Research at PUEB
2023/24 Facts and Figures on Scientific Research
At the Poznań University of Economics and Business (UEP), during the 2023/24 academic year, 92 research and research-development projects were carried out. The main funding institution for these research efforts, to which our researchers submit proposals, remains the National Science Centre (NCN). Other significant funders include ministries and government agencies (such as MEIN and ARiMR), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), and the European Commission. Additionally, UEP researchers conduct commissioned projects funded by businesses.
The largest grant aimed at increasing the University’s research potential is another project under the Regional Initiative of Excellence, funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW). The project titled “UEP for Economy 5.0: Regional Initiative – Global Effects (IREG)”, led by Dr. hab. Ewa Mińska-Struzik, Professor at UEP, received funding amounting to PLN 8,192,400.00 for a four-year period. In the first year of the program, 224 scientific activities by staff and PhD students were funded through competitions supporting conferences, internships, research, and scientific publications.
In the 2023/24 academic year, UEP secured:
- 9 research projects
- 2 popular science projects
- 2 scholarships for young scientists from MNiSW
- 5 commissioned projects from companies and enterprises
Internal funding initiatives for scientific research also continued, targeting both PhD students and researchers. Competitions such as “Fast Track to Publication” and “Mini-Grants for Research” provided monthly opportunities to obtain funding for scientific work and dissemination of research results. By the end of the reporting period, 35 staff members and 9 PhD students had benefited from these programs. Additionally, the UEP FOR SCIENCE program was revived and expanded, offering dedicated tracks for both staff and PhD students.
During the 2023/24 academic year, UEP also conducted inter-university research grants in collaboration with other public universities with an economic profile. In the second edition of the competition, grants were awarded to three teams led by researchers from UEP.
Together with partners from other Poznań universities and scientific institutes, UEP obtained funding for a project titled SUSTAINIGHT – “Scientists from various fields work together for the sustainable development of our planet” (Researchers’ Night), within the Horizon Europe MSCA & Citizens program for 2024–2026. The project is led by Poznań University of Technology.
Research projects at UEP are supported by the Research Office (DBN). The DBN team now consists of 10 dedicated staff members committed to supporting all research-related activities of UEP employees and PhD students—enhancing their scientific development, promoting science, and contributing to UEP’s success in future evaluations.
Research Office
Scope of activities:
– Sharing information on research programmes, projects, conferences, training and other initiatives,
– Assisting in the application process for research grants,
– Providing administrative support for research: funds from research subsidies, research projects funded by national and foreign science funding agencies, in-house and commissioned projects,
– Running the Local Contact Point for the EU Framework Programmes,
– Posting data collected on the scope of PUEB research activities to the POLON system and the PUEB Knowledge Base,
– Coordinating activities undertaken with regard to PUEB’s industrial property protection proceedings and aimed at commercialisation of research findings and R&D work, as well as know-how related to these findings,
– Performing the tasks arising within the ongoing cooperation of the Office with the Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, the Directors of the Institutes and other units of the University, including the Senate Committee on Research and International Relations.