Unit heads serve as informal mentors for their employees, and experienced scientists strive to build constructive relationships with young employees, enabling the exchange of substantive knowledge and imparting practical aspects of the profession.
Moreover, since 2024, in the interest of maintaining intergenerational contacts conducive to the exchange of professional and scientific experiences, the Director of IFJ PAN may confer the honorary title of "Professor Emeritus of the Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences."