Following up on their previous three successful rounds, the National Science Centre (NCN) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) continue their cooperation by launching joint funding initiatives for Polish-German research projects, now covering all fields of science and the humanities.
OPUS 20 +LAP announcement
BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 4 announcement
For joint projects in the humanities and social sciences:
The “Beethoven CLASSIC 4” call will be a continuation of the “Beethoven CLASSIC 3” call with a joint peer review and selection process. It is open to research in the Humanities and Social sciences. This corresponds to the subject areas covered by
- DFG review boards/Fachkollegien
- 101-113. Proposals in subject 317-02 are accepted if they have a clear humanities and social sciences focus.
- and NCN panels
- HS1- HS6.
For joint projects in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering:
Polish-German joint proposals in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering should be submitted to the NCN OPUS scheme and will be administered in accordance with the principles of the Lead Agency Procedure (NCN OPUS LAP). The NCN will act as the lead agency, i.e. assessment of all applications will be made by the NCN according to its rules for the OPUS scheme. The coverage of this initiative corresponds to the subject areas covered by
- DFG review boards 201-207, 307-318, 321-327, 401-410
(Proposals in subject 317-02 with a clear humanities and social sciences focus must be submitted to Beethoven Classic 4).
- and NCN panels ST1 – ST10 and NZ1-NZ9.
The aims of the joint funding initiative calls are:
- to support research in the above-named disciplines carried out by Polish-German teams;
- to strengthen cooperation between Polish and German researchers in basic (knowledge-oriented) research.
Proposals for research projects in the above-listed disciplines must be written in English and submitted by joint Polish-German research teams. The duration of the projects must be either 24 or 36 months.
The National Science Centre (NCN) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will launch “Beethoven CLASSIC 4” on 15 September 2020.
The NCN OPUS LAP scheme open to Polish-German joint proposals in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering will be launched on 15 September 2020.
Information for German applicants in NCN OPUS LAP: On the German side of the proposal only one applicant/principal investigator (PI) is eligible per proposal. Other German researchers can collaborate with the PI but will not receive funding from DFG. Please note that a duty to cooperate (https://www.dfg.de/formulare/55_01/) applies to this call, therefore, researchers that must comply with these regulations are not eligible as PIs in the present call.
The submission deadline for proposals under “Beethoven CLASSIC 4” and the NCN OPUS LAP scheme will be on 15 December 2020. Further information will be made available on 15 September 2020 on the websites of both agencies.
Contact persons at DFG:
Beethoven CLASSIC 4 Humanities and Social Sciences:
Humanities:
- Dr. Niklas Hebing,
phone: +49 228 885-2949,
niklas.hebing@dfg.de
Social Sciences:
- Dr. Tanja Kollei,
phone: +49 228 885-2321,
tanja.kollei@dfg.de
NCN OPUS LAP
Life Sciences:
- Dr. Katharina Hartmann,
phone: +49 228 885-2342,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences:
- Dr. Ilka Paulus,
phone: +49 228 885-2021,
ilka.paulus@dfg.de
General inquiries on cooperation with Poland:
- Dr. Annina Lottermann,
International Affairs,
phone: +49 228 885-2802,
annina.lottermann@dfg.de
Contact persons at NCN:
Beethoven CLASSIC 4 Humanities and Social Sciences:
- Dr Małgorzata Jacobs
Phone: +48 12 341 9173
NCN OPUS LAP
- Dr. Eng. Ewelina Szymańska-Skolimowska
Phone: +48 12 341 9155
ewelina.szymanska-skolimowska@ncn.gov.pl
General inquiries:
- Mrs. Magdalena Dobrzańska-Bzowska
Phone: +48 12 341 9094
magdalena.dobrzanska-bzowska@ncn.gov.pl
- Dr Magdalena Godowska
Phone: +48 12 341 9016