On 16 September 2024, we will launch the OPUS 28+LAP/Weave call for research projects, including projects within the framework of LAP cooperation under the Weave programme.
LAP cooperation under the OPUS 28 call under the Weave programme
As of 2024, 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 as the lead agency under OPUS 28+LAP/Weave 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 teams, while the foreign teams will be funded by their respective partner institutions (FWF, GAČR, ARRS, DFG, SNSF, FNR, FWO).
OPUS LAP proposals under the OPUS 28+LAP/Weave call are eligible as long as they:
- are drafted by the Polish research teams in cooperation with foreign teams under the Weave programme pursuant to the OPUS 28+LAP/Weave call text, which will be published on the NCN website on 16 September 2024;
- 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 the Weave programme. The contribution of each research team involved in the project must be significant and is required and their respective tasks should complement one another to create a coherent joint research project. If the Expert Team finds that an OPUS LAP proposal does mot meet the foregoing criteria, it will not be eligible for funding.
Polish research teams must submit their OPUS LAP proposals to the NCN via the OSF submission system available at: https://osf.opi.org.pl, between 16 September and 16 December 2024, 4 p.m.
Foreign research teams involved in the project must submit their funding proposals to their respective research-funding institution under the Weave programme together with the required documents by the required date and in accordance with the terms and conditions.
If, under the Weave programme, a partner institution requires applicants to submit a copy of their OPUS LAP proposals, 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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