55 researchers from all over Poland will each complete a single research task thanks to more than 2 million zlotys in research funding from the NCN. Check out the third ranking list of the MINIATURA 7 call, this time for proposals submitted in April.

The first global Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) map has just been published by “Nature”. “My role in this research was made possible by the NCN”, says Dr Dominik Kaim, a geographer from the Jagiellonian University, one of the authors of the article.

Six mixed international research teams from Poland and Belgium-Flanders will conduct their research under the OPUS 24+LAP/Weave scheme.

Results are now in for the OPUS 24+ LAP call, under which researchers at all career levels could request funding for international projects in the framework of the WEAVE program.

“The NCN budget needs to be raised to a level where we can guarantee a success rate of 25% in our calls. This would definitely improve the odds for smaller research centres”, Zbigniew Błocki tells PAP.

The QuantERA network that supports research in QT has published a series of interviews with researchers heading international research consortia.

Dr inż. arch. Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska from the Gdańsk University of Technology is the first and corresponding author of an article about the impact of light pollution on public health, just published in a special issue of “Science” on 15 June. The article was written as part of a project funded under the MINIATURA 4 call.

“The budget of the NCN should be doubled to approximately 3 billion PLN. This would allow us to fund 25-30% of the proposals we receive, ensuring an optimal success rate as compared to other countries”, Professor Zbigniew Błocki tells Wyborcza.biz

69 researchers from all over Poland will each complete a single research task thanks to 2.5 million PLN in research funding from the NCN. Check out the second ranking list of the MINIATURA 7 call.

We would like to thank all the guests who participated in the second POLONEZ BIS Kick-off meeting on 19-20 June. We were delighted to meet in person with the Fellows and Mentors whose research projects started this spring or will take off in July 2023.