On 2 June 2026, representatives of European institutions, research organisations, research infrastructures and scientific communities gathered in Brussels to discuss one of the increasingly strategic issues for European research and innovation: how to build a research data ecosystem that is secure, resilient, interoperable and sovereign. 

Representatives of NCN and NCBR visited Iceland to discuss upcoming EEA and Norway Grants calls and the development of Polish-Icelandic research cooperation.

From more stable quantum computers and ultra-fast quantum internet technologies to sensors capable of detecting minute variations in gravitational fields, researchers involved in the projects selected under the QuantERA Call 2025 will work on key technologies underpinning the future quantum infrastructure. 

The NCN Generation is made up of researchers whose work pushes the boundaries of knowledge and changes our lives. The protagonist of episode 5 is Maciej Trusiak, who builds lensless microscopes that can image hundreds of thousands of cells in a single frame.

The NCN Generation comprises researchers and scholars making a significant contribution to the advancement of science. Episode 4 features Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, who studies the resettlement cultures that emerged after 1945 in post-resettlement areas in Poland and the former Czechoslovakia.

In the latest episode of the NCN podcast, Prof. Margaret Ohia-Nowak and dr inż. Tomasz Szumełda discuss the results of a survey on the use of AI in proposal writing, as well as research into bias in Polish language models—a project led by Margaret Ohia-Nowak and funded by the NCN. Hosted by Anna Korzekwa-Józefowicz.

We asked researchers about the use of generative AI in the grant system. The results show that most accept its use in proposal writing, but oppose its involvement in evaluation.

In the third episode of the #NCNGeneration series, we speak with Prof. Małgorzata Kot from the Centre of New Technologies at the University of Warsaw. The archaeologist studies the interface between Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans — and what their encounters meant for human culture and early migrations.

On 6–7 May, the 12th edition of NCN Days will take place in Katowice. In this special year, marking the 15th anniversary of the National Science Centre, attendees are welcome to celebrate together and to reflect on the impact of NCN’s role in the research funding system on the quality of research carried out at Polish institutions.

The European Research Council has published a document on the reasons why the widening countries have performed less successfully in ERC calls and on measures to address this imbalance. The key recommendation was to increase investment in basic research.