On 7 November 2013 the Center of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences received the 2013 Polish Innovation Award. It is of honorary character and represents the appreciation for activities and achievements, as well as the emphasis of the quality of those activities. The statuettes were awarded during the Polish Entrepreneurship Congress in Katowice.

The Polish Innovation Award is an image-based program, the purpose of which is to award the institutions and firms that operate in the Polish market, whose research and development work is characterized by innovativeness and diligence. The Program is operated by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, together with the Entrepreneurship Forum published in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

The Polish Entrepreneurship Congress received the honorary patronage from the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Economy, the Silesian Voivode and the President of Katowice. The main media sponsor was Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.