Other initiatives
Material support and discussion forums
The Foundation provides material support to outstanding researchers by funding international research trips for early-career scholars, and organises academic conferences and discussion forums on important topics dealing with market regulation and society.
The Foundation proudly sponsors the biennial Congress of the International Federation of European Law (Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen – FIDE). The Congress brings together associations from European Member States to share knowledge and practice of European law and to facilitate European Integration among legal professionals.
The 2025 Congress took place in Katowice and was organised by the Polish Association of European Law together with the University of Silesia and the City of Katowice. The Foundation was present and active at the Congress, which was presided over by Prof. Dr. hab. Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU.
The 2027 Congress will take place in Helsinki, Finland.
The Foundation awards scholarships to outstanding researchers who plan to conduct international research in competition law and intellectual property.
The 2026 Recipient of the Irena Wiszniewska-Białecka Scholarship is Dr. Simbarashe Tavuyanago. Simbarashe is currently employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw, and as part of his scholarship will be conducting research within the project "Competition Law Through Constitutional Lenses: Integrating Socio-Economic and Environmental Values in a Time of Just Transition" at the Centre for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies.
