JPIAMR (Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance)  is a global collaborative network engaging 28 member nations to curb antibiotic resistance (AMR). The initiative supports transnational research consortia using One Health approach within the 6 priority areas – therapeutics, diagnostics, surveillance, transmission, environment and interventions. To date JPIAMR has supported 129 research projects and 44 networks representing researchers from 82 countries all over the world. National Science Centre joined the network in 2015.

Call for proposals

JPIAMR-ACTION (2021-2026)

Interventions Moving forward to Promote ACTion to counteract the emergence and spread of bacterial and fungal resistance and to improve treatments (IMPACT) (open)

Development of innovative strategies, tools, technologies, and methods for diagnostics and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance” (DISTOMOS) (closed)

Announcement of 16th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects within the ERA-NET JPIAMR-ACTION: “Development of innovative strategies, tools, technologies, and methods for diagnostics and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance” (DISTOMOS)

16 January 2023

The National Science Centre, together with the JPIAMR, is launching a call for international research projects on antimicrobial resistance. Proposals may be submitted by international research consortia composed of at least 3 research teams from at least 3 different countries participating in the call, with at least 2 from the EU member states or associated countries. The principal investigator of the Polish research team must hold at least a PhD degree.

The primary aim of the call is to combine the resources, infrastructures, and strengths of multiple countries in order to facilitate research projects supporting the development or improvement of existing strategies, tools, technologies, and methods to support the prudent and rational use of antimicrobials. This can be achieved by focusing on diagnosis of infections caused by resistant microorganisms, on detection of resistant microorganisms, and/or collection, analysis and use of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use (AMU) data.

25 organisations from 18 countries will participate in the call: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. The participation of the partners from least developed countries (LDC) will be financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

Updated 31.01.2023: Hungary joined the countries participating in the call. The Call text and pre-proposal form have been updated accordingly.

Due to the Russian invasion against Ukraine, the NCN Council has decided that proposals involving any cooperation between Polish and Russian institutions will be deemed ineligible (including cooperation with non-funded partners from the Russian Federation)

The estimated call budget is around 18.8 million EUR. The Polish research teams participating in the call will be funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), which has allocated 1,000,000 EUR for that purpose.

Call timeline:

  • International level (two stages)

A joint proposal is drafted by the Polish research teams in cooperation with foreign partners (in English) at the first and second stage of the international call and submitted electronically to the international submission system by the leader of the international consortium.

  • Stage 1: 7 March 2023, 2:00 pm CET – submission deadline for pre-proposals. Please note: Polish applicants must consult the project budget with the NCN (by e-mail) but must not submit any official documents to the NCN at pre-proposal submission stage;
  • Stage 2: 4 July 2023 – submission deadline for full proposals.
  • National level (single stage)

An NCN proposal concerning the Polish part of the project is drafted by the Polish research team at the national level and submitted to the NCN electronically via the OSF electronic submission system. The budget of the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal must be calculated at the following exchange rate: 1 EUR = 4.7244 PLN.

NCN proposals (NCN UNISONO) must be submitted by the Polish research teams within 7 days of submitting full proposals at the international level by 11 July 2023, 4 pm CEST.

  • Call results:

November 2023: publishing the list of projects recommended for funding

January – March 2024: project start date

Researchers interested in the call may:

  • participate in the webinar on 24 January 2023, 12.00-13.30 CET. Please use Invajo link to register;
  • use the Partner Search Tool to find project partners.

Please read:

  • the call documents available on the JPIAMR network’s website (applicable to all applicants);
  • information for applicants applying for NCN funding specified below and annexes hereto.

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Who may apply for NCN funding?

Please note: The call documents available on the JPIAMR webpage contain information on the composition and number of international consortia.

NCN proposals may be submitted to the NCN by the following entities specified in Article 27 (1) of the NCN Act, hereinafter: the “applicants”:

  1. universities,
  2. federations of science and HE entities,
  3. research institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences operating pursuant to the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1796, as amended),
  4. research institutes operating pursuant to the Act on Research Institutes of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 1383, as amended),
  5. international research institutes established pursuant to other acts and acting in the Republic of Poland,

5a. Łukasiewicz Centre operating pursuant to the Act on the Łukasiewicz Research Network of 21 February 2019 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 2098),

5b. institutes operating within the Łukasiewicz Research Network,

  1. Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences,
  2. other entities involved in research independently on a continuous basis,
  3. groups of entities (at least two entities mentioned in sections 1-7 or at least one institution as such together with at least one company),
  4. scientific and industrial centres laid down in the Act on Research Centres of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 1383, as amended),
  5. research centres of the Polish Academy of Sciences laid down in the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 1796),
  6. scientific libraries,
  7. companies operating as R&D centres laid down in the Act on Certain Forms of Support for Innovation Activities of 30 May 2008 (Journal of Laws 2021, item 706),
  8. legal entities with registered office in Poland,

13a. President of the Central Office of Measures,

  1. natural persons,
  2. companies conducting research in other organisational form than set forth in sections 1-13a.

If research projects are to be carried out by two or more Polish entities applying for NCN funding, they must set up a group of entities and as such submit NCN proposals. NCN proposals are submitted by a leader specified in the research project cooperation agreement concluded by the group of entities. An entity employing the principal investigator acts as the leader of the group of entities. If, pursuant to Article 27 (1) (2) of the NCN Act, Polish entities cannot set up groups of entities, they are not eligible to apply for NCN funding of a joint research project.

If the applicant is a natural person, the host institution must not be a group of entities or entity for which project funding constitutes state aid.

Who may act as a principal investigator?

The principal investigator of the Polish research team must hold at least a PhD degree. Additional restrictions are described in detail in Chapter IV (§13-18) of the Terms and regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded or co-funded under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO, annexed to NCN Council Resolution No 28/2022 of 2 March 2022.

The principal investigator must be a person employed by the host institution for the project for the entire project duration period pursuant to at least a part-time employment contract. The principal investigator must reside in Poland for at least 50% of the project duration period. This period includes business trips necessary for the project, in particular involving fieldwork, participation in scientific conferences and/or library and archive research.

What are the topics covered by the call?

Detailed information on the subject of the call can be found in the JPI AMR Call Text.

NCN funding proposals must concern basic research for the purposes of Article 2 (1) of the NCN Act.

NCN basic research proposals comprising research tasks overlapping with research tasks covered by another proposal that has been already submitted in any NCN call or with respect to which an appeal has been initiated, may only be submitted once the funding decision has become final.

What is the project duration period?

Research projects may be planned in the call for a period of either 24 or 36 months.

How should the Polish budget be planned?

We recommend that Polish applicants should consult the budget table of the Polish part of the project with the NCN. The budget table in .xlsx format should be sent to jolanta.palowska@ncn.gov.pl by 1 March 2023.

Creating a project budget is one of the most important aspects in the project planning which aims at identifying the required resources and estimating the costs required to perform the research tasks. The project budget must be based on realistic calculations and must comply with the guidelines laid down in the Types of costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under within the multilateral collaboration UNISONO. The maximum budget of the Polish research team is not pre-determined; however, the justification of the expenses versus the scope of tasks is assessed by an international expert team.

Polish research teams may be awarded funds to cover salaries for members of the Polish research team, salaries and scholarships for students and/or PhD students, purchase or construction of research equipment, devices and software and other costs crucial to the research project.

The proposal may be rejected if unreasonable budget is planned and/or discrepancies occur between the costs of projects to be carried out by Polish research teams in the NCN proposal and the joint proposal.

When developing the budget, the following must be taken into account:

  • the budget of the Polish research team in the joint proposal should be consistent with the budget in the NCN proposal in the OSF;
  • the budget in the joint proposal must be quoted in EUR, while the budget in the NCN proposal in the OSF, in PLN, rounded down to total values;
  • the EUR budget of the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal must be calculated according to the following exchange rate: 1 EUR = 4.7244 PLN.

Indirect costs may not exceed 20% of direct costs. Additionally, indirect costs of up to 2% of direct costs may be spent on open access to publications and research data. The host institution must arrange with the principal investigator in the project for the distribution of at least 25% of the indirect costs’ value.

NCN funding will be awarded for research projects carried out by the Polish research in the case of which foreign partners receive parallel funding.

Are there any restrictions on the size of the Polish research team?

The terms of the call do not specify the maximum number of the research team members. To find out more about the costs of salaries and scholarships, please read the Annex (Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO). Please note that persons employed as post-docs in the project must be recruited in an open call procedure. Persons to be selected in an open call procedure, including post-docs, must not be named in joint proposals or NCN proposals. To find out more about the post-doc employment criteria, please read the Annex (Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO).

Can proposals in this call include application for state aid?

Yes. To find out more, please read the State aid rules.

What is the proposal evaluation procedure?

Joint proposals are subject to an eligibility check performed by the NCN, other members of the JPIAMR network and the Secretariat of the JPIAMR-ACTION call.

NCN proposals are subject solely to an NCN eligibility check performed by the scientific coordinators, which involves verification of NCN proposals for completeness, compliance with all terms set forth in the call documents and Resolution No 28/2022 of the NCN Council, including compliance of the budget with the Annex (“Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO ”). Information in the NCN proposals must comply with information in the joint proposals and the joint proposals annexed to the NCN proposals must comply with the full proposals.

Joint proposals approved as eligible are subject to merit-based evaluation of the international expert team pursuant to the call procedure.

Who performs the merit-based evaluation of proposals?

Only joint proposals approved as eligible are subject to merit-based evaluation performed by the international expert team appointed by the Secretariat of the JPIAMR-ACTION call pursuant to the call procedure. Proposals recommended for funding will be verified for compliance with the ethics standards pursuant to the guidelines included in the call documents.

When and how will the results be announced?

The JPIAMR-ACTION call will be concluded on the date specified in the call documents (November 2023). Firstly, project coordinators will be informed about the outcome. Polish research teams will be notified by way of decisions of the NCN Director.

What is the appeal procedure?

In the event of a breach of the call procedure or other formal infringements related to actions performed by the NCN, the applicant may appeal against the decision of the NCN Director with the Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council within 14 days of the date the decision has been served.

Open Access Policy

Together with other European cOAlition S agencies, the National Science Centre has drafted its open access policy. In accordance with its vision of open access to research results and publications, the NCN requires that all research results should be made available in full and immediate open access. In accordance with the principles of Plan S, the National Science Centre recognises the following publication routes as compliant with its open access policy:

  1. publication in open access journals and on open access platforms registered, or with pending registration, in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ);
  2. publication in subscription journals (hybrid journals), as long as the Version of Record (VoR2) or the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM3) is published, by the author or publisher, in an open repository immediately upon the article’s online publication;
  3. publication in journals covered by an open access licence within the framework of so-called transformative agreements, inscribed in the Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges registry (ESAC-registry).

Personal data protection

When submitting a proposal to the JPIAMR call, all partners of the consortium specified in the proposal must grant their consent for personal data processing by the JPIAMR pursuant to the EU Directive on the General Data Protection (UE 2016/679), including transfer of persona data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA).

Where can additional information be found?

To find out more about the call, please go to the JPIAMR network’s website. To find out more about the terms and regulations on awarding NCN funding in the call, please read Resolution No 28/2022 of the NCN Council.

Should you have any questions or queries, please contact us by e-mail or by phone:

Dr Monika Pobiega

monika.pobiega@ncn.gov.pl

(before calling, make an e-mail appointment)

Jolanta Palowska

jolanta.palowska@ncn.gov.pl

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Joint Call Secretariat (JCS)

National Science Centre Poland, JPI.AMR@ncn.gov.pl

Call documents

The JPIAMR network:

The call documents are available here.

The National Science Centre:

  1. Terms and regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded or co-funded under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO
  2. Budget table of the Polish research team
  3. NCN proposal form template (to be published at the full proposal submission stage when full proposals are submitted).
  4. Agreement on the formation of a group of entities for the purposes of completion of the research project
  5. State aid rules
  6. Proposal submission procedure in the calls launched by the National Science Centre
  7. Guidelines for applicants to complete the data management plan form in the proposal
  8. Guidelines for applicants to complete the ethics issues form in the proposal
  9. Code of the National Science Centre on research integrity and applying for research funding
  10. Regulations for awarding scholarships in NCN-funded research projects
  11. Open access policy at the NCN
  12. Guidelines: Open Access
  13. Service of decisions of the NCN Director under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out in multilateral cooperation
  14. Guidelines for appealing against the NCN Director’s decisions
  15. Personal data processing at NCN since 25 May 2018 (GDPR)
  16. Order establishing a procedure for conducting audits on Host Institution’s premises
  17. Guidelines for entities auditing the implementation of research projects funded by the National Science Centre
  18. Evaluation of monographs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre

Disrupting drug Resistance Using Innovative Design (DRUID) (closed)

11 January 2022

Announcement of JPIAMR 14th Call: Disrupting drug Resistance Using Innovative Design (DRUID)

The National Science Centre, together with the JPIAMR , is launching a call for international research projects on antimicrobial resistance. Proposals may be submitted by international research consortia composed of at least 3 research teams from at least 3 different countries participating in the call, with at least 2 from the EU member states or associated countries. The principal investigator of the Polish research team must hold at least a PhD degree.

The call for proposals is addressed in particular to the research teams applying the One Health approach to support research into antimicrobial interventions based on the improvement of the efficacy, specificity, delivery, combination and/or repurposing of drugs and plant protection agents to treat bacterial or fungal infections.

27 organisations from 18 countries will participate in the call: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Spain, Israel, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom and Italy. The participation of the partners from low and middle income countries (LMIC) will be financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

The estimated call budget is 19 million EUR. The Polish research teams participating in the call will be funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), which has allocated 500,000 EUR for that purpose.

Call timeline:

  • International level (two stages)

A joint proposal is drafted by the Polish research teams in cooperation with foreign partners (in English) at the first and second stage of the international call and submitted electronically to the international submission system by the leader of the international consortium.

  • 1st stage: 8 March 2022, 2:00 pm CET (submission deadline for pre-proposals. Please note: Polish applicants must consult the project budget with the NCN (by e-mail) but must not submit any official documents to the NCN at pre-proposal submission stage;
  • 2nd stage: 5 July 2022 (submission deadline for full proposals).
  • National level (single stage)

An NCN proposal concerning the Polish part of the project is drafted by the Polish research team at the national level and submitted to the NCN electronically via the ZSUN/OSF electronic submission system. The budget of the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal must be calculated at the following exchange rate: 1 EUR = 4.5447 PLN.

NCN proposals (NCN UNISONO) must be submitted by the Polish research teams within 7 days of submitting full proposals (international level) by 12 July 2021, 4 pm CEST.

Call results:

November 2022: publishing the list of projects recommended for funding

January – March 2023: project start date  

Researchers interested in the call may:

  • participate in the webinar on 25 January 2022, 4 pm - 5:30 pm CET. Please use Invajo to register;
  • use the Partner Search Tool to find project partners.

Please read: 

  • the call documents available on the JPIAMR network’s website (applicable to all applicants);
  • information for applicants applying for NCN funding specified below and annexes hereto.  

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Who may apply for NCN funding?

Please note: The call documents available on the JPIAMR webpage contain information on the composition and number of international consortia.

NCN proposals may be submitted to the NCN by the following entities specified in Article 27 (1) of the NCN Act, hereinafter: the “applicants”:

  1. universities,
  2. federations of science and HE entities,
  3. research institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences operating pursuant to the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws 2019, item 1183, as amended),
  4. research institutes operating pursuant to the Act on Research Institutes of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 1383, as amended);
  5. international research institutes established pursuant to other acts and acting in the Republic of Poland,

5a. Łukasiewicz Centre operating pursuant to the Act on the Łukasiewicz Research Network of 21 February 2019 (Journal of Laws 2020, item 2098, as amended);

5b. institutes operating within the Łukasiewicz Research Network,

  1. Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences,
  2. other entities involved in research independently on a continuous basis,
  3. groups of entities (at least two entities mentioned in sections 1-7 or at least one institution as such together with at least one company),
  4. scientific and industrial centres laid down in the Act on Research Centres of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1350),
  5. research centres of the Polish Academy of Sciences laid down in the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences of 30 April 2010;
  6. scientific libraries,
  7. companies operating as R&D centres laid down in the Act on certain forms of support for innovation activities of 30 May 2008 (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1402),
  8. legal entities with registered office in Poland,
  9. natural persons and
  10. companies conducting research in other organisational form than set forth in sections 1-13.

If research projects are to be carried out by two or more Polish entities applying for NCN funding, they must set up a group of entities and as such submit NCN proposals. NCN proposals are submitted by a leader specified in the research project cooperation agreement concluded by the group of entities. An entity employing the principal investigator acts as the leader of the group of entities. If, pursuant to Article 27 (1) (2) of the NCN Act, Polish entities cannot set up groups of entities, they are not eligible to apply for NCN funding of a joint research project.

If the applicant is a natural person, the host institution must not be a group of entities or entity for which project funding constitutes state aid.

Who may act as principal investigator?

The principal investigator of the Polish research team must hold at least a PhD degree. Additional restrictions are described in detail in Chapter IV (§13-18) of the Terms and regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded or co-funded under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO, annexed to NCN Council Resolution No 80/2021 of 9 September 2021.

The principal investigator must be a person employed by the host institution for the project for the entire project duration period pursuant to at least a part-time employment contract. The principal investigator must reside in Poland for at least 50% of the project duration period. This period includes business trips necessary for the project, in particular involving fieldwork, participation in scientific conferences and/or library and archive research.

What are the topics covered by the call?

The call for proposals is addressed in particular to the research teams applying the One Health approach to support research into antimicrobial interventions based on the improvement of the efficacy, specificity, delivery, combination and/or repurposing of drugs and plant protection agents to treat bacterial or fungal infections.

Projects implemented by international research consortia should concern at least one out of three One Health areas (human, animal, plants). NCN proposals submitted to the NCN by the Polish research teams may concern one or more One Health areas.

To find out more about the subject of the call, please go to the JPIAMR network’s website.

NCN funding proposals must concern basic research for the purposes of Article 2 (1) of the NCN Act.

NCN basic research proposals comprising research tasks overlapping with research tasks covered by another proposal that has been already submitted in any NCN call or with respect to which an appeal has been initiated, may only be submitted once the funding decision has become final.

What is the project duration period?

Research projects may be planned in the call for a period of either 24 or 36 months.

How should the Polish budget be planned?

We recommend that Polish applicants should consult the budget table of the Polish part of the project with the NCN. The budget table in .xlsx format should be sent to jolanta.palowska@ncn.gov.pl by 1 March 2022.

Creating a project budget is one of the most important aspects in the project planning which aims at identifying the required resources and estimating the costs required to perform the research tasks. The project budget must be based on realistic calculations and must comply with the guidelines laid down in the Types of costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under within the multilateral collaboration UNISONO. The maximum budget of the Polish research team is not pre-determined; however, the justification of the expenses versus the scope of tasks is assessed by an international expert team.

Polish research teams may be awarded funds to cover salaries for members of the Polish research team, salaries and scholarships for students and/or PhD students, purchase or construction of research equipment, devices and software and other costs crucial to the research project. NCN scholarships are awarded pursuant to the Regulations on awarding scholarships.

The proposal may be rejected if unreasonable budget is planned and/or discrepancies occur between the costs of projects to be carried out by Polish research teams in the NCN proposal and the joint proposal.

When developing the budget, the following must be taken into account:

  • the budget of the Polish research team in the joint proposal should be consistent with the budget in the NCN proposal in ZSUN/OSF;
  • the budget in the joint proposal must be quoted in EUR, while the budget in the NCN proposal in ZSUN/OSF, in PLN, rounded down to total values;
  • the EUR budget of the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal must be calculated according to the following exchange rate: 1 EUR = 4.5447 PLN.

Indirect costs may not exceed 20% of direct costs. Additionally, indirect costs of up to 2% of direct costs may be spent on open access to publications and research data. The host institution must arrange with the principal investigator in the project for the distribution of at least 25% of the indirect costs’ value.

NCN funding will be awarded for research projects carried out by the Polish research in the case of which foreign partners receive parallel funding. 

Are there any restrictions on the size of the Polish research team?

The terms of the call do not specify the maximum number of the research team members. To find out more about the costs of salaries and scholarships, please read the Annex (Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO). Please note that persons employed as post-docs in the project must be recruited in an open call procedure. Persons to be selected in an open call procedure, including post-docs, must not be named in joint proposals or NCN proposals. To find out more about the post-doc employment criteria, please read the Annex (Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO).

Can proposals in this call include application for state aid?

Yes. To find out more, please read the State aid rules.

What is the proposal evaluation procedure?

Joint proposals are subject to an eligibility check performed by the NCN, other members of the JPIAMR network and the Secretariat of the JPIAMR-ACTION call.

NCN proposals are subject solely to an NCN eligibility check performed by the scientific coordinators, which involves verification of NCN proposals for completeness, compliance with all terms set forth in the call documents and Resolution No 80/2021 of the NCN Council , including compliance of the budget with the Annex (“Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO ”). Information in the NCN proposals must comply with information in the joint proposals and the joint proposals annexed to the NCN proposals must comply with the full proposals.

Joint proposals approved as eligible are subject to merit-based evaluation of the international expert team pursuant to the call procedure.

Who performs the merit-based evaluation of proposals?

Only joint proposals approved as eligible are subject to merit-based evaluation performed by the international expert team appointed by the Secretariat of the JPIAMR-ACTION call pursuant to the call procedure. Proposals recommended for funding will be verified for compliance with the ethics standards pursuant to the guidelines included in the call documents.

When and how will the results be announced?

The JPIAMR-ACTION call will be concluded on the date specified in the call documents (November 2022). Firstly, project coordinators will be informed about the outcome. Polish research teams will be notified by way of decisions of the NCN Director.

What is the appeal procedure?

In the event of a breach of the call procedure or other formal infringements related to actions performed by the NCN, the applicant may appeal against the decision of the NCN Director with the Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council within 14 days of the date the decision has been served.

Open Access Policy

Together with other European cOAlition S agencies, the National Science Centre has drafted its open access policy. In accordance with its vision of open access to research results and publications, the NCN requires that all research results should be made available in full and immediate open access. In accordance with the principles of Plan S, the National Science Centre recognises the following publication routes as compliant with its open access policy:

  • publication in open access journals and on open access platforms registered, or with pending registration, in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ);
  • publication in subscription journals (hybrid journals), as long as the Version of Record (VoR2) or the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM3) is published, by the author or publisher, in an open repository immediately upon the article’s online publication;
  • publication in journals covered by an open access licence within the framework of so-called transformative agreements, inscribed in the Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges registry (ESAC-registry).

Personal data protection

When submitting a proposal to the JPIAMR call, all partners of the consortium specified in the proposal must grant their consent for personal data processing by the JPIAMR pursuant to the EU Directive on the General Data Protection (UE 2016/679), including transfer of persona data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA).

Where can additional information be found?

To find out more about the call, please go to the JPIAMR network’s website. To find out more about the terms and regulations on awarding NCN funding in the call, please read Resolution No 80/2021 of the NCN Council.  

Should you have any questions or queries, please contact us by e-mail or by phone:

Dr Monika Pobiega

monika.pobiega@ncn.gov.pl

(before calling, make an e-mail appointment)

Jolanta Palowska

jolanta.palowska@ncn.gov.pl

Show number

International Call Secretariat:

French National Research Agency, JPI-AMRCalls@agencerecherche.fr

Call documents

The JPIAMR network:

The call documents are available here.

The National Science Centre:

  1. Terms and regulations on awarding funding for research tasks funded or co-funded under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO
  2. Regulations for awarding scholarships in NCN-funded research projects
  3. Costs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre under international calls carried out as multilateral collaboration UNISONO
  4. NCN proposal form template (to be published at the full proposal submission stage when full proposals are submitted)
  5. Budget table of the Polish research team
  6. Agreement on the formation of a group of entities for the purposes of completion of the research project
  7. State aid rules.
  8. Guidelines for applicants to complete the data management plan form in the proposal
  9. Guidelines for applicants to complete the ethics issues form in the proposal
  10. Code of the National Science Centre on research integrity and applying for research funding
  11. Open access policy at the NCN
  12. Service of decisions of the NCN Director under international calls launched by the National Science Centre and carried out in multilateral cooperation
  13. Guidelines for appealing against the NCN Director’s decisions
  14. Personal data processing at NCN since 25 May 2018 (GDPR)
  15. Order establishing a procedure for conducting audits on Host Institution’s premises
  16. Guidelines for entities auditing the implementation of research projects funded by the National Science Centre
  17. Evaluation of monographs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre

One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of AMR (closed)

Call announcement

Call results


NCN together with the JPI AMR Network is pleased to announce a new call for international research projects on antimicrobial resistance. Funding may be applied for by international research consortia composed of at least 3 research teams from at least 3 different countries participating in the call, with at least 2 from EU member states or associated countries. The principal investigator of the Polish research team must be at least a PhD holder.

The call for proposals is addressed in particular to the research teams applying the One Health approach to:

  • to understand the impact of interventions on the development and transmission of antibiotic resistance and
  • to design, implement, evaluate, and compare interventions that will have a true impact on preventing or reducing the development and transmission of antibiotic resistance in and between the different One Health settings (human, animal, environment).

Twenty one countries will participate in the call: Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia Finland, France, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom and Italy.

The call will support research projects that have the potential for impact in the areas where the risk and burden of AMR are greatest, such as law and middle income countries (LMIC) in Asia and Africa. The participation of the partners from the LMIC will be funded by the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) from Denmark, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) from Canada and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

The estimated call budget is 24.9 million EUR. The Polish research teams participating in the call will be funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), which has allocated 500,000 EUR.

Pre-proposals will be accepted by 16 March 2021, 12 p.m. (CET).

JPI-EC-AMR (2015-2021)

Diagnostics and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (closed)

JPI AMR Joint Transnational Call 2019

NCN together with JPI AMR network is pleased to announce a new transnational call on antimicrobial resistance.

The Call on Diagnostics and Surveillance 2019 will fund joint transnational research projects addressing the development of diagnostic and surveillance tools, technologies and methods to detect antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Projects should address the diagnosis of AMR infections in clinical and veterinary settings, or the surveillance of AMR in humans, animals and the environment. The call promotes projects with impact in low and middle income countries (LMICs) in Asia and Africa.

AMR has become one of the major global health and development challenges of the 21st century. The threat of AMR is particularly high in resource-limited and high-risk settings. This is linked to issues such as weak human and animal health systems; diverse means of food production, processing and consumption; food safety and food security; water, hygiene and sanitation challenges; and the global movement of people and goods.

In response to these challenges, the JPIAMR is pleased to launch this joint transnational call for proposals for innovative research projects on new or improved diagnostic and surveillance strategies, tools, technologies and methods.  The call will support research projects that also have the potential for impact in areas where the risk and burden of AMR is greatest, such as in LMIC settings in Asia and Africa. Projects are encouraged to use a One Health approach where relevant.

The projected call budget is approx. 20 million Euro, including 0,5 Euro allocated by he NCN Council to fund Polish research teams participating in the call.

Scope of the call

Projects should aim to either:

  • Develop strategies, tools, technologies, and methods for the detection, monitoring, profiling and/or surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and dynamics leading to resistance.
  • Study ways to facilitate and implement the uptake and use of existing strategies, tools, technologies, and/or methods for the detection, monitoring, profiling and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and dynamics leading to resistance.

Expected Outcomes

It is expected that this JPIAMR call will contribute to the urgent need to curb the burden associated with the most prioritised infections in different geographical settings. This topic area is also suitable to reinforce collaborations involving industry and social sciences. Regional LMIC led collaborations are welcomed. The results of the funded projects should contribute to improved understanding, monitoring and detection of AMR where efforts to curb AMR will have a global impact.

Suggested Focal Areas

  • Establish the validity of new or improved diagnostic tools, technologies and methods.
  • Evaluate how new or improved diagnostics can promote more prudent use of antibiotics (e.g. narrow spectrum antibiotics) in human and veterinary use
  • Rapid diagnostics (essential for optimal antimicrobial selection) and point-of-care techniques, to improve personalised or individual therapies
  • Development of new, or more efficient use and accessibility of already existing, tools, technologies and/or methods to detect AMR in multiple reservoirs, for example human, animal and environmental samples

Projects are encouraged to consider the global use of the tools, technologies and methods, including use in low and lower middle income settings (e.g. lack of laboratory facilities, affordable diagnostic tests, unreliable or unavailable electricity supplies or points-of-care-tests).

The following sub-topics are not within the scope of the call:

  • Investigations based on, or involving, clinical trials.
  • Investigations aiming to improve existing commercial technology or products (more details on this will be in the full call text and annexes)

Participating countries & eligibility

  • Full eligibility criteria is included in the Call text, below.
  • Consortia of eligible scientists from participating JPIAMR member countries and eligible countries in Africa and Asia may apply to this call.
  • Applicants must adhere to the specific regulations of their national funding organisation, see Annex B.
  • Consortia must include a minimum of three and a maximum of six project partners from at least three eligible countries.
  • Participating JPIAMR member countries include Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain and Sweden.
  • China and specified LMICs in Southeast and South Asia (DAC list) will be funded by IDRC (See Annex B).
  • Low income countries in Africa will be funded by SIDA (See Annex B).

Information and application

  • Call text. All specific information on the 9th call.
  • Proposal Application Form. Mandatory for submitting proposals. No other routes are accepted
  • Application website: Applications should be submitted via https://ptoutline.eu/app/JPIAMR2019 
  • Pre-eligibility check form for Italian applicants. For more information, see the specific requirements in the call text (Annex B).

Expected timeline

The call has a two-step application process (pre-proposal, full proposal) with the following targeted timetable:

  • February 18, 2019 (11:00 CET)  – submission deadline for joint pre-proposals
  • June 17, 2019 (11:00 CET) –  submission deadline for joint full proposals
  • June 24, 2019 (23:59 CET) – submission deadline for UNISONO proposals for the participating Polish teams
  • Mid October 2019 –  final funding decision announced to applicants
  • End of 2019/Early 2020 – start of funding

Information for Polish applicants:

  1. At the pre-proposal stage Polish applicants are not required to send any additional documents to the NCN.
  2. At the full proposal stage no later than  June 24, 2019 they must submit their UNISONO proposals in the OSF submission system. The UNISONO proposal includes the following budget table: http://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/UNISONO_budget_table.xlsx.
  3. We strongly encourage all applicants to read the information on eligible costs included in the Annex to NCN Council’s Resolution on funding granted within calls for proposals for international research projects (please see UNISONO).
  4. If one international project includes partners from two (or more) different Polish Host Institutions, these institutions must apply to the NCN as a group of entities.  Please note that each member of the group will have a separate budget, but the limit on personnel costs, given in paragraph 2.1.2 of the Annex to NCN Council’s Resolution, applies to the group of entities as a whole (please see  UNISONO).
  5. At the full proposal stage, the budget of the Polish part of the research project in the OSF system should be given in PLN, with the exchange rate of  1 EUR= 4,3833 PLN.
  6. Projects including Polish teams may last 24 or 36 months.

Call results

Within the Joint Call on Diagnostics and Surveillance 2019 over EUR 12,1 million have been granted to 12 research projects addressing the development of diagnostic and surveillance tools, technologies and methods to detect antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more: Two Polish research teams involved in projects awarded in the JPI-EC-AMR call.


Contact

Please contact the Call Secretariat directly for more information or specific questions regarding the call.

NCN

News and updates

Updates about the call will be published on the JPIAMR web and make sure to follow JPIAMR on Twitter @JPIAMR , Facebook.com/JPIAMR and LinkedIn, for further news and updates.

Innovation against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: new targets, compounds and tools. Fundamental and translational research, with the exception of clinical trials (closed)

NCN together with JPI AMR network is pleased to announce a new call on antimicrobial resistance: Innovation against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: new targets, compounds and tools. Fundamental and translational research, with the exception of clinical trials.Applications may be put forward by international consortia composed of a minimum of 3 partners from at least 3 different countries participating in the call. The project participants prepare one joint  proposal document (in English, and following the provided template), which is  submitted to the Joint Call Secretariat by the consortium coordinator on behalf of all the research teams in all countries, via a submission tool https://secure.pt-dlr.de/ptoutline/app/jpiamr2018.

Countries participating in the call

Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland

Timeline of the call

The two-step application process (pre-proposal, full proposal) will have the following timetable:

  • March 7th, 2018 (17:00 CET) – deadline for the submission of pre-proposals
  • April/May 2018 – invitation to submit full proposals
  • June 14th,  2018 (17:00 CET) – deadline for the submission of full proposals
  • October/November 2018 – call results
  • end of 2018/early 2019 – start of funded projects

Call documents

  1. Call text *updated version (v5): 15.01.2018
  2. Pre-proposal Application Form
  3. Specific Requirements / Annex B *updated version (v5): 15.01.2018.

Partner Search Tool

Applicants are invited to use the JPI AMR 2018 Partner Search Tool, which facilitates matches between potential partners with similar research ideas.

Additional info to download

  1. 6th Call Folder 2018
  2. Quick Guide for Dissemination of the JPI AMR Research Projects Results
  3. WHO Prioritization of Pathogens Report

For more information on the call please see the JPI AMR website.

Information for Polish applicants:

  1. At the pre-proposal stage Polish applicants are not required to send any additional documents to the NCN.
  2. At the full proposal stage they must register their projects in the OSF submission system (UNISONO proposal). The UNISONO proposal includes the following budget table: http://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/UNISONO_budget_table.xlsx.
  3. We strongly encourage all applicants to read the information on eligible costs included in the Annex to NCN Council’s Resolution on funding granted within calls for proposals for international research projects (UNISONO, pp. 5-12).
  4. If one international project includes partners from two (or more) different Polish Host Institutions, these institutions must apply to the NCN as a consortium.  Please note that each consortium member will have a separate budget, but the limit on personnel costs, given in paragraph 2.1.2 of the Annex to NCN Council’s Resolution, applies to the consortium as a whole (please see UNISONO, pp. 8-9).
  5. At the full proposal stage, the budget of the Polish part of the research project in the OSF system should be given in PLN, with the exchange rate of  1 EUR= 4,2705 PLN.
  6. Projects including Polish teams may last 24 or 36 months.

Call results

Ten projects have been awarded funding within the JPIAMR 6th transnational call: “Innovations against antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New targets, compounds and tools”. The total funding amount is 12,8 M€. One of the awarded projects:  „Fighting antibiotic-resistant superbugs with anti-persister compounds targeting the stringent response”  will be carried out at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk by the research team lead by dr hab. Ewa Laskowska.

The call was launched in January 2018 and supported by 16 research-funding organisations from JPIAMR member countries. 104 applications were received, involving 468 partners.

For any questions concerning the call results, please contact the Joint Call Secretariat:

Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Phone: +33 (0)1 78 09 80 44
Email: JPI-AMRCalls@agencerecherche.fr

The projects awarded funding within the call are:

Acronym project title coordinator Affiliation countries
ANTIBIO-LAB Anti-Biofilm therapies using Local Application of bacteriophages Fintan Moriarty AO Research Institute Davos Belgium, Switzerland, Germany
Anti-Persistence Fighting antibiotic-resistant superbugs with anti-persister compounds targeting the stringent response Abel Garcia-Pino Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium, France, Spain, Poland
CRISPRattacK Advancing CRISPR antimicrobials to combat the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae Chase Beisel Helmholtz Center for Infection Research Israel, France, Germany
DISRUPT Fighting antimicrobial resistant infections by high-throughput discovery of biofilm-disrupting agents and mechanisms Morten Kjos Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway, Germany, Switzerland
Explore Exploration of the TPP riboswitch as a new target for antibiotics Ruth Brenk University of Bergen Canada, Czech Republic, Latvia, Germany, Norway
FLAV4AMR Flavodoxin inhibitors to kill resistant bacteria Javier Sancho University of Zaragoza France, Germany, Spain
MTI4MDR-TB Development of novel Mycobacterial Tolerance Inhibitors (MTIs) against MDR/XDR tuberculosis Fredrik Almqvist Umeå University France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, USA
RESET-ME Restoring E. coli Sensitivity for Antibiotics by blocking TolC-Mediated Efflux Björn Windshügel Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia
RIBOTARGET Development of Novel Ribosome-targeting Antibiotics Daniel Wilson University of Hamburg Germany, Czech Republic, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy
SCAN Design, Synthesis and Lead Generation of Novel Siderophore Conjugates for the Detection and Treatment of Infections by Gram-Negative Pathogens Mark Brönstrup Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research France, Germany, Israel

Comparison of prevention, control, and intervention strategies for AMR infections through multidisciplinary studies, including One Health approaches (closed)

NCN together with JPI AMR network is pleased to announce a new call on antimicrobial resistance: Comparison of prevention, control, and intervention strategies for AMR infections through multidisciplinary studies, including One Health approaches. Funding is available for international research projects that involve at least three researchers from three different eligible countries.

Countries participating in the call:

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain,  Sweden, Switzerland

Call timetable:

21 March 2017 r. – deadline for pre-proposals

May 2017 – invitation to submit full proposals

4 July 2017 r. – deadline for full proposals

October 2017 r. – call results

One joint proposal document (in English, and following the provided template) shall be prepared by the project participants of a joint transnational proposal, and must be submitted to the Joint Call Secretariat by the coordinator.

Call documentation:

  1. Call Text
  2. Proposal Application Form
  3. Specific Regulations

Partner search tool

Applicants are also invited to use Partner Search Tool, a development facilitating matches between potential partners with similar ideas. It gives the opportunity to express interest either in joining a research proposal or to search for partner(s) for an existing proposal.

Information for Polish applicants:

  1. On the full proposal stage Polish applicants must register their applications in the OSF submission system (UNISONO application). This application includes the following budget table.
  2. Budget of the Polish part of the research project in the OSF system should be given in PLN (1 EUR= 4,3728 PLN).
  3. We strongly encourage all applicants to read information on eligible costs included in the Annex to NCN Council’s Resolution on funding granted within calls for proposals for international research projects (UNISONO, p. 6-13).
  4. If one international project includes partners from two different Polish Host Institutions, these institutions must apply as a consortium. Each Host Institution comprising the consortium has a separate budget, but the limit on the remuneration applies to the consortium as a whole (UNISONO, p. 9-10).
  5. Projects including Polish teams may last 24 or 36 months.

Call results

To unravel the dynamics of transmission and selection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the genetic, bacterial, animal, human, societal, and environmental levels, in order to design and evaluate preventive and intervening measures for controlling resistance (closed)

National Science Centre together with JPI-EC-AMR invites all researchers to submit proposals under JPI-EC-AMR call for proposals on the topic of:

To unravel the dynamics of transmission and selection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the genetic, bacterial, animal, human, societal, and environmental levels, in order to design and evaluate preventive and intervening measures for controlling resistance.

Funding is available for transnational consortia that involve a minimum of three and maximum of six eligible partners, and a maximum of two partners funded by the same organisation in one project.

Countries participating in the call: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK.

Call documents:

Proposals must be submitted via: Proposal Submission Tool and Pre–Proposal Template

The timetable for applications is:

  • Pre-proposals to be submitted 21st March 2016, 17:00 Central European Time
  • Shortlisted applicants to submit Full Proposals 4th July 2016, 17:00 Central European Time

Budget of the Polish part of the research project should be calculated according to NCN eligible costs (p. 5-12). On the full proposal stage Polish applicants will be obliged to complete the budget table.

Please see also NCN Eligibility Requirements: http://www.jpiamr.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Specific-Requirements_JPI-EC-AMR.FINAL_.pdf (p. 5).

For more information please see: http://www.jpiamr.eu/activities/jpiamr-3rd-joint-call-jpi-ec-amr-era-net-cofund-call-on-transmission-dynamics/.

Polish project awarded within the call


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