Polish Academy of Science looks forwards as it celebrates its 50th anniversary
The Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), will choose its new authorities today.
The new heads, to hold the office for the next three years will shoulder
great responsibility as the institution is about to undergo fundamental
reform prior to the country joining the EU. The changes will allow PAN to
manage research and development funds from the government, and its
independent institutes would be grouped into one National Research Center.
The Academy, which yesterday celebrated its 50th anniversary, would also act
as an advisor to the government on educational issues. Among the candidates
for the office of Academy chairman are Prof. Andrzej Legocki from the PAN
Institute for Biorganic Chemistry, Prof. Mieczyslaw Makosza from the PAN
Institute for Organic Chemistry, Prof. Henryk Ratajczak, the vice- president
of the European Academy of Science, Art and Literature in Paris, and Prof.
Andrzej Kajetan Wroblewski from the Physics department of Warsaw University.
(Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) J.K
