Jaroslaw Piekarski

The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR, Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju) is an implementing agency of the Minister of Science and Higher Education. It was established in 2007 as an entity in charge of the performance of the tasks related to science, technology and innovation polices adopted by the Polish government. Since 2011, the National Centre for Research and Development has been distributing the EU’s structural funds for the development of the science and higher education sectors in Poland.. The main tasks of the National Centre for Research and Development are: management and execution of strategic research and development programmes; support of commercialization and other forms of transfer of scientific research results; management of applied research programmes; and financing projects of national security and defence projects.