On the day of the Polish scientific and academic community celebration, the winners of the Awards of the Minister of Education and Science were announced. In line with the tradition of previous years, scientists and researchers were awarded for their merits in five categories: significant achievements in the field of scientific, didactic, implementation, organizational activities, and overall achievements. The names of the awarded scientists were read out during the gala on the occasion of Polish Science Day.

Marzanna Farnicka, custodian of CICA International, received an Award in the field of didactic (authorship or co-authorship of outstanding and innovative academic textbooks). Her chapter about “The development of aggression in childhood and adolescence” was in the innovative textbook “Clinical psychology of children and youth”.