The National Centre for Research and Development has published the results of the TANGO 3 call. 22 projects have qualified for funding.
TANGO 3 is a call operated jointly by the National Science Centre and the National Centre for Research and Development to support research organisations investigating the practical application of basic research findings. Research may be coordinated by the principal investigator of the related NCN-funded basic research project or by another researcher, who obtains the written consent of the latter to serve as the principal investigator in the project submitted under the TANGO 3 call.
In the two stages of the TANGO 3 call, the National Centre for Research and Development received a total of 33 proposals, 22 of which got a positive review.
The results of the first stage of the TANGO 3 call were announced in January 2019. Out of 11 submitted proposals, 6 qualified for funding and 5 were rejected.
Ranking lists for the first stage of TANGO 3
22 proposals were submitted in the second stage. 16 of these were recommended for funding, while 6 were rejected.
Ranking lists for the second stage of TANGO 3
The TANGO scheme is open to research projects involving proof-of-concept (C) tasks: concept design for the economic application of research findings, searching for partners interested in R&D cooperation and research implementation, strategy development and measures to ensure copyright protection, market analyses investigating the demand for the solution to be delivered by the project, as well as research and development tasks (R&D): basic research, industrial research and the experimental development.
The maximum amount of funding awarded under the TANGO 3 call equals PLN 200 thousand. Projects may take anywhere from 3 to 12 months to complete.