You can now register for a series of workshops that will take place during this year’s NCN Days at the University of Rzeszów, on 12 and 13 May. They are addressed to researches and administrative support staff interested in the NCN application procedure, evaluation of proposals, project performance and best practices for research data management.
Discussion on research funding at the beginning
The NCN Days are held on a regular basis, once a year, each time in a different part of Poland, to familiarise Polish academic community and researchers with the NCN grant system.
This year, the event will be co-organised by the University of Rzeszów and supported by the City of Rzeszów, Regional Labour Office, HE institutions and universities from the region and the Podkarpackie Centre for Innovation (CTI) as partners. It will consist of an open part and workshops where prior registration will be required. The open part (12 May) will include an information meeting with NCN officers during which participants will find out about available calls, research fundings and future of the grant system. There will be also speeches and discussions on challenges facing science and research funding, e.g. the impact of AI on science.
Preliminary program of NCN Days in Rzeszów
Workshop for academics and administrative support staff
On 13 May, a workshop will be held for researchers, administrative support staff of research institutions and research data management professionals.
- Evaluation of proposals: NCN expert team meeting
Participants will take part in a mock meeting of the expert team evaluating proposals submitted to our domestic calls. At the meeting, they will take on the role of experts and look at real-world proposals submitted to the NCN in the past, whose authors agreed to have them released for training purposes.
The workshop is addressed to researchers, including PhD students, intending to submit a funding proposal to the National Science Centre. To join the workshop, potential participants must draft a grant proposal review that will be discussed later on.
- Workshop on Data Management Plans
The workshop will address the development of data management plans required by the National Science Centre and will consist of a theoretical part followed by team work, during which participants will work in teams divided according to specific scientific disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences and Art Sciences, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences and Engineering.
The participants will be asked to draft their own data management plans and present them to other attendees. The workshop will conclude with a summary and discussion on the most frequent mistakes.
- Workshop for administrative support staff – employees of research institutions
The workshop will be hosted by NCN professionals who handle research projects on a daily basis and cooperate with administrative support staff of research institutions. The key grant-related matters will be discussed, such as procedures implemented from signing the funding agreement to project completion, annexing, reporting, settlement and analysis of problems submitted by participants.
HR institutions co-organising the NCN Days will be in charge of registration for the workshop.
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