As previously announced, the NCN Council has taken measures to stop or slow down success rate decline in NCN calls, caused by insufficient funding that fails to match the needs and expectations of the research community.

We are pleased to announce that 10 projects involving Polish researchers have been awarded funding in the M-ERA.NET 3 call for proposals.

The NCN, in cooperation with the M-ERA.NET network, has launched the M-ERA.NET 3 Call 2022 for international research projects in the area of material science and material engineering. 

NCN grant winners, Dr Agnieszka Brylak and Dr hab. Piotr Skowron from the University of Warsaw, win prestigious ERC Starting Grant.

Each year, the National Science Centre receives 10-12 thousand grant proposals. Funding is awarded to up to twenty-something percent of the best projects. In the second episode of our NCN podcast, we are talking about the evaluation of proposals.

Announcing the results of MAESTRO and SONATA BIS. 63 projects will get a total of more than 188 million zlotys in funding.

In cooperation with the JPI Urban Europe network, we are is launching a call for international research projects in the area of urban development and development of urban areas.

The National Science Centre (NCN), in cooperation with the JPI HDHL network, has launched a call for international research projects with the aim of better understanding the food-health relationship and subsequently translate this knowledge into programmes, products, tools and services that enable consumers in Europe and beyond to live a healthy life.

18 students and entry-level researchers will soon join the ranks of scholarship recipients within the framework of a programme targeted at the Ukrainian research community. The programme is an NCN initiative funded under the EEA and Norway Grants.

In response to the demands of the scientific community, PRELUDIUM BIS will start and end earlier than before.