We present a preliminary timeline for calls operated by the National Science Centre in the year 2026.
The call timeline does not include multilateral calls launched by the international networks of research funding agencies, including the NCN, which are announced and pre-announced on the NCN website all year round according to the decisions of the participating agencies.
2026 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weave-UNISONO | continous call, in line with partner agencies call timelines | depend on the time of publishing results by partner agencies | |
| MINIATURA 10 | continuous call, open from 2 February to 31 July 2025 | November 2025 (last ranking list) | |
| 16 March | 16 June | December 2026 | |
| 15 June | 15 September | March 2027 | |
| 15 September | 15 December | OPUS 32, SONATA 22 – June 2027 Weave – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies, November 2027 at latest | |
| SONATINA 11 | 15 December | 15 March 2027 | September 2027 |
Multilateral calls in 2026 timeline
2025 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVE-UNISONO | continous call, in line with partner agencies call timelines | depend on the time of publishing results by partner agencies | |
| IMPRESS-U | call open until 31 December 2025, may be suspended earlier if the total amount of funds set by any partner institution has been depleted | within 12 months of the NCN proposal submission date | |
| MINIATURA 9 | continuous call, open from 3 February to 31 July 2025 | November 2025 (last ranking list) | |
| 17 March | 17 June | December 2025 | |
| 16 June | 16 September | March 2026 | |
| 15 September | 15 December | OPUS 30, SONATA 21 – June 2026 Weave – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies, November 2026 at latest | |
| SONATINA 10 | 15 December | 16 March 2026 | September 2026 |
2024 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVE-UNISONO | continous call, in line with partner agencies call timelines | depend on the time of publishing results by partner agencies | |
| IMPRESS-U | call open until 31 December 2025, may be suspended earlier if the total amount of funds set by any partner institution has been depleted | within 12 months of the NCN proposal submission date | |
| MINIATURA 8 | continuous call, open from 1 February to 31 July 2024 | ||
| 15 March | 17 June | December 2024 | |
| 17 June | 17 September | March 2025 | |
| 16 September | 16 December | OPUS 28, SONATA 20 – June 2025 Weave – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies, November 2025 at latest | |
| 16 December | 17 March 2025 | SONATINA 9 – September 2025 SHENG 4 – November 2025 | |
2023 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVE-UNISONO | continous call, in line with partner agencies call timelines | depend on the time of publishing results by partner agencies | |
| MINIATURA 7 | continuous call, open from 1 February to 31 July 2023 | ||
| 15 March | 15 June | December 2023 | |
| 15 June | 15 September | March 2024 PRELUDIUM BIS 5 – February 2024 | |
| IMPRESS-U | open between 2 August 2023 and 31 December 2025, may be suspended if the total amount of funds has been depleted | within 12 months of the NCN proposal submission date | |
| 15 September | 15 December | OPUS 26, SONATA 19 – June 2024 Weave – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies, November 2024 at latest | |
DAINA 3 | 15 December | 15 March 2023 | SONATINA 8 – September 2024 DAINA 3 – November 2024 |
2022 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVE-UNISONO | continous call, in line with partner agencies call timelines | depend on the time of publishing results by partner agencies | |
| MINIATURA 6 | continuous call, open from 1 February to 31 July 2022 | ||
| 15 March | 15 June | December 2022 | |
| 15 June | 15 September | March 2023 | |
| 15 September | 15 December | OPUS 24, SONATA 18, POLONEZ BIS 3 – June 2023 Weave – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies, November 2023 at latest PRELUDIUM BIS 4 – May 2023 | |
SHENG 3 | 15 December | 15 March 2023 | SONATINA 7 – September 2023 SHENG 3 – November 2023 |
2021 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEAVE-UNISONO | continuos call, announced on 4th January | first results: second half of 2021 | |
| DIOSCURI 4 | 23 February | 15 June | February 2022 |
| 15 March | 15 June | December 2021 | |
| 15 June | 15 September | March 2022 | |
| 15 September | 15 December | June 2022 WEAVE – depends on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies | |
| SONATINA 6 | 15 December | 15 March 2022 | September 2022 |
| MINIATURA 5* | continuous call, open from 4 May to 30 September 2021 | ||
* calls schedule might be changed in the course of the year
2020 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEUS-UNISONO | continuos call, announced on 24th February | first results: second half of 2020 | |
| 16 March | 16 June | December 2020 | |
| 15 June | 15 September | March 2021 May 2021 (DAINA 2) | |
| 15 September | 15 December | June 2021 LAP – depend on the time of accepting evaluation results by partner agencies October 2021 (BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 4) | |
| 15 December | 15 March 2021 | September 2021 (SONATINA 5) November 2021 (SHENG 2) | |
| DIOSCURI 4 | December | March 2021 | October 2021 |
| MINIATURA 4* | continuous call, open from 4 May to 30 September 2020 | ||
2019 call timeline
| TYPE OF CALL | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS | |
| 15 March | 17 June | December 2019 | |
| MOZART | 15 March | continuous call, first results available in December 2019 | |
| 17 June | 17 September | March 2020 | |
| 17 June | 19 August | March 2020 | |
| ALPHORN | 1 July | 8 October | June 2020 |
| 16 September | 16 December | June 2020 | |
| 16 December | 16 March 2020 | September 2020 | |
| MINIATURA 3 | continuous call, to be announced by June 18th 2019 | ||
* calls within EOG and Norway grants, calls schedule might be changed in the course of the year
** the announcement of the DAINA 2 call has been postponed to 2020
2018 call timeline
| 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TYPE OF CALL | CALL ANNOUNCEMENT | CALL DEADLINE | CALL RESULTS |
| 15 March | 15 June | December 2018 | |
| 15 June | 17 September | March 2019 | |
| 14 September | 17 December | June 2019
October 2019 (BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3 and BEETHOVEN LIFE) | |
| 14 December | 15 March 2019 r. | September 2019 | |
| TANGO 3 | continuous call, announced in May 2018 | ||
| MINIATURA 2 | continuous call, announced on 17th April, 2018 | ||
Specific information on the terms and start dates for individual calls will be published on the NCN’s website once they have been approved by the relevant resolutions of the Council of the NCN.