DAINA is a call for research projects carried out by Polish–Lithuanian research teams, jointly announced by the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba, LMT) and the National Science Centre, Poland (NCN).
Applications may be submitted for funding of research in any scientific discipline specified in one of the 26 NCN panels.
Under the DAINA 4 call, NCN and LMT will fund only proposals that meet the criterion of basic research.
The merit-based evaluation of proposals will be carried out by LMT in accordance with the rules applicable at this agency.
- Announcement of the call: 15 June 2026
- Deadline for joint proposals submission to LMT: 15 September 2026
- Deadline for national proposals submission in the OSF system: 22 September 2026, 14:00 CET
- Call results: March 2027
- Start date of funded research projects: June 2027
Eligibility requirements:
- Proposals must involve basic research and include joint Polish–Lithuanian research plan. Research equipment or networking activities can only be funded within projects with a basic research focus. Projects consisting solely of the purchase or development of equipment or solely of activities within scientific networks do not meet the funding criteria and will be rejected.
- State aid cannot be applied for under DAINA 4.
- A person may be indicated as the Principal Investigator in only one proposal submitted in the given edition of the call.
- Under DAINA 4, research projects may be planned for a period of 36 months.
- Entities eligible to apply for NCN funding for the Polish part of the research project must be those specified in Article 27(1), points 1–2, 4–5 and 7–8 of the Act on the National Science Centre of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2026, item 101).
- The list of Lithuanian institutions included in the Register of Research and Study Institutions that may participate in the call is available at: http://www.aikos.smm.lt/en/Pages/Default.aspx, under Registers in the Education providers category.
- At the time of submission, the Polish Principal Investigator must be at least PhD holder. The Lithuanian Principal Investigator must be a scientist (at least PhD holder).
Information on requirements for Lithuanian teams is available on the LMT website.
This announcement is for information purposes only. Detailed conditions will be set out in the official call text.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Polish side: NCN
Coordinators:
- Life Sciences: Grzegorz Sowa, PhD
- Humanities, Social Sciences and Art Sciences: Oskar Wolski, PhD
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: Anna Koteja, PhD Eng.
General enquiries: Jadwiga Spyrka, PhD