In cooperation with the CHIST-ERA network, the NCN is launching an international call for proposals in information and communication technology. The NCN Council has set aside 500 thousand euro in funding for Polish teams.
The CHIST-ERA Call 2023 is open to international consortia preparing research projects in the following areas:
- Multidimensional Geographic Information Systems (MultiGIS)
- Smart Contracts for Digital Transformation Ecosystems (SmartC)
The research consortium can consist of 3 to 6 research teams from at least three different participating countries: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Funding awarded under the CHIST-ERA Call 2023 can go toward covering the cost of research team salaries, salaries and scholarships for students and PhD candidates, research equipment and other necessary project expenses.
To apply for funding, the consortium must prepare and submit a joint proposal, which will undergo merit-based review by an international team of experts appointed jointly by the agencies that make up the CHIST-ERA network. The Polish team also needs to submit a domestic proposal; the NCN accepts proposals from teams working on basic research projects at Polish host institutions. The Polish PI needs to hold at least a PhD degree and the project can be planned over 24 or 36 months.
Joint proposals may be submitted until 10 April; the deadline for domestic proposals, submitted via the OSF system, is 17 April. Call results will be announced until October 2024 and projects can go ahead in December.
About CHIST-ERA
The NCN joined the CHIST-ERA consortium in 2013; since then, it has regularly supported Polish researchers in innovative, interdisciplinary research in information and communication technology. Call 2023 is the twelfth call in which it has participated. CHIST-ERA call winners thus far have included 23 projects conducted in cooperation with Polish researchers. In six of these, the Polish team coordinated the project as a whole.