Nineteen projects of the University of Silesia will receive the National Science Centre funding. The agency supporting the scientific activity in the field of basic research announced the results of three calls for proposals: OPUS 20, SONATA 16, and PRELUDIUM BIS 2. Our scientists will be realising grants of the total amount of PLN 12,000,000.
OPUS 20
The call for proposals for research projects, including funding the purchase or manufacture of research equipment necessary for the realisation of these projects. Eight research initiatives are on the ranking:
- Mariusz Fras, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor: Tailoring the insurance product to the client’s needs – a revolution or evolution of legal provisions on concluding insurance contracts?;
project value: PLN 356,954.00;
Faculty of Law and Administration
- Krzysztof Gaidzik, PhD: Landscape evolution and active tectonics in the Central Andes;
project value: PLN 1,050,086.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Konrad Graczyk, PhD: Special courts in General Government – Sondergerichte im Generalgouvernement
project value: PLN 545,954.00;
Faculty of Law and Administration - Prof. Mariusz Salamon: Occurrence, distribution and diversity dynamics of Jurassic and Cretaceous crinoids along the southern margin of Tethys;
project value: PLN 704,807.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences - Katarzyna Hupert-Kocurek, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor: The molecular studies on the effect of fungal phytopathogens on selected endophytic bacteria with biocontrol activity;
project value: PLN 1,047,560.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences - Marcin Pietrzykowski, PhD, DSc, Eng. and Edyta Sierka, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor (partner): Effects of brownfield rehabilitation methods and revegetation scenario on functional diversity, carbon sequestration and water retention in the novel ecosystems;
project value: PLN 1,011,380.00;
consortium: 1. The University of Agriculture in Cracow, Faculty of Forestry; 2. The University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences; - Agata Zaborska, PhD, DSc, and Michał Laska, PhD (partner): Quantification of heavy metal discharge with freshwater runoff to an Arctic fjord ecosystem (Hornsund, Spitsbergen);
project value: PLN 1,500,051.00;
Consortium: 1. Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2. The University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences; 3. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences; - Mariusz Jagodziński, PhD, DSc and Gabriela Woźniak, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor (partner): Functional traits intraspecific variability of forest herbaceous species: sources and consequences
project value: PLN 1,454,543.00;
Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia.
PRELUDIUM BIS 2
The call for proposals, which realises research projects submitted by entities running doctoral schools. The programme supports the education of PhD students through funding research projects within the framework of doctoral dissertations prepared by them. The ranking includes five projects of the University of Silesia:
- Iron chelators as tyrosine kinase inhibitors – a new strategy for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme;
head of the project: Anna Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor;
project value: PLN 541,680.00;
Faculty of Science and Technology; - Repetitive DNA sequences and the evolution of Brachypodium (Poaceae);
head of the project: Bożena Kolano, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor;
project value: PLN 541,416.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences - Metatrancriptomic analysis of bacterial activity enhancing phytoremediation of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons;
head of the project: Tomasz Płociniczak, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor;
project value: PLN 540,736.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences; - Orthodox Theology of Animals in the essays of Tatiana Goricheva;
head of the project: Justyna Tymieniecka-Suchanek, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor;
project value: PLN 415,380.00;
Faculty of Humanities; - The role of intermolecular interactions, molecular bend angle and biaxiality in stabilizing the structure of the twist-bend phase liquid crystal materials.,
head of the project: dr hab. Katarzyna Merkel, PhD, DSc, Associate Professor;
project value: PLN 495,440.00;
Faculty of Science and Technology;
SONATA 16
The call for proposals for funding the research projects realised by individuals with a PhD title. The ranking includes six projects of the University of Silesia:
- The geopolitical character of the post-Tridentine apostolic nunciatures (1562-1605) – a prosopographical and comparative study;
head of the project: Dorota Gregorowicz, PhD;
project value: PLN 714,432.00;
Faculty of Humanities;
- Neotectonic evolution of the Northern Calcareous Alps determined through fault-slip analysis, radiometric dating of cave deposits, and morphology of deep karst systems;
head of the project: Jacek Szczygieł, PhD;
project value: PLN 591,510.00;
Faculty of Natural Sciences;
- The role of macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors in work addiction and related health problems;
head of the project: Edyta Charzyńska, PhD;
project value: PLN 479,778.00;
Consortium: 1. The University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Social Sciences; 2. The University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Social Sciences; - Embodied religion of laypeople in late ancient Egypt;
head of the project: Przemysław Piwowarczyk, PhD;
project value: PLN 293,676.00;
Faculty of Humanities; - Photodynamics of metal complexes with 2,6-bis(thiazol-2-yl)pyridine derivatives functionalized by aryls and N-donors as potential photoactive cytostatics
head of the project: Anna Maroń, PhD;
project value: PLN 846,600.00;
Faculty of Science and Technology; - Bipolar materials based on fused rings of pyrrolo- and indolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazoles for optoelectronic applications;
head of the project: Grażyna Szafraniec-Gorol, PhD;
project value: PLN 543,040.00;
Faculty of Science and Technology;
