The National Science Centre evaluated the activity of institutions applying for grants in 2013. Most of the funds went to the Universities: in Warsaw, Krakow and in Poznan. NSC also presented the success rate, ie the ratio of the number of proposals retained for funding to the number of applications submitted. First place went to the Institute of Physics PAS with 60 per cent and second place with a score of 55 per cent – went to the Nencki Institute.