| Accelerator | Experiment | Polish institutions | Programme | Physics start date | 
| Current experiments | 
| CERN -
LEP | DELPHI | AGH University of Science and
Technology Institute of Nuclear Physics
 Warsaw University, Institute for
Nuclear Studies
 | Tests of the Standard Model Precise measurement of the W mass
 Search for a Higgs boson
 Search for the lightest supersymmetric particles
 | 1989 | 
| DESY - HERA | ZEUS | AGH University of Science and
Technology Institute of Nuclear Physics
 Warsaw University, Institute for
Nuclear Studies
 | Study of deep inelastic ep scattering Study of photoproduction
 Determination of photon and proton structure functions
 Tests of the Standard Model
 | 1992 | 
| DESY - HERA | H-1 | Institute of Nuclear Physics | Study of deep inelastic ep scattering Study of photoproduction
 Determination of photon and proton structure functions
 Tests of the Standard Model
 | 1992 | 
| CERN -
SPS | SMC NA-47 | Institute for Nuclear Studies | Study of nucleon spin structure | 1993 | 
| CERN -
SPS | WA-98 | Institute for Nuclear Studies | Study of photon and hadron production in heavy nuclei collisions | 1994 | 
| CERN -
SPS | NA-49 | Swietokrzyska Academy, Institute of Nuclear Physics, 
Warsaw University of Technology,
Warsaw University, Institute for
Nuclear Studies | Study of the production of hadrons in heavy nuclei collisions Search for the quark deconfinement transition
 | 1995 | 
| KAMIOKA
OBSERVATORY | SUPER-KAMIOKANDE | Warsaw University | Search for neutrino oscillations Search for a proton decay
 | 1996 | 
| KEK - KAMIOKA
OBSERVATORY | K2K | Warsaw University | Search for neutrino oscillations for neutrinos from KEK
 | 1999 | 
| KEK
B-factory | BELLE | Institute of Nuclear Physics | Study of CP violation in B meson decays Study of B meson properties
 | 1999 | 
| BNL - RHIC | PHOBOS | Jagiellonian University Institute of Nuclear Physics
 | Measurement and identification of slow hadrons in heavy nuclei
collisions Study of a quark-gluon plasma
 | 2000 | 
| BNL - RHIC | STAR | Warsaw University of Technology | Measurement and identification of slow hadrons in heavy nuclei 
collisions Study of a quark-gluon plasma
 | 2001 | 
| DESY - HERA | HERMES | Institute for Nuclear 
Studies | Study of nucleon spin origin | 2001 | 
| CERN -
SPS | NA-58 COMPASS | Warsaw University, Institute for
Nuclear Studies | Study of nucleon spin origin | 2001 | 
| LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY
 | PI OF THE
SKY | Warszawa | Study of optical flashes | 2004 | 
| MALARGUE | PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY
 | Institute of Nuclear Physics Lodz University
 | Study of cosmic rays at > 10EeV energies
 | 2005 | 
| Future experiments | 
| LNGS&n$ | Borexino | Jagiellnian University | Study of solar neutrinos | 2006 | 
| CERN
- LNGS | ICARUS/ICANOE | Katowice, Krakow, Warszawa, Wroclaw
 | Study of oscillation of neutrinos from CERN in LNGS | 2006 | 
| CERN -
LHC | ATLAS | AGH University of Science and
Technology Institute of Nuclear Physics
 | Search for a Higgs boson Study of heavy quark decays and B mesons mixing
 Search for supersymmetric particles
 | 2007 | 
| CERN -
LHC | CMS | Warsaw University, Institute for
Nuclear Studies | Search for a Higgs boson Physics of t and b quarks and tau leptons
 Search for supersymmetric particles
 | 2007 | 
| CERN -
LHC | ALICE | AGH University of Science and
Technology Institute of Nuclear Physics,
 Institute for Nuclear Studies,
 Warsaw University of Technology
 | Study of heavy nuclei collisions at extreme high energies Study of a quark-gluon plasma
 | 2007 | 
| CERN -
LHC | LHCb | Institute for Nuclear Studies Institute of Nuclear Physics
 | Study of CP violation in B decays | 2007 | 
| CERN -
LHC | TOTEM | Warsaw University of Technology
- Campus in Plock
 | Study of total, elastic and diffractive cross sections | 2007 | 
| Compiled by  
RS, updated by ZA |