The Cooperative Research Institute of the National Cooperative Council has awarded prizes in the competition for the best research paper on cooperatives, which it has organised since 2005. 

In the category of cooperative research works, the First Degree Prize was awarded to: Dr Maria Zubie-Ciszewska (Catholic University of Lublin) and Dr Aneta Suchoń, prof. UAM (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) for the scientific article ” Cooperatives in the agri-food sector as beneficiaries of aid granted under the de minimis formula and de minimis in agriculture – legal and economic aspects”, dr Maria Zuba-Ciszewska and dr Katarzyna Ziętek-Kwaśniewska (Catholic University of Lublin) for the scientific article “The use of trade credit by dairies in Poland taking into account the legal form of the entity” and Dr Aneta Suchoń, Professor UAM for a series of scientific articles on agricultural and rural cooperatives.

In the category of doctoral and postdoctoral theses, the First Degree Prize was awarded to Dr Paweł Szczęśniak for his scientific publication “Solidarity groupings of cooperative banks. A normative construction.”