Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:35

A short reminder of how to prepare proposals in the Weave-UNISONO call for the Polish research teams.

  1. Please note that under the Weave-UNISONO call, if a joint proposal is submitted to the SNSF as the lead agency by 2 October 2023, an NCN proposal must be submitted electronically via the OSF submission system as soon as possible following the submission of the joint proposal to the SNSF, by 9 October 2023 at the latest.
  2. PLEASE NOTE: Once the work on the NCN proposal has started in the OSF submission system, the Polish research team has 45 calendar days to complete the proposal and submit it to the NCN. After that, the proposal can no longer be edited, in which case a Polish research team that has not sent its proposal to the NCN must prepare a new proposal and complete it in the OSF submission system which may impact the budget for research tasks performed by the Polish research teams specified in the NCN proposal (see points 3 and 4 below).

    PLEASE NOTE: The 45-day period applies only to the period during which NCN proposals may be edited in the OSF submission system. Under Weave-UNISONO, NCN proposals must be submitted to the NCN via the OSF submission system as soon as possible following the submission of joint proposals to the lead agency, within 7 calendar days at the latest.

  3. PLEASE NOTE: NCN proposals processed in the OSF submission system:
    • by 30 September 2023 (inclusive), may include research projects that will be carried out by the Polish research teams from 2024 onwards.

      The following years will be included in the project budget, depending on the project implementation period:

      2024-2025 for two-year projects,

      2024-2025-2026 for three-year projects,

      2024-2025-2026-2027 for four-year projects;

    • from 1 October 2023 (inclusive), may include research projects that will be carried out by the Polish research teams from 2025 onwards.

      The following years will be included in the project budget, depending on the project implementation period:

      2025-2026 for two-year projects,

      2025-2026-2027 for three-year projects and

      2025-2026-2027-2028 for four-year projects.

  4. In the case of joint proposals submitted to the lead agencies covering Polish team budgets from 2024 onwards, make sure that:

    If the work on NCN proposals in the OSF submission system starts before 30 September 2023, with project performance scheduled to begin in 2024, and the NCN proposal is not completed and submitted within 45 days of the date the work on the proposal has started in the OSF submission system, a new proposal must be created. A new NCN proposal (created after 1 October 2023) may cover research projects with a start date in 2025. If a joint proposal has already been submitted to the lead agency for a research project involving 2024 funding, information in the NCN proposal will be inconsistent with information in the joint proposal and may result in the proposal being rejected on the grounds that it does not meet the eligibility criteria.

    • the work on NCN proposals in the OSF submission system starts before 30 September 2023 and
    • NCN proposals are submitted to the NCN within 45 days of the date that the work on the proposal has started in the OSF submission system.
  5. The budget of the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal should be  calculated according to the following exchange rate:
    • In joint proposals, for which NCN proposals are processed and submitted via the OSF submission system by 31 December 2023: 1 EUR=4,7244 PLN;
    • In joint proposals, for which NCN proposals are processed and submitted via the OSF submission system from 1 January 2023 onwards: 1 EUR=4,5940 PLN;
  6. NCN proposals processed in the OSF submission system in 2023, to which the exchange rate of 1 EUR= 4,7244 PLN applies, must be completed and submitted via the OSF submission system by 31 December 2023, 23:59:59. Otherwise, the proposal can no longer be edited, in which case a Polish research team must prepare a new proposal and complete it in the OSF submission system, to which the exchange rate 1 EUR=4,5940 PLN will apply. If a joint proposal has already been submitted to the lead agency, in which the budget of the Polish part of the project was calculated according to another exchange rate, information in the NCN proposal will be inconsistent with information in the joint proposal and may result in the proposal being rejected on the grounds that it does not meet the eligibility criteria.
  7. As of 1 January 2024, the updated Regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral cooperation pursuant to the Lead Agency Procedure shall apply.