92 researchers will join the winners of the nineth round of MINIATURA. They will conduct research activities valued at over 3.5 million zlotys. Here are the results for proposals submitted in May.
Under MINIATURA, researchers with a PhD degree awarded over the past 12 years could apply for funding of their research activities in research institutions located all over Poland. Any subject was allowed, as long as it remained within the scope of basic research. Research activities could be carried out in the form of preliminary studies, library and archive searches or research visits. Funds of PLN 5,000 to PLN 50,000 could be requested for a period of 12 months by researchers who were not former winners of NCN calls and whose scientific achievements included at least one paper published or at least one artistic achievement or achievement in research in art.
The call for proposals was open from the beginning of February to the end of July. The results are published on a monthly basis. The fourth round of results concerns proposals submitted in May.
We have awarded a total of 92 grants, including 71 for research activities in preliminary or pilot studies, 2 for library and archive searches, 9 for business trips and 10 for research activities involving mixed approaches. A total of 3,557,772 zlotys in funding was awarded.
Research Subjects on Fourth Ranking List for MINIATURA 9
26 research activities received funding in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (HS) for a total of over 670 thousand zlotys. Dr Aleksandra Pudło from the Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk will carry out preliminary studies on the origins of early medieval inhabitants of Gdansk. Dr Paweł Lewandowski from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn will conduct pilot studies on the optimal model of debt relief for individuals not running a business and Dr Natasza Doiczman-Łoboda from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań will go on a research visit to collect and analyse experience of young adults after leaving foster care in Poland, the USA and Canada.
A group 32 winners in Physical Sciences and Engineering (NZ) includes Dr inż. Magdalena Pietrzak from the Koszalin University of Technology. She will complete preliminary studies and go on a research visit concerning transport of sediment mixture in steady flow over a mobile bed under dynamic liquefaction caused by mechanical vibrations. Owing to MINIATURA funding, Dr inż. Bartłomiej Kruk from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology will be able to develop a reference database of Polish speech recordings for the study of the quality and intelligibility of natural and synthetic voices and Dr Natalia Śmigiel-Gac from the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences will conduct preliminary studies on poly(esteramine) nanoparticles designed to fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
Dr Adrianna Rutkowska from the Medical University of Łódź is one of the 34 grant recipients in Life Sciences (NZ). She will evaluate the presence of SEC61G-EGFR fusion protein in glioblastoma multiforme cells which may negatively impact the success of CAR-T therapy against EGFRvIII. Other grant winners in NZ include Dr Dominik Wawrzuta from the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, who is set to study the impact of medical terminology on public perception of radiation oncology, and Dr hab. Michał Brzeziński from the Medical University of Gdańsk, who will develop and validate analytical method to detect microplastics in human intestinal tissue
The subjects of research activities from the fourth Ranking List for MINIATURA 9
Funding by discipline:
- Humanities, Social Sciences and Art Sciences (HS): 26 research activities valued at PLN 672,282
- Physical Sciences and Engineering (ST): 32 research activities valued at PLN 1,367,683
- Life Sciences (NZ): 34 research activities valued at PLN 1,517,807
Total funding: 92 research activities with a total value of PLN 3,557,772.
285 research activities have received funding under four rounds of MINIATURA 9, with a total value of 11.1 million zlotys. Two more ranking lists are still to come, for proposals submitted in June and July. Proposals are evaluated in a single procedure by experts appointed by the NCN Council.