Funding

We have received the following funding:

Julien Es Sayed
July 2025: University grant to groundbreaking research,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 7.3 k€).

Monika Jarosz
July 2025: University grant to groundbreaking research,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 7.3 k€).

Malgorzata Wlodarczyk-Biegun
June 2025 First Team FENG: Prestigious research grant to establish a research team and conduct innovative research with application potential (~4mlnPLN: ca. 940k€) from Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), PL

Malgorzata Wlodarczyk-Biegun
2024 Starting Grant: Prestigious research grant for young, talented scientists who are starting their independent career path and have already demonstrated their scientific excellence (2 075k€) from European Research Council (ERC), ND, PL

Malgorzata Wlodarczyk-Biegun
December 2023 OPUS LAP: Prestigious research grant in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden (1.4kPLN: ca. 300k€) from National Science Centre (NCN), PL

Malgorzata Wlodarczyk-Biegun
July 2023: University grant to groundbreaking research,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 7.3 k€).

Joanna Zur-Pinska
July 2023: University grant to start scientific activities in a new research topic,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 2.5 k€).

Onyedikachi Cecil Azuama
July 2023: University grant to start scientific activities in a new research topic,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 2.5 k€).

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
April 2022: SNN (Strong Northern Netherlands) Open Innovation Ecosystem Personalized Implants grant, as a member of the consortium

Taha Cagri Senocak
February 2022: Postdoctoral grant for the research project carried abroad, received from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) – Science Fellowships and Grant Programmes Department (ca. 20 k€).

Joanna Żur-Pińska
2021 NAWA Bekker Programme: Prestigious personal scholarship at all career stages (ca. 20k€) from National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), PL; (ca. 34% success rate).

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
November 2021: University grant to start scientific activities in a new research topic,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 2.5 k€ each grant).

Pavan Gudeti
November 2021: University grant to start scientific activities in a new research topic,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 2.5 k€ each grant).

Rency Geevarghese
November 2021: University grant to start scientific activities in a new research topic,  financed under the program The Excellence Initiative – Research University (ca. 2.5 k€ each grant).

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
2020 two NWO XS awards: Highly competitive personal grants for rapid exploration of ground-breaking and high-risk ideas (100k€ total, 50k€ each) from Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO), NL; (ca. 7% success rate)

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
2020 OPUS: Prestigious personal research grant open to researchers at all career stages (1.6kPLN: ca. 350k€) from National Science Centre (NCN), PL; (ca. 15% success rate)

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
2019 NAWA Polish Returns homing grant to establish independent group, PL (2.1kPLN: ca. 450k€)

Gosia Włodarczyk-Biegun
2019 NWO VENI Grant: Prestigious personal grant (275k€) from NWO, NL; (ca. 14% success rate)

Biofabrication and Bio-instructive Materials Group
We have also received internal support from The Silesian University of Technology and The University of Groningen. We are thankful for the support of our work and research.