On the occasion of  5th Anniversary of National Science Center on Friday, March 4th, Collegium Novum of Jagiellonian University hosted a conference devoted to actions supporting best scientists that can lead to higher efficiency of applications for ERC grants.  Among panelistes were presidents of the national granting agencies in Austria and Nederlands, Akademia Europea, Polish Akademy of Sciences, and European Research Council. The reasons of low efficiency of applications by Polish scientists have been discussed.