Another 78 researchers have joined the group of MINIATURA 10 grantees, who will carry out preliminary studies, conduct library and archive searches, or go on research visits. We present the results for proposals submitted in March.

More than 200 representatives of the Norwegian scientific community took part in an information meeting organised at the RCN. The webinar focused on the calls launched under the 4th edition of the EEA and Norway Grants.

Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska has received the first Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) Award. The award was presented during a session of the PAS General Assembly marking the Academy's 75th anniversary.

Dr hab. Karolina Kremens, a professor at the University of Wrocław, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for the most ambitious and groundbreaking projects.

The sixth episode in the series features Agata Starosta of the IBB PAS, who studies protein biosynthesis in bacteria and identifies their weak points in the search for new antibiotics.

NCN has launched the GRIEG BIS and Coordination & Capacity Kick-off calls under the 4th edition of the EEA and Norway Grants. More than EUR 50 million will support research projects carried out in cooperation with partners from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

In the latest episode, Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, a member of the ERC Scientific Council, and Katarzyna Kubica-Oro, from the National Contact Point for EU Research Programmes at NCBR, discuss how ERC proposals are assessed, why countries in our region win so few grants, and what researchers considering an application can actually do.

National Science Centre together with Biodiversa+ is pleased to pre-announce its upcoming 2026-2027 Joint Call, Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories.

The largest editions to date of the OPUS and SONATA calls for research projects in NCN's history have now been concluded. More than five hundred basic research grants, with a total value of almost PLN 912 million, will go to Polish research institutions.

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.