Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy

Michał Jaroszyński is the chairman of the organization. The Copernicus Foundation is a publisher of an Acta Astronomica - a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics.

• Name — Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy • Full Name — Fundacja Astronomii Polskiej im. Mikołaja Kopernika • Vat Id — NIP: 5260019499 • Registration Id — KRS: 0000091659 • Headquarters — Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa • Location — Warsaw, Poland • Region Served — Poland • Focus — support of Polish astronomy

The organization was founded in May 1990. The first president was Prof. Marcin Kubiak, and the vice-president - dr hab. Tomasz Chlebowski. Long-term chairman of the Board of the Foundation was Prof. Robert Głębocki (from the beginning till his death in 2005).

The Foundation is involved in both one-time and recurring activities in accordance to its statute. The notable actions include: • publishing of peer-reviewed scientific journal Acta Astronomica of international recognition regarding astronomy and astrophysics, which is indexed in Science Citation Index • financial support of the Astronomical Olympiad in Poland • support of annual Youth Astronomical Seminar of Poland (Ogólnopolskie Młodzieżowe Seminarium Astronomiczne) • financial support of the conference of Use of Small Telescopes (Wykorzystanie małych teleskopów), Kraków-Koninki 2013. • sponsor of the Software Systems for Astronomy - summer school (7-18 July 2014, Poznań, Poland) The Foundation participated also in the financial support of many issues: • stipends for best astronomy students (eg. Krzysztof Stanek (1991), Andrzej Kudlicki (1994), Przemysław Woźniak (1995) i Arkadiusz Olech (1996)) • build of the Gamma-ray Bursts detectors by Prof. Lech Mankiewicz (beginnings of the "Pi of the Sky" project).