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The National Centre for Research and Development |
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The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR) is a government funded agency. It was established in July 2007. NCBiR shall fulfill its mission mainly by funding and managing strategic scientific research and experimental development programs. The Centre is responsible for specifying necessary research tasks, choosing organizations (companies, research institutes, universities) to perform these tasks, supervising their implementation and introduction of the results into practical application. The key assumption is the outcome of strategic programs new technologies or products – shall be implemented and used in economy, health service, administration or other areas crucial for Polish society.
Encouraging collaboration between researchers and business community is another priority. On one hand, NCBiR intends to increase scientists’ level of engagement in industry related research. On the other, the Centre is to encourage entrepreneurs to develop more R&D intensive activity.
The NCBiR will also represent Poland in international undertakings that will perform R&D activities.
Website: www.ncbir.pl
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