150 researchers will pursue research activities owing to NCN grants. They will receive a total of over PLN 6 million for preliminary/ pilot studies, research visits, and library and archive searchers. Here are the results for MINIATURA 9 proposals submitted in June.
MINIATURA 9 was open to proposals submitted by researchers with a PhD degree awarded after 1 January 2013. PLN 5,000 – 50,000 was up for grabs for research activities carried out by researchers working at Polish research institutions. NCN funds could be used for preliminary/ pilot studies, library and archive searchers or research visits, and – for the first time –mentor’s guidance on developing future research project that could be submitted by the call winners in upcoming major NCN calls.
MINIATURA 9 was open between February and July. The proposal evaluation procedure was simplified to a single stage, with the results published within five months of the submission date.
286 researchers have been awarded MINIATURA grants so far. Today, the list of winners will expand to include another 150 researchers, who will pursue their research activities with a total value of over PLN 6 million. The funded research activities include 129 including preliminary/ pilot studies, 15 research visits and 12 library and archive searchers. 25 research activities will involve mixed forms.
Funded Research Activities
40 research activities will be funded in Humanities, Social Sciences and Art Sciences. The winning applicants include Dr Wojciech Bis from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences. He will carry out a non-invasive survey of relics of a late medieval and early modern castle foundation in Wilczyska, Lubelskie Voivodeship. Dr Michalina Kowala from the Adam Mickiewicz University will pursue the project entitled ‘Guaranteeing access to information or protecting freedom to conduct a business? The legislator's difficult choices based on the example of attempts to resolve the conflict between press publishers and online platforms’. Dr Sylwia Zawadzka from the University of Wrocław will carry out pilot comparative studies in the Euroregion Pro Europa Viadrina and the Euroregion Baltic on youth participation in cross-border structures.
52 researchers were awarded in Physical Sciences and Engineering, including Dr inż. Wojciech Stopyra from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, who will carry out preliminary studies on the application of thermodynamic simulations to determine Powder Bed Fusion - Laser Beam process parameters for AA7075 aluminium alloy to minimize hot cracking. Dr Tymoteusz Chojecki from the Marii Curie-Skłodowska University of Lublin will perform a research activity on expanding graphs of large girth and new families of message authentication codes. Another MINIATURA grant will support Dr inż. Ludwin Molina Arias, who will study the impact of voluntary breathing modulation on locomotor–respiratory coupling during walking and running.
Funding will also support 57 research activities in Life Sciences. Dr Lidia Łapińska from the Medical University of Białystok will analyse the proteomic profile and cardiometabolic parameters in people with depressive symptoms to assessment the risk of development of early neurodegenerative changes in the brain white matter. Dr inż. Marta Pokora-Carzyńska from the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa will go on a research visit to study enzymatic hydrolysis as a method for modifying the functional properties of Lathyrus sativus protein and inducing biological activity by releasing biologically active peptides, while Dr Kamila Laskoś from the Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Science will analyse oilseed press cake extracts in regulating photosynthesis, water management, and the antioxidant system in winter wheat and winter rye under soil drought conditions.
The ranking lists include all topics of research activities recommended for funding under MINIATURA 9.
MINIATURA 9 Ranking list No 6(.pdf)
Funding per Panel:
- Humanities, Social Sciences and Art Sciences: 40 research activities with a total budget of PLN 1,201,140
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: 53 research activities with a total budget of PLN 2,105,650
- Life Sciences: 57 research activities with a total budget of PLN 2,776,605
Total funding: 150 research activities with a budget of PLN 6,083,395.
Proposals submitted in the last month of the call are pending a decision. The results will be released by the end of November.