After concentrated efforts over the period of the last three years, Nencki
Institute has been extraordinarily successful in obtaining financial support
from the European Union Structural Funds. The Institute has been awarded nearly
10 million PLN for three equipment investment projects, the total value of which
is nearly 18 million PLN. The most significant purchases financially will take
place within the scope of the Centre of Advanced Technology BIM project “Equipment
purchase for the Laboratory of Biological and Medical Imaging”. The funding
level of this project, realised together with the Medical University of Warsaw
and Warsaw University, exceeds 15 million PLN for the consortium which making it
the biggest equipment investment project in Poland realised within the
Sectoral Operational Programme- Improvement of the Competitiveness of
Enterprises, Activity 1.4. The Nencki Institute is the Coordinator of this
project. The Institute will purchase a new confocal microscope based on
cutting-edge technology, which allows for extraordinarily high time-space
resolution, a new electron microscope, and several elements of the
electron and optical microscopy workstation’s new equipment together with
supporting IT systems. Such high investments in cutting-edge research equipment
at the Nencki Institute, along with the ongoing renovation and construction
works, represent the first step in creating a modern research infrastructure on
the Ochota Research Campus.