We would like to inform that from 26th to 29th of July due to local transportation difficulties connected with the World Youth Days which take place in Krakow, there will be limited access to NCN staff as the office shall be closed. Contact with NCN coordinators and administrative officers will not be possible.
All inquiries should be directed to the NCN help desk:
Tel. +48 12 341 9000
Email: informacja@ncn.gov.pl
The NCN has concluded the fourth edition of the SYMFONIA call for proposals targeted at applicants wanting to conduct interdisciplinary research. Within this call, experts selected 5 projects worth over EUR 5 million.
SYMFONIA applicants must be PhD holders who have already led the implementation of a minimum of 2 research projects selected within domestic or international calls for proposals. The proposed research must involve at least two research domains: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences and Engineering.
- Excellent interdisciplinary research makes a significant contribution to each of the areas concerned, it is however a big challenge and a rare phenomenon in research today - explains prof. Zbigniew Błocki, director of the NCN. - Interdisciplinary projects can of course be submitted to the NCN under regular calls, but past experience shows that it is not easy to convince experts to select such research from a pool of projects put forward to research panels including narrow research fields within which such proposals are usually evaluated. The SYMFONIA funding scheme caters to the needs of researchers who want do carry out large, truly interdisciplinary, high-calibre research projects.
It is expected that research performed within SYMFONIA will constitute more than just using tools or data from one research field in order to develop another field, and it will contribute to the development of both fields in which the project is embedded. The stringent demands of the SYMFONIA scheme means there is usually a small number of applications. Under this edition, the NCN received 38 proposals, out of which 5 were selected. The proposed research brings together Humanities with Life Sciences and Life Sciences with Physical Sciences and Engineering.
The research team from Jagiellonian University led by prof. Jonathan Heddle will investigate the principles of protein structure formation. The discoveries of this research project may be used in the future to create nanoobjects which will allow for the delivery of drugs directly to the cell.
Dr hab. Agnieszka Surma will coordinate the efforts of a research team involving researchers from various Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences – the Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. The scientists will strive to build 3-D supramolecular frameworks which will facilitate the formation of protein crystals – necessary in the process of drug design.
Prof. Przemysław Urbańczyk from Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw will conduct research about the cultural and natural resources of the Polish section of Białowieża Forest. The researchers will employ new, non-invasive methods such as airborne laser scanning. Thanks to the cooperation of both archeologists and life scientists, we will be able to better understand the heritage of Białowieża Forest.
This research team brings together scientists from the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University and will be led by prof. Robert Moszyński. The researchers will work on developing methods of “photographing” chemical reactions on the scale of femtoseconds, i.e. one thousand of one million of one millionth of a second. The results of this research will facilitate more precise observations of the countless phenomena playing a role in chemical, bio-photonic and biological processes.
And last but not least – prof. Andrzej Cichocki together with scientists from Nicolaus Copernicus University, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing will seek to investigate the Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal and the way it represents the activity of specific parts of the brain. New analytical tools developed through their research may allow for more effective use of electroencephalography.
We would like to notify our applicants and grantees that on 11 May 2016, the Council of the National Science Centre introduced the Code of the National Science Centre on Research Integrity and Applying for Research Financing by way of Resolution No 39/2016. Pursuant to the Code, anyone aware of any fraud and/or abuse in projects financed by the NCN and proposals submitted to the NCN under its calls must report it to an NCN officer either directly at: rzetelnosc.naukowa@ncn.gov.pl or to any NCN officer at their business email address.
Furthermore, pursuant to Order No 1/2023 of the NCN Director, a Research Integrity Committee has been established, comprising of prof. dr hab. Wojciech Dajczak as its Chair, Prof. Dr hab. Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz, NCN Council Member, Dr Eng. Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Head of Project Monitoring Department, Dr inż. Ewelina Szymańska-Skolimowska, Scientific Coordinator and Jakub Michaluk, Legal Counsel.
The National Science Centre will allocate almost EUR 10 million for doctoral scholarships and post-doctoral internships for young researchers within recently concluded call for proposals ETIUDA 4 and FUGA 5. Out of 570 submitted proposals, 199 were granted funding.
ETIUDA is a funding opportunity for doctoral scholarships aimed at PhD students preparing a doctoral thesis. In addition to receiving financial support to the amount of EUR 700 monthly, awardees will obtain funding for the realisation of internships in excellent research institutions abroad, indicated in their proposals. In this year’s edition, funding of more than EUR 2.5 M was granted to 128 researchers.
FUGA is addressed to researchers with a doctoral degree obtained within 7 years of submission of the proposal, who want to carry out post-doctoral internships in Polish research Institutions. Each of the grantees will spend from one to three years in an institution located outside of the region (województwo) where they had been affiliated or employed. In addition to the monthly salary, the NCN will also cover the costs of the research conducted by awardees. For the 71 projects selected within this call for proposals, the NCN has allocated more than EUR 7.5 M.
- The main goal of the ETIUDA and FUGA funding opportunities is to increase the mobility of the Polish research community, in particular younger researchers - says prof. Zbigniew Błocki, the NCN director. - Encounters within a new scientific environment, other than the one where we gained our initial experience, are extremely valuable both for individual scientists, as well as for the Polish research community as a whole. The sooner you begin the process of establishing cooperation with other research centres, the greater the chance to create a large and diverse research team in the future. - Such teams are the essence of innovative research. However, moving to another city or country is an enormous financial and organisational effort. Our task is to help the most promising scientists at this difficult but crucial stage in their career development.
Within the ETIUDA funding scheme, the biggest award (over EUR 25 000 ) was granted to Jakub Zdarta from Poznan University of Technology, who conducts research on immobilisation – the process of binding of enzymes to an insoluble carrier which increases enzymes' resistance and their activity. In the field of Humanities, a big portion of funding, over EUR 24 000, went to Dominika Czerniawska-Szejdy from the University of Warsaw. In her research, she strives to describe how cooperation within the research community is initiated. Her interests also include the mobility of researchers. In the area of Life Sciences the biggest grant of ca. EUR 24 000 was awarded to Justyna Piłat from Wroclaw Medical University who will conduct research dedicated to an innovative method of cancer treatment.
Within the FUGA funding scheme, one of the largest grants of ca. EUR 139 000 was awarded to dr Aleksandra Jaworska from the University of Warsaw, who investigates SERS spectroscopy – a technique which may help in early detection of gene mutations leading among others to the onset of melanoma and colorectal cancer. Among FUGA grantees, there is also dr Urszula Doboszewska from the University of Warsaw who will analyse the development and treatment of epilepsy. In the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, the biggest award of more than EUR 105 000 was obtained by dr Marta Marecka from Jagiellonian University who will look into the issue of foreign language acquisition.
We would like to invite researchers to submit proposals under ERA-CAPS call for proposals in all areas of molecular plant science.
Consortia for funding should consist of a minimum of three partners from three different countries. At least two of these must be ERA-CAPS partner countries contributing funding to the call. There is no upper limit on the number of partners.
ERA-CAPS partner countries:
Austria, Belgium*, France, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland*, United Kingdom, USA
(*Belgium and Switzerland do not participate in the data sub-call)
TIMETABLE:
Please see also NCN Eligibility Requirements: National Annex Poland -NCN- 3rd ERA-CAPS Call.
Please note:
EURO exchange rate: 1 EUR = 4.3440 PLN
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The National Science Centre together with the National Science Foundation (NSF), an American agency aiming to fund basic research, invites researchers to apply under the PIRE (Partnership for International Research and Education) funding opportunity.
Call documentation:
Under this call for proposals, applicants may submit projects involving basic research in subject areas included in the NCN Panels and NSF Program Areas, i.e.: Biological Sciences, Computer Sciences, ICT and Engineering, Education and Human Resources, Environmental Research and Education, Geosciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences.
The proposal must be submitted by a project leader – a researcher affiliated in a U.S. academic institution, who can invite researchers for collaboration based in countries participating in the PIRE programme.
Researchers based in Polish Host Institutions should abide by the rules included in NCN Council Resolution no. 56/2016 (UNISONO).
A project's duration may be: 24, 36, 48 or 60 months.
Partners from other countries should follow the regulations specified by the appropriate funding institutions included in the PIRE call announcement.
The budget of the Polish part of the project should be calculated according to the NCN eligibility criteria. We strongly encourage applicants to read the information regarding remunerations in projects funded by the NCN (UNISONO, p. 2-5).
The timetable for applications is:
The budget for Polish research teams amounts to PLN 2 M.
At the full proposal stage, Polish applicants should submit the UNISONO application via the OSF submission system. The deadline is scheduled for the 25th of April 2017.
We invite all researchers who plan to apply under the PIRE call for proposals to contact the NCN.
Contact:
dr Marcin Liana, tel. +48 12 341 9161
Anna Plater-Zyberk, tel. +48 12 341 9016
The National Science Center (NCN) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will launch their second joint call for proposals within the funding initiative “Beethoven” on 15 September 2016. The submission deadline will be 15 December 2016.Following up on its successful first round, NCN and DFG are extending the funding initiative “Beethoven” to cover new disciplines, now inviting proposals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and selected disciplines of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
The aims of the call are:
Proposals for research projects in the above-named disciplines must be written in English and submitted by a joint Polish-German research team. The duration of the projects must be either 24 or 36 months. The proposals will undergo a joint evaluation by both external reviewers and members of an expert panel selected by NCN and DFG.
Further information will be made available on 15 September 2016.
Contact:
dr Małgorzata Jacobs
Tel. 12 341 9090
Anna Plater-Zyberk
tel. 12 341 9016
On May 18-20 the National Science Centre hosted an international Expert Panel evaluating proposals in ERA-NET Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) call for proposals. The Expert Panel was followed by a meeting of representatives of funding organisations from countries participating in this programme.
The ENSUF call, launched in December 2015, targeted the following topics:
In the first phase of the call for proposals 187 international pre-proposals were submitted. Applicants, whose projects were selected by the panel for the second stage, will be invited to submit full proposals. The deadline for full proposals is scheduled for the 20th September 2016, 12:00 CET.
ERA-NET Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF), established by JPI Urban Europe, is an initiative of 25 organisations from 18 European countries, whose aim is to finance international, interdisciplinary research projects that respond to the challenges of modern cities and urban areas. The network supports research involving researchers, as well as innovators, practitioners, representatives of civil society, NGOs, municipalities, urban utilities and other stakeholders.
POLONEZ 2 info chat in English will start today, the 23rd May at 2 pm CET at: https://ncngovpl.clickwebinar.com/polonez.
More information about POLONEZ.
CONTACT:
Beata Krasnopolska
tel. +48 12 341 9091
Agata Mendrek
tel. +48 12 341 9139
The National Science Centre is pleased to present list of projects qualified for funding in NCN POLONEZ 1 call for proposals.
