The Journal Checker Widget is now available on the webpage of cOAlition S. It enables researchers to search for journals in which they can publish in compliance with the NCN‘s Open Access Policy. To find out more, go to https://journalcheckertool.org/widget.
Proposal forms for SONATINA 5, SHENG 2 and WEAVE-UNISONO are now available in the OSF submission system.
PLEASE NOTE: Under Weave-UNISONO, NCN proposals must be submitted electronically via the ZSUN/OSF submission system, as soon as possible following submission of the joint proposal to the lead agency, within 7 calendar days. Once the work on the NCN proposal has started in the ZSUN/OSF submission system, the Polish research team has 45 calendar days to complete the proposal and submit it to the NCN. After that, the proposal can no longer be edited, in which case a Polish research team that has not sent its proposal to the NCN must prepare a new proposal and complete it in the ZSUN/OSF submission system.
PLEASE NOTE: NCN proposals processed in the ZSUN/OSF system:
In the case of joint proposals submitted to the lead agencies covering Polish team budgets for 2022 onwards, make sure that:
Together with the JPI Urban Europe network, we are pleased to announce a new call for international research projects under the ERA-NET Co-fund Urban Transformation Capacities (ENUTC) Call in the field of development of modern cities and urban areas. The topics covered by the call are described in detail in the call announcement.
Funding can be applied for by international consortia consisting of at least three research teams from at least three countries participating in the call (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden). The principal investigator of the Polish research ream must be at least a PhD holder. The application procedure is carried out in two stages:
PLEASE NOTE: LEASE NOTE: At this stage, Polish applicants are not required to submit any documents to the NCN.
Call Timeline:
Under the EN-UTC call, funds can be applied for to cover salaries for members of the research team, salaries and scholarships for students and PhD students, purchase or manufacturing of research equipment and other costs crucial to the research project.
The total funding allocated by the NCN for research tasks to be performed by the Polish research teams under the call is 500 000 EUR.
Please read the call announcement.
We are pleased to present the fourth ranking list under the call for proposals for funding of Research Components in projects funded under the “Polish Returns 2020 Programme” launched by the NAWA. Only one project was found eligible and recommended for funding.
The “Polish Returns 2020 Programme” was launched by the NAWA on 7 January 2020 in order to allow Polish researchers working abroad to return to Poland and conduct research in the Polish research institutes. Projects could have contained a basic Research Component funded by the National Science Centre
The NAWA evaluation team has selected seven projects containing a Research Component. Before starting the projects, the researchers whose projects contained a Research Component must submit a proposal for funding of such Components under the NCN call. Their proposals will be subject to an NCN eligibility check only. The eligibility check will be carried out on a continuous basis until the last proposal containing a Research Component funded under the “Polish Returns 2020 Programme”, is submitted to the NCN.
We have published the first ranking list under the call for proposals for funding of Research Components in projects funded under the “NAWA Chair Programme (1st edition)” launched by the NAWA. Only one project was found eligible and recommended for funding.
The “NAWA Chair Programme (1st edition)” was launched by the NAWA on 1 June 2020. he objective of the NAWA Chair programme is to support outstanding scientific and research as well as teaching activity of Polish scientific entities by inviting world-class foreign scientists to participate in those activities. The first edition of the call was addressed at researchers who carry out research in the areas of humanities as well as social and theological sciences. Proposals could have covered basic Research Components funded by the NCN.
The NAWA evaluation team has selected five projects containing a Research Component. Before starting the projects, the researchers whose projects contained a Research Component must submit a proposal for NCN funding of such Components under the call. Their proposals will be subject to an NCN eligibility check only. The eligibility check will be carried out on a continuous basis until the last proposal containing a Research Component funded under the “NAWA Chair Programme (1st edition)”, is submitted to the NCN.
You are welcome to submit proposals under a new call launched by the ForestValue network for international research projects in the following areas: 1. Sustainable and multifunctional use and management of forests, to maximize their contribution to all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 2. Building with wood from various perspectives, and 3. Analysis of benefits, synergies and trade-offs in the use of forest biomass.
Funding can be applied for by international consortia consisting of at least three research teams from at least three countries participating in the call. The principal investigator of the Polish research ream must be at least a PhD holder and countries participating in the call include Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and Estonia.
Under the ForestValue call, funds can be applied for to cover salaries for members of the research team, salaries and scholarships for students and PhD students, purchase or manufacturing of research equipment and other costs crucial to the research project.
The total funding allocated by the NCN for research tasks to be performed by the Polish research teams under the call is 500 000 EUR.
The application procedure consists of two stages:
PLEASE NOTE: This is a single-stage call which means that only full proposals are submitted at the international stage. More on the application procedure at the international stage can be found in the Call Announcement available on the webpage of the ForestValue network.
Call Timeline:
The latest issue of ”Nature” features an article about new photon-avalanching nanoparticle materials developed by scientists from Poland, South Korea, and the US. The authors of the paper include Prof. dr hab. inż. Artur Bednarkiewicz from the Institute of Low Temperatures and Structural Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (INTiBS PAN) in Wrocław, and the Polish part of the research project has been funded under the OPUS 16 scheme, with Professor Bednarkiewicz as its principal investigator.
The first and the greatest achievement of the research team is the successful generation of the nanocrystals as such. Normally, lanthanide-doped luminescent materials are limited by what is known as concentration quenching: at dopant concentration levels of more than 1%, their luminescence tends to decrease. The authors of the paper relied on the photon-avalanching mechanism to obtain a spectacular (10,000-fold) increase in luminescence. As presented in the journal, their research opens up brand new avenues for the application of nanotechnology in the construction of biosensors (e.g. to detect viruses, bacteria, fungi, or biological processes in cells and tissues) and physical parameter sensors (e.g. temperature, pressure), as well as for neuromorphic computing, mid-infrared detectors, new nanolasers and sub-diffraction limit imaging.
The research team includes scientists from INTiBS PAN (Poland), Columbia University (USA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (South Korea).
Read the paper here.
We have published the third ranking list under the call for proposals for funding of Research Components in projects funded under the Polish Returns 2020 Programme launched by the NAWA. This time, only one project was found eligible and recommended for funding.
The Polish Returns 2020 Programme was launched by the NAWA on 7 January 2020 in order to allow Polish researchers working abroad to return to Poland and conduct research in the Polish research institutes. Projects could have contained a basic Research Component funded by the National Science Centre.
The NAWA evaluation team has selected seven projects containing a Research Component. Before starting the projects, the researchers whose projects contained a Research Component must submit a proposal for NCN funding of such Components under the NCN call. Their proposals will be subject to an NCN eligibility check only. The eligibility check will be carried out on a continuous basis until the last proposal containing a Research Component funded under the Polish Returns 2020 Programme, is submitted to the NCN.
NCN together with the JPIAMR Network is pleased to announce a new call for international research projects on antimicrobial resistance. Funding may be applied for by international research consortia composed of at least 3 research teams from at least 3 different countries participating in the call, with at least 2 from EU member states or associated countries. The principal investigator of the Polish research team must be at least a PhD holder.
The call for proposals is addressed in particular to the research teams applying the One Health approach to:
Twenty one countries will participate in the call: Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia Finland, France, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Germany, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom and Italy.
The call will support research projects that have the potential for impact in the areas where the risk and burden of AMR are greatest, such as low and middle income countries (LMIC) in Asia and Africa. The participation of the partners from the LMIC will be funded by the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) from Denmark, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) from Canada and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
The estimated call budget is 24.9 million EUR. The Polish research teams participating in the call will be funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), which has allocated 500,000 EUR.
Pre-proposals should be submitted by16 March 2021, 12 p.m. (CET).
We are pleased to present the second ranking list under the call for proposals for funding of Research Components in projects funded under the Polish Returns 2020 Programme launched by the NAWA. They were both found eligible and recommended for NCN funding.
The Polish Returns 2020 Programme was launched by the NAWA on 7 January 2020 in order to allow Polish researchers working abroad to return to Poland and conduct research in the Polish research institutes. Projects could have contained a basic Research Component funded by the National Science Centre.
The NAWA evaluation team has selected seven projects containing a Research Component. Before starting the projects, the researchers whose projects contained a Research Component must submit a proposal for NCN funding of such Components under the NCN call. Their proposals will be subject to an NCN eligibility check only. The eligibility check will be carried out on a continuous basis until the last proposal containing a Research Component funded under the Polish Returns 2020 Programme, is submitted to the NCN.
