 - 2021
- Funding:
- H2020-ICT-2016-2017
- Supplementary funding:
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education - implementation of an international co-financed projects
- Project number:
- 779960
- Short description:
- IMCUSTOMEYE partners will develop a tool based on innovative photonics and modelling approaches in response to the need to personalize healthcare in ophthalmology, improve diagnostics and health outcomes, reduce costs and promote active and healthy ageing, while complying with the objectives of the EU Horizon 2020. IMCUSTOMEYE will contribute to a more effective, customised treatment of eye diseases and to reinforce industrial leadership in the area of diagnostic imaging in ophthalmology.
- Project website:
- http://www.imcustomeye.eu/

- Acronym:
- CREATE
- Title:
- The CREAtion of the Department of Physical Chemistry of Biological SysTEms
- Implementation period:
- 2015 - 2020
- Funding:
- H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-2015
- Supplementary funding:
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education - implementation of an international co-financed projects
- Project number:
- 666295
- Short description:
- The CREATE project is targeted at development of a new chair - Department of Physical Chemistry of Biological Systems within the structure of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC) led by world-class scientist reputable in the European Research Area (‘ERA Chair holder’). For the ERA Chair holder position Professor Maciej Wojtkowski was selected, a world-widely renowned scientist working in the field of biomedical imaging.
- Project website:
- http://www.create.edu.pl/

- Acronym:
- NaMeS
- Title:
- Interdisciplinary NAnoscience School: from phenoMEnology to applicationS
- Implementation period:
- 2016 - 2021
- Funding:
- H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015
- Supplementary funding:
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education - implementation of an international co-financed projects
- Project number:
- 711859
- Short description:
- The NaMeS project is aimed at creating the international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary doctoral studies, under which 22 excellent and well-motivated young scientists (Early Stage Researchers) will carry out ambitious research in the field of nanosciences (nanotechnology, modern nanomaterials and microstructure of matter).
- Project website:
- http://www.names.edu.pl/
- Acronym:
- GOTSolar
- Title:
- New technological advances for the third generation of Solar cells
- Implementation period:
- 2016/01/01 – 2018/12/31
- Funding:
- H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015/H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA
- Project number:
- 687008
- Short description:
- The emerging perovskite sensitized solar cells (PSCs) are very likely to revolutionize the market of photovoltaic devices. Their meteoric rise in performance – from 10% in 2013 to over 24% in 2018 – attracted intense attention of the scientific community. This project proposed disruptive approaches for the development of highly efficient PSCs aiming to face the challenge of bringing this new and promising technology to the commercial level for the first time ever. GOTSolar main goals went substantially beyond the state-of-the-art and included: 1) development of new advanced materials targeting 24 % of efficiency for lab-size (ca. 25 mm2) PSCs; 2) assessing and solving PSC durability issues, namely, developing a new hermetically laser assisted glass encapsulation process to enable high-durability and tested under accelerated aging conditions; and 3) framing the early stage scale-up processes by assembling a device of 10×10 cm2 used for demonstrating the scalability of the developments for producing the first perovskite solar module with potential for 20 years of lifetime.
- Project website:
- http://www.gotsolar.eu/

- Acronym:
- Noblesse
- Title:
- NanOtechnology, Biomaterials and aLternative Energy Source for ERA integration
- Project manager:
- prof. dr hab. Robert Hołyst
- Implementation period:
- 2011 - 2014
- Funding:
- FP7-REGPOT-CT-2011-285949-NOBLESSE
- Supplementary funding:
- The Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the implementation of international projects co-financed
- Project number:
- 285949
- Short description:
- The overarching goal of the NOBLESSE project is to establish the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC-PAS) as an integrated partner and respected participant in the European nanoscience community. The IPC-PAS has a strong research record in both fundamental studies of physiochemical processes as well as application oriented research. The use and control of nanostructured materials is of great importance for the development of new environmentally friendly materials, more efficient energy-sources and biosensors for medical analysis. The NOBLESSE project will bring essential equipment to the institute, but also help create a Polish nanoscience network to survey the major equipment at Polish research centres and make sure that necessary equipment is available to the researchers. This will be an important development not only for IPC-PAS but for Polish nanoscience as a whole.
- Project website:
- http://213.135.39.48/noblesse/
Other grants

- Title:
- Platform of expert support for industry - Creation and expansion of a platform of offers to intensify cooperation between science and industry in practical applications of biological and chemical sciences
- Implementation period:
- 2018 - 2020
- Funding:
- DIALOG0188/2017
- Short description:
- The aim of this initiative is, on the one hand, to promote the services offered by the Institute of Physical Chemistry and the Institute of Experimental Biology for industry and, on the other hand, to ensure effective communication with industry and practical support for product and process innovations in response to inquiries from entrepreneurs.
- Project website:
- http://science4business.edu.pl/
Programs and competitions
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MAESTRO
- Project title: Removal of image distortions by Spatio-Temporal Optical Coherence manipulation.
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Maciej Wojtkowski
- Project number: 2016/22/A/ST2/00313
- Project duration: 21.04.2017 - 20.04.2021
- Project title: New method for determination of equilibrium constant for complex formation, concentrations and diffusion coefficients in solutions and living cells at nanomolar down to picomolar concentration of reagents.
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Robert Hołyst
- Project number: 2016/22/A/ST4/00017
- Project duration: 13.04.2017 - 12.04.2021
- Project title: Ultrastable and bright fluorophores for single molecule studies.
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Jacek Waluk
- Project number: 2016/22/A/ST4/00029
- Project duration: 18.05.2017 - 17.05.2022
- Project title: Microfluidic methods for quantitative antibiotic susceptibility assays with single cell resolution.
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Piotr Garstecki
- Project number: 2018/30/A/ST4/00036
- Project duration: 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2023
- Project title: Elaboration of unconventional nanostructured perovskites and zinc oxide through compositional and morphological engineering for game-changing improvements in light harvesting devices.
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Janusz Lewiński
- Project number: 2019/34/A/ST5/00416
- Project duration: 01.07.2020 - 30.06.2024
PRELUDIUM
- Project title: Supramolecular complexes of pillar[n]arenes modified by carboxyl groups with
guanidine and amidine derivatives - Project leader: mgr inż. Helena Lidia Butkiewicz
- Numer projektu: 2017/27/N/ST5/01931
- Lata realizacji: 24.07.2018 - 23.07.2021
- Project title: Structure dynamics of surface of catalytic systems based on nanocrystalline gold loaded
on oxide supports in chemoselective Reduction of (Volatile) Alpha,Beta-Unsaturated Carbonyl compounds (R-(V)ABUC) - Project leader: mgr inż. Maciej Zieliński
- Numer projektu: 2018/29/N/ST4/01465
- Lata realizacji: 04.02.2019 - 20.04.2021
- Project title: Towards novel multicationic halide perovskites and their applications in photovoltaic cells
- Project leader: mgr Marcin Saski
- Numer projektu: 2018/29/N/ST5/02322
- Lata realizacji: 04.02.2019 - 03.02.2021
- Project title: Nowe nanomateriały do chemoselektywnego uwodornienia nitrocykloheksanu do oksymu cykloheksanu w warunkach przepływowych
- Project leader: mgr inż. Emil Kowalewski
- Project number: 2018/31/N/ST5/02555
- Project duration: 15.07.2019 - 14.07.2021
- Project title: Aqueous Phase Photo-oxidation of α‑Pinene Aging Products - Kinetics, Mechanism and Product Studies
- Project leader: mgr inż. Agata Dorota Kołodziejczyk
- Project number: 2020/37/N/ST4/02527
- Project duration:
- Project title: Fabrication of real-size multi-scale biomimetic vascular networks via microfluidic bioprinting
- Project leader: mgr inż. Nehar Celikkin
- Project number: 2020/37/N/ST5/03272
- Project duration:
PRELUDIUM PLUS
- Project title: Ion permeation in the molecular crystals
- Project leader: dr. hab. Oksana Danylyuk
- Project number: 2019/35/O/ST4/01865
- Project duration: 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2024
OPUS
SONATA
SONATA BIS
- Project title: Photoswitchable catalysis on the surface of colloidal particles
- Project leader: dr. Volodymyr Sashuk
- Project number: 2014/14/E/ST5/00778
- Project duration: 02.06.2015 - 01.06.2021
- Project title: Nanoengineering of thin layers of semiconductor photocatalysts in a microreactor environment for lignin-based model compounds valorization
- Project leader: dr inż. hab. prof. nadzw IChF PAN Juan Carlos Colmenares Quintero
- Project number: 2015/18/E/ST5/00306
- Project duration: 12.04.2016 - 11.10.2021
HARMONIA
MINIATURA
ETIUDA
FUGA
- Project title: Systems in supersonic jets and cryogenic matrices
- Project leader: dr. inż. Justyna Mech
- Project number: 2015/16/S/ST4/00427
- Project duration: 01.10.2015 - 04.01.2020
POLONEZ
SHENG
SYMFONIA
- Project title: The role of antimicrobial protein-chemerin in skin pathophysiology
- Project leader: prof. dr hab. Piotr Garstecki
- Project number: 2014/12/W/NZ6/00454
- Project duration: 21.11.2014 - 31.08.2020
BEETHOVEN
SONATINA
Solar-Driven Chemistry
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LIDER
PROJEKTY POLSKO-TAJWAŃSKIE
ERA-NET
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Team-Tech
HOMING
FIRST TEAM
TEAM
TEAM NET
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Polskie Powroty
Program im. Ulama
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PROJEKT z Działania 4.2. Programu Operacyjnego Inteligentny Rozwój 2014-2020