The National Centre for Research and Development

The year 2012 was a time of intensive work, but also a period of reaping the effects of activities undertaken the year before. The offer of the Centre was received with considerable interest by the scientific and economic environment. It was particularly visible in the case of the Applied Research Programme, supporting research works carried out in commission to acquire knowledge of practical applicability in economy. The value of applications submitted in the second call for proposals exceeded the available funds ten-fold. What should also be stressed is an increased interest of entrepreneurs in this programme. The growing share of this sector was also recorded in other programmes of the Centre. The leading role of science-industry consortia was also visible, which confirms the strengthening co-operation between two apparently distant worlds – science and business