SONATINA: post-doctoral grants (up to 3 years after PhD award)

SONATINA is a funding scheme addressed to researchers at the onset of their career offering them full-time employment in Polish research institutions and funding to carry out research projects, as well as the opportunity of a 3-6-month visiting fellowship outside of Poland

SONATINA 2 - closed on March 15^th, 2018

Principal Investigator: a researcher within 3 years of receiving his or her PhD degree or who will obtain a PhD degree on the 30th of June of the year referred to in the call documentation

Project duration: 24 or 36 months

Funding:

Researchers may apply for funding of costs relevant necessary and directly connected to the proposed research, including:

• Personnel, a.i. full-time employment of Principal Investigator in Polish research institution
• Consumables
• Travel and subsistence costs of the fellowship outside of Poland:
  • PLN 9,000 ( ca. EUR 2,100) per month for subsistence during 3-6 month fellowship abroad,
  • PLN 1,000-10,000 (ca. EUR 230-2,300) for costs of travel to the abroad research institution and back.
• Outsourcing
• Other: publication costs, collective investigators, devices and software, etc.
• Overheads: up to 40%

SONATINA applicants may not seek funding for research equipment

Evaluation criteria:

• research portfolio of the Principal Investigator,
• evaluation of the results of research projects conducted by the Principal Investigator, funded from the budget for science,
• scientific excellence and the innovative nature of the research project and its impact on the development of the research discipline,
• the innovative nature of the research project and its impact on the advancement of the research field,
• appropriate choice and the quality of the fellowship host institution outside of Poland
• justification of the planned costs

Evaluation procedure: 2-step merit-based evaluation by peer review panels and external reviewers; applicants qualified to the second stage of evaluation will be invited for an interview carried out in Polish or in English

Application: written partly in Polish and partly in English

Call timeline

Contact:

informacja@ncn.gov.pl

Tel: 0048 12 341 9000