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  • Karolina Kremens

    #pokolenieNCN – Karolina Kremens: The digital age offers an opportunity to reshape criminal procedure

    The next researcher in the series, Karolina Kremens, studies the impact of new technologies on the criminal process and asks what procedural rules would look like if groups historically overlooked had been involved in shaping them.The NCN Generation is… czytaj dalej
    The next researcher in the series, Karolina Kremens, studies the impact of new technologies on the criminal process and asks what procedural rules would look like if groups historically overlooked had been involved in shaping them.
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    OPUS 30+LAP/Weave results: Polish and Belgian bilateral cooperation

    Researchers from the Jagiellonian University, in collaboration with partners from Belgium-Flanders, will carry out an international research project on performance monitoring and feedback processing. They were awarded PLN 1.5 million under OPUS LAP for… czytaj dalej
    Researchers from the Jagiellonian University, in collaboration with partners from Belgium-Flanders, will carry out an international research project on performance monitoring and feedback processing. They were awarded PLN 1.5 million under OPUS LAP for their research.

  • Ks. Prof. Andrzej Szostek, NCN Council Member for two terms, passes away

    It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our valued colleague and mentor Ks. Prof. Andrzej Szostek, a distinguished ethicist and philosopher, Professor at the Catholic University of Lublin and NCN Council Member from … czytaj dalej
    It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our valued colleague and mentor Ks. Prof. Andrzej Szostek, a distinguished ethicist and philosopher, Professor at the Catholic University of Lublin and NCN Council Member from 2010 to 2018, who died on 21 July 2026.
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    Cities tell their own versions of history

    Memory politics is not the sole preserve of national governments. Cities engage in it too – by erecting monuments and forging links with local authorities abroad. Their actions may reinforce, reshape or run counter to the national narrative. Natalia… czytaj dalej
    Natalia Matiaszczyk, a PhD student at the University of Lodz and an OPUS 30 grant recipient, studies how cities engage in memory politics – through monuments, museums and relations with local authorities abroad. We talk to her about how cities tell their own versions of history in our #rozmowaNCN series.
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    New funding opportunities for joint research projects carried out by teams from Poland and Spain

    The National Science Centre plans to launch new calls in cooperation with the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), which will give Polish researchers the opportunity to obtain funding for bilateral projects carried out jointly with partners… czytaj dalej
    The National Science Centre plans to launch new calls in cooperation with the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), which will give Polish researchers the opportunity to obtain funding for bilateral projects carried out jointly with partners from Spain.

  • Autumn OPUS 32+LAP/Weave call

    On 15 September 2026, we will launch the OPUS 32 call, which will accept proposals for research projects carried out in international cooperation under the Lead Agency Procedure (LAP) within the Weave programme. For the first time, we will open this route… czytaj dalej
    On 15 September 2026, we will launch the OPUS 32 call, which will accept proposals for research projects carried out in international cooperation under the Lead Agency Procedure (LAP) within the Weave programme. For the first time, we will open this route to Polish-Spanish projects.
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    New materials for applicants to Basic Research Programme calls

    Is your project interdisciplinary? What do the application limits imply? What are the funding rules? You can find the answers to these and many other questions in our Q&A section for the GRIEG BIS and C&C Kick-off calls.We have published answers… czytaj dalej
    Is your project interdisciplinary? What do the application limits imply? What are the funding rules? You can find the answers to these and many other questions in our Q&A section for the GRIEG BIS and C&C Kick-off calls.
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    NCN signs Memorandum of Understanding with Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) of Spain

    Polish researchers might soon be able to cooperate with research teams from Spain and have their cooperation funded. The National Science Centre has started preparations for new calls for proposals in collaboration with Agencia Estatal de Investigación.… czytaj dalej
    Polish researchers might soon be able to cooperate with research teams from Spain and have their cooperation funded. The National Science Centre has started preparations for new calls for proposals in collaboration with Agencia Estatal de Investigación.
  • Karolina Safarzyńska

    #pokolenieNCN – Karolina Safarzyńska: Evolution is against us in the fight against climate change

    Karolina Safarzyńska, the next researcher in the series, investigates why efforts to bring emissions down are failing despite ever tighter climate policies – and looks for the answer in the way people influence each other.The NCN Generation is made up of… czytaj dalej
    Karolina Safarzyńska, the next researcher in the series, investigates why efforts to bring emissions down are failing despite ever tighter climate policies – and looks for the answer in the way people influence each other.
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    Twenty six international research projects with OPUS LAP grants

    We are pleased to announce the results of OPUS 30+LAP/Weave for projects carried out in bilateral or trilateral collaboration with research teams from Austria and Czechia. The total budget for the Polish part is over PLN 43.6 million.Under OPUS, funding… czytaj dalej
    We are pleased to announce the results of OPUS 30+LAP/Weave for projects carried out in bilateral or trilateral collaboration with research teams from Austria and Czechia. The total budget for the Polish part is over PLN 43.6 million.

  • NCN grantees to receive preferential points in all Akces NCBR calls

    Projects based on the results of research funded by NCN will be awarded preferential points in every Akces NCBR acceleration call. Initial data from the call for the Impakt programme show that researchers with prior NCN grant experience are choosing this… czytaj dalej
    Projects based on the results of research funded by NCN will be awarded preferential points in every Akces NCBR acceleration call. Initial data from the call for the Impakt programme show that researchers with prior NCN grant experience are choosing this path.

  • Call for NCN Council members

    The Minister of Science and Higher Education has announced a call for NCN Council members. The Council is made up of 24 researchers. Applications can be submitted by 31 July.The NCN Council was formed pursuant to the… czytaj dalej
    The Minister of Science and higher Eductaion has announced a call for NCN Council members. The Council is made up of 24 researchers with half of them replaced every two years. Applications can be submitted by 31 July.