64 researchers will carry out preliminary/ pilot studies, library and archive searchers, fellowships, research visits and/ or consultations owing to MINIATURA 8 funding. The third list of awarded research activities under proposals submitted in April is now available.
The experts evaluating proposals under MINIATURA selected 21 winning researchers who will conduct research activities in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Most of them will tackle cultural production and legal issues. Dr Agnieszka Kramkowska-Dąbrowska from the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences will perform a fellowship to study television plays and scripts of television plays in the United Kingdom. Owing to MINIATURA 8 funding, Dr Marcin Kryński from the University of Bialystok will conduct a library and archive search to compare legal measures to address illegal shadow banking activities under Polish and Austrian law.
The focus of research activities conducted by 23 winning applicants in Physical Sciences and Engineering will include synthetical chemistry and materials science, production and processing engineering and earth sciences. During her fellowship at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Dr inż. Marta Włodarczyk-Sielicka from the Maritime University of Szczecin will revolve around the use of artificial intelligence methods during the processing of spatial data from hydrographic systems. Dr inż. Marek Mysior from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology will participate in a consultation visit and library and archive search to analyse the efficiency of Large Language Models (LLM) used to identify technical contradictions.
Research activities conducted by 20 winning researchers in Life Sciences will focus on human health, biology of tissues, organs and organisms as well as environmental processes. Dr Ewa Bulczak from the Poznań University of Life Sciences will conduct a pilot study of caffeine consumption and subjective reaction to caffeine consumption in adolescents. During his research visit, Dr Arkadiusz Czerwonka from the Medical University of Lublin will develop methods to control Notch signalling using an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) in a cell aging model.
Research activities recommended for funding under MINIATURA 8 Ranking List No 3
MINIATURA 8 Ranking List No 3 in PDF format
Funding per research groups:
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: 636,124 zlotys
- Technical Sciences and Engineering: 921,327 zlotys
- Life Sciences: 924,581 zlotys
Total funding: 2,482,032 zlotys.
MINIATURA 8
MINIATURA aims to support research activities for the purposes of future research projects the funding for which may be requested under NCN calls or other national or international calls. Under MINIATURA 8, 5,000 – 50,000 zlotys is up for grabs for research activities performed over a period of up to 12 months.
The total budget for this call edition is 20 million zlotys divided in proportion to the number of months of the call for proposal. Proposals can only be eligible for funding if they fit into the pool of available funds for the month.
This is the last moment to submit proposals. The call closes on 31 July 2024, 4 p.m.
Funding of preliminary/ pilot studies, library and archive searchers, fellowships, research visits and/ or consultations may be requested by researchers who have been conferred their PhD degree after 1 January 2012 and have never been principal investigators in NCN-funded projects. Their scientific achievements must include at least one paper published or at least one artistic achievement or achievement in research in art. They must not be the winning applicants of an ETIUDA call for doctoral scholarships or a call for NCN-funded fellowships, or applicants, principal investigators or fellowship candidates under proposals submitted to or recommended for funding under any other NCN call.
Service of Decisions
On 24 July 2024, positive and negative decisions for proposals submitted to MINIATURA in April 2024 were served on the applicants. Grounds for the decisions are available in the OSF submission system where the status of proposals can also be checked.
Decisions are served on the applicants in an electronic format to their Electronic Delivery Box (ESP (ePUAP)) address specified in the proposal. If you have not received the decision, make sure that your ESP (ePUAP) address is correct and if it is not, contact the NCN Program Officer named in the OSF submission system.