Marshal’s Awards 2025 – The Winners Have Been Announced!

At the Jordanki Cultural and Congress Centre, the jubilee 25th Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship Awards Gala took place. During the ceremony, prestigious distinctions were presented to the creators of the most valuable and outstanding projects in thirteen areas of public, social, and economic activity. Lifetime achievement awards and a special distinction were also granted.

“Over the past 25 years, much has changed in the world, but one thing remains the same – our region is built by an ambitious society that aims high and has the courage to reach for more,” said Marshal Piotr Całbecki. “I thank all the awardees for their effort, commitment, and passion. Thanks to you, we are building a better future. Let today’s gala not only be a ceremony of awarding prizes, but a celebration of our entire community, which inspires and gives hope for many more beautiful years for Kujawsko-Pomorskie.”

“Today, the most important people are those who will receive awards, but I would like to draw attention to the one who gives them,” began Elżbieta Piniewska, President of the Regional Parliament. “Marshal, thank you for your ability to show gratitude. Gratitude is an extraordinary value that also defines our humanity. In one popular song, the lyrics go: ‘the light, you carry it within you.’ I believe that all those awarded tonight carry such a light within them – a light that does not blind, but shows the way. Thank you for sharing your passion, your creativity, and for building the sense of community in our region.”

Laureates of the Marshal’s Awards in individual categories:

Economy

Mentor SA (Toruń)
PESA Bydgoszcz SA

Innovative methods in the development and promotion of cities and rural areas

Agro-Sieć Company (Chełmno)

EU funds

Dr. Antoni Jurasz University Hospital No. 1 (Bydgoszcz)

Agriculture and rural development

Kazimierz Kurzyński (farmer and entrepreneur from Gołębiewo, Radzyń Chełmiński Commune, Grudziądz County)

Environmental protection

Dr. habil. Andrzej Przystalski, Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University (Toruń)

Social activity and engagement for others

Cecylia Kamecka-Antczak and Łukasz Antczak (Family Children’s Home for children with disabilities, Bydgoszcz)
Association for the Care of Abandoned Children, Oratorium of Blessed Father Bronisław Markiewicz (Toruń)

Healthcare

Dr. Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska (internist and lung disease specialist, Head of the Pulmonology and Respiratory Failure Unit at the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Pulmonology Centre, Bydgoszcz)

Building civil society

Dr. Maciej Jabłoński, Kazimierz Wielki University (Bydgoszcz)

Culture

Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music (Bydgoszcz)
Dr. Andrzej Lewandowski (mathematician, chess player, poetry translator, long-time academic teacher at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń)
Zbigniew Mikielewicz (sculptor, Toruń)

Promotion of the voivodeship

Prof. Wiesław Smużny (artist and educator)
Municipality of Grudziądz

Sport

Krzysztof Wolsztyński (President of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Athletics Association, Vice-President of the Polish Athletics Association)
Student Sports Club “Bałagany” (Łubianka, Toruń County)

Science, research, technological progress

Regenerative Medicine Unit Team, Dr. Antoni Jurasz University Hospital No. 1 (Bydgoszcz) – team members: Prof. Marta Pokrywczyńska, Dr. habil. Tomasz Kloskowski, Marta Rasmus, Daria Balcerczyk, Dr. Monika Buhl, Zuzanna Fekner, Paweł Dąbrowski, Damian Kasiński, Natalia Siedlecka, Anna Tutas
Prof. Jan Styczyński (specialist in clinical transplantology, pediatric oncology and hematology, and pediatrics; Head of the Department of Pediatrics, Hematology, and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, NCU)

Education

Nicolaus Copernicus High School No. 1 (Toruń)
Bogusław Ziółkowski (curator of the Organist Museum in Bierzgłowo, Toruń County)

Lifetime Achievement

Eugeniusz Gołembiewski (Mayor of Kowal, Włocławek County)
Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station, Spitsbergen

Special Distinction

Tumult Foundation – for organizing a series of exhibitions presenting the most valuable and fascinating phenomena in contemporary visual arts and works of the greatest contemporary artists.

The gala was also attended by Kujawsko-Pomorskie Vice-Voivode Michał Koniuch.

The year 2025 has been designated in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship as the Year of Children and Youth. On this occasion, the Children’s Choir of the Pomeranian Philharmonic performed on stage during the ceremony.

Beata Krzemińska
Press Spokeswoman of the Marshal’s Office

September 30, 2025