In January 2017 the QuantERA Consortium, coordinated by the National Science Centre, will announce a Co-funded Call for Proposals in the field of quantum technologies. »

We would like to invite researchers to submit proposals under Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI) Food-Water-Energy Nexus call for proposals. The call has three topics to address urgent and long-term challenges within the Food-Water-Energy Nexus.

The call aims to develop more resilient and applied urban solutions that bring inter- and transdisciplinary research and innovation together from across the globe, to benefit a much wider range of stakeholders: i.e. researchers, cities, civil society and business. »

On the 16^th of November 2017, in Krakow, a meeting took place involving representatives of the National Science Centre (NCN) and the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba, LMT). During this meeting, prof. Zbigniew Błocki, director of the NCN, and prof. Daunius Pauža, chair of the LMT, signed a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. This bilateral agreement lays the cornerstone of work on a future common funding opportunity for Polish-Lithuanian research teams. »