Michał Prusiński awarded in the MEiN 'Pearls of Science' competition

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has settled the first competition in the 'Pearls of Science' competition for student-led grant projects. Nearly 100 projects received funding as part of the program's first edition aimed at exceptionally talented graduates of first-cycle studies and students after completing their third or fourth year of unified master's studies.

• Michał Prusiński received funding for the project 'Application of plant extracts and metal nanoparticles against quarantine phytopathogens'.

The 'Pearls of Science' competition aims to support exceptionally talented first-degree graduates or students after their third or fourth year of unified master's studies.

The competition attracted 335 applications (the call lasted from January 4 to February 18, 2022). Of these, 98 winning projects were selected.