On 15 September 2023, we are launching the OPUS 26 call for research projects including collaborative LAP projects within the framework of the Weave programme.
LAP cooperation under the OPUS 26 call within the framework of the Weave programme
As of 2023, the National Science Centre has cooperated with the following partner institutions under the Weave programme:
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) from Austria,
- Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) from the Czech Republic,
- Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) from Slovenia,
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) from Switzerland,
- German Research Foundation (DFG) from Germany,
- Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) from Luxembourg,
- Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) from Belgium - Flanders.
The NCN acting as the lead agency under OPUS 26 will perform the merit-based evaluation of OPUS LAP proposals for bilateral or trilateral research projects carried out under the Weave programme by research teams from Poland, as well as the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium Flanders.
If a research project is recommended for funding, the NCN will provide funds for the Polish research teams, while the foreign research teams will be funded by the other partner institutions (FWF, GAČR, ARRS, DFG, SNSF, FNR, FWO).
OPUS LAP proposals under OPUS 26 are eligible as long as they:
- are drafted by the Polish research teams in cooperation with foreign teams under Weave, in compliance with the OPUS 26 call announcement, which will be published on the NCN website on 15 September 2023;
- concern any academic discipline covered by the NCN review panels
- involve basic research that has not been funded by the NCN or from other sources;
- are based on an equal and complementary contribution by all research teams applying for parallel funding of their research projects to their respective research-funding institutions under Weave. This is to say that the contribution of each research team involved in the project must be significant and necessary and their respective tasks should complement one another to create a coherent joint research project. Any OPUS LAP proposal deemed by the Expert Team not to meet the foregoing criteria will not be eligible for funding.
An OPUS LAP proposal must be submitted to the NCN by the Polish research team via the OSF submission system available at: https://osf.opi.org.pl between 15 September and 15 December 2023, 4 p.m.
Each foreign research team involved in the project must submit a funding proposal to the relevant research-funding institution under Weave, including a set of required documents, before the deadline and in accordance with the terms and conditions.
If a partner institution under Weave requires applicants to submit a copy of the OPUS LAP proposal, a complete English language version of the OPUS LAP proposal in PDF format must be generated in the OSF submission system and sent to the foreign research team.
PLEASE NOTE: OPUS LAP proposals submitted to the NCN must be consistent with the proposals submitted to the partner institutions.
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