25 projektów i drugie miejsce UŁ w konkursie MINIATURA 7

This excellent result proves the great engagement of young scientists from the University of Lodz in their research, regardless of the scientific discipline. It should be noted that the beneficiaries of the 7th edition of the MINIATURA call included representatives of the majority of the University of Lodz's faculties

 – says Katarzyna Kalska-Sochacka, Head of the University of Lodz Science Centre

The list of projects by the University of Lodz scientists that received funding as part of MINIATURA 7:

1. Dr Sebastian Krzysztof Sakowski, Basic research on a new concept of DNA computing application, a research visit, PLN 49 900,00, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science 
2. Dr Sylwia Michlewska, The new generation of polyphenolic dendrimers as paclitaxel carriers in the therapy of drug resistant Small Cell Lung Cancer, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 48 752,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection   
3. Dr Piotr Olszewski, DNA barcoding and nesting biology as a tool for formal delimitation of the cryptic species Oxybelus quattuordecimnotatus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 39 347,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
4. Dr Witold Feliks Sobczak, Semantic and syntactic conditions for the use of masculine adjectives as adverbs and the frequency of their usage in contemporary standard Spanish and its Latin-American varieties, a library and archive search, PLN 32 483,00, Faculty of Philology 
5. Dr Ewa Urbaniak, Language politics in Galicia, a research visit, PLN 16 830,00, Faculty of Philology
6. Dr Rafał Wojciech Kamocki, Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for a nonlinear Bolza problem involving a Ψ-Caputo fractional derivative, a research visit, PLN 14 905,00, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
7. Dr Agnieszka Świętosławska, The works of Feliks Pęczarski, a deaf painter of Warsaw biedermeier, a library and archive search, PLN 10 050,00, Faculty of Philosophy and History  
8. Dr Justyna Dorota Nawrocka, Screening study of the effect of a complex of microbial biocontrol agents and polysaccharide wastes on the increase in biodiversity and the emission of volatile attractants by the vegetation of melliferous flower meadows, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 940,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection  
9. Dr Aleksandra Joanna Szwed-Georgiou, Multiphase implants with targeted mobilization of mesenchymal stem cells for the regeneration of bone defects, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 610,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
10. Dr Monika Justyna Nowak, The bioinsecticide Beauveria bassiana as a microbial agent for the elimination of Fusarium mycotoxins, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 48 950,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
11. Dr Anna Barbara Jarkiewicz, Development of preventive strategies for mental health among adolescents, a scientific internship, PLN 23 769,00, Faculty of Educational Sciences
12. Dr Kacper Pyrzanowski, Relationship between brook lamprey and Ukrainian lamprey: Coexistence or competitive displacement?, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 11 000,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
13. Dr Piotr Adam Gabrielczak, Towards a better revision of the postulates of the New New Trade Theory - an internship in Surrey, a scientific internship, PLN 46 200,00, Faculty of Economics and Sociology
14. Dr Karolina Joanna Matczak, New benserazide and benitrobenrazide derivatives for breast cancer therapy - preliminary analysis of biological activity in vitro, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 500,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection 
15. Dr Luiz Felipe de Andrade, Adaptative and functional meaning of the presumed lateral sensory line in amphipods (Amphipoda), a pilot study, PLN 44 429,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection  
16. Dr Aneta Monika Kisielewska, Decomposition of (nano-)microplastic by photocatalytic method, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 995,00, Faculty of Chemistry
17. Dr Michał Soliwoda, Green energy transition of the agricultural sector, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 29 700,00, Faculty of Economics and Sociology
18. Dr Andrea Desiderato, Temporary ponds: Biodiversity and trancriptomics of endangered habitats, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 588,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection 
19. Dr Ivan Smirnov, Functioning of the Latin alphabet in Kazakhstan, a research visit, PLN 24 221,00, Faculty of Philology
20. Dr Łukasz Jan Berezowski, The methodology of a translator’s work in the field of Italian-Polish translation of criminal procedural law: a case study of a court interpreter of the Polish language in Italy for the needs of the criminal courts of Rome, a research visit, PLN 45 249,00, Faculty of Philology
21. Dr Paweł Hikisz, Pyrazoline derivatives condensed with chromanone or flavanone in colorectal cancer therapy: analysis of molecular anticancer activities, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 49 500,00, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
22. Dr Béla Fiser, Crystallization Applied to Understand Amine Catalysed (poly)Urethane Synthesis “Cata-PUR”, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 42 350,00, Faculty of Chemistry 
23. Dr Agnieszka Przybyszewska, Audience research as an element of the XR literature research methodology - a pilot study of VR poetry, a preliminary/pilot study, PLN 17 600,00, Faculty of Philology
24. Dr Łukasz Pajor, Directors’ liability for tax debts of an English private company limited by shares under the German tax law, a library and archive search, PLN 16 163,00, Faculty of Law and Administration
25. Dr Jarosław Andrzej Olesiak, Intertemporal provisions applicable to the general anti-avoidance rule under the German tax law, a library and archive search, PLN 16 102,00, Faculty of Law and Administration

The main objective of the MINIATURA 7 call is to finance research activities for the purposes of future research projects to be submitted to NCN calls for proposals as well as other national and international calls. 

Funds of PLN 5,000 PLN to PLN 50,000 could be applied for under the call to finance a research activity to be carried out over a period of up to 12 months. Researchers with a PhD degree obtained no earlier than 1 January 2011 (with exceptions described in the regulations) could apply for the funding. The condition for participation was being employed by the entity designated to implement the activity and having at least one published work or at least one artistic or artistic-scientific achievement.

Funds for research activities carried out under the MINIATURA 7 call were divided proportionally to the number of months of the call for proposals.  The call in this edition of the competition ran until 31 July 2023.

Source: The University of Lodz Science Centre, National Science Centre
Edit: Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz