Aims and tasks | forScience Foundation

The aims of the Foundation are:

the development of basic and applied research through conducting its own research in the fields of natural sciences as well as exact and technical sciences;
conducting scientific and technical research through initiating, creating, implementing and supporting modern technologies as well as innovative solutions and research methods in science and environmental protection;
providing scientists with intellectual, organizational, in-kind and financial support;
popularizing and promoting knowledge related to the sciences specified in Act 1 above, environmental protection and research techniques;
conducting educational activities aimed at broadening the knowledge of students, doctoral students and school pupils;
working to support organizations whose statutory aims include activities related to science, technology, education, culture, cultural heritage protection, environmental protection, and charity.

The Foundation realizes its aims by means of:

conducting research;
conducting educational activity;
cooperating on science and popular science projects with organizations and institutions dealing with similar matters;
administering science projects;
educating individuals or entities engaged in academic or economic activity in research methods and data analysis;
organizing workshops and training courses;
organizing science and popular science conferences, seminars and talks;
propagating and promoting achievements of Polish explorers, inventors and scientists in Poland and abroad;
publishing data, preparing newsletters and educational materials;
conducting activity related to material publication, film, radio, television and multimedia production, and cooperating with the media;
running science and research centres;
creating, acquiring and adapting new spaces necessary for scientific activity;
cooperating with various institutions and companies in order to achieve the statutory aims of the Foundation;
cooperating with local government authorities, governments and non-governmental organizations within the scope of the statutory aims of the Foundation;
participating in other enterprises in line with the statutory aims of the Foundation;
awarding scholarships to talented pupils, students, doctoral students and scientists whose work is directly or indirectly related to natural sciences and environmental protection.

More information regarding the activity of forScience Foundation can be found in its statute. An English version of the document is available here. Do keep in mind, however, that the only legally binding version of the statute is the Polish one, which can be accessed here.

Adam Nawrot

geomorphologist, hydrologist

A keen DIYer, wilderness enthusiast, Doctor of Earth Sciences. He took his first steps in science at the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Later on, he also spent several months at the University of Luxembourg, the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and the University of Oslo. Currently, he works at the Department of Polar and Marine Research of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences.

The activity that gives him more professional satisfaction than anything else is fieldwork, and his taste for harsh conditions means that he gladly does research and gets involved in projects carried out in mountainous regions and in the Far North, mainly in Spitsbergen. His love affair with this part of the world started in 2005. Since then, he has taken part in numerous fieldwork expeditions to the Arctic and twice overwintered at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund, including once as the expedition leader. He is also responsible for the programme of environmental monitoring conducted by the Station.

He enjoys new challenges, as a result of which in 2015 he spent a few months in India, where he gained personal experience of decidedly non-polar conditions while working at a local school as an IT teacher. Since 2017, he has actively participated in the efforts aimed at reviving the A.B. Dobrowolski Polish Antarctic Station. What usually helps him get out of trouble is his unshakeable faith in dynamic planning and a bright personality.

As the founder and president of forScience Foundation, he is responsible for formalities, reports and budgets. He is also a gold mine of ideas for new projects, which we hope will soon see the light of day.

Barbara Jóźwiak

educator, educational manager, translator

A free spirit, plant lover, great fan of high mountains and long-distance walking trails, demon for work. Her practical skills and outdoor experience, as well as deep cultural sensitivity and respect for broadly-understood diversity developed during numerous, often self-organised travels, which offered a whole new perspective on the places she visited and people she met on the way.

As a philologist by training, she spent several years working in education. Soon after receiving a degree, she went abroad, which marked the beginning of a terrific adventure and gave rise to a lasting fascination with the countries and cultures of Central Asia. For several years she worked as a teacher of English and educational manager at International House schools in Russia and Kazakhstan, and as a volunteer teacher in remote corners of India, spending breaks between contracts roaming the roads, routes and paths of Asia. The experience played a major part in shaping her current outlook on education and life in general.

In 2013, she first visited Svalbard and two years later spent a month at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund, trying her hand at project fieldwork. Afterwards, she returned to Poland, where she got temporarily involved with the British Council. She also worked as a freelance translator, cooperating, among others, with the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Silesia.

Nowadays, she devotes the majority of her time to the forScience Foundation, where she gets involved in initiatives combining science and education with environmental protection and the preservation of cultural heritage. Apart from taking active part in project preparation and execution, she handles everything that qualifies as the written word, from project proposals, through everyday e-mails, to posts which you can read on this website and the Foundation’s Facebook page.

Sørkappøya Marine Litter Cleanup

Project ICEBERG

Sørkapp Marine Litter Cleanup

And there you have it!

Other projects

Sørkappøya Marine Litter Cleanup

Project ICEBERG

Sørkapp Marine Litter Cleanup

And there you have it!

Other projects

Adam Nawrot

Adam Nawrot

Barbara Jóźwiak

Barbara Jóźwiak

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