The National Science Centre, in cooperation collaboration with the CHIST-ERA network, has launched the call “Science in Your Own Language” for international research projects on the automatic translation of scientific knowledge in order to overcome language and cultural barriers.
The call aims at promoting multilingualism among science and technology producers and users and is open to funding proposals in one or more of the following areas:
- Machine translation of scientific knowledge to and from different languages including the translation of research metadata and data where applicable, documents, protocols, paper and project reviews, other academic or technical outputs such as outreach materials and press releases, blogs and other web-based content.
- Design of tools for seamless and interoperable access to multilingual scientific and technology data hubs and repositories for stakeholders who chose to approach and use them in their own language.
- Tools for multilingual detection of scientific frauds and plagiarism.
Funding proposals may be submitted by international consortia composed of at least three, and no more than six, research teams from at least three countries participating in the call, i.e. Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
The principal investigator of the Polish research team must hold at least a PhD degree. The project budget may cover salaries for members of the research team, salaries and scholarships for students and PhD students, purchase or manufacturing of research equipment and other costs crucial to the research project. The total funding allocated for the Polish research teams under the call is 750 thousand euro.
This is a one-stage call, which means that a full joint proposal (in English) must be drafted at international level and submitted by 15 April 2025, 5 pm CEST. Polish research teams must also submit an NCN proposal concerning the Polish part of the project, by 22 April 2025.
Only joint proposals are subject to an eligibility check performed by an international team of experts specialising in the call subject. The call will be concluded in July 2025.
An information webinar for researchers willing to take part in the call will be held on 27 February. Registration
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