National Science Centre
The National Science Center (NCN) is an institution that finances scientific and research projects in Poland. The National Science Center also acts as an international exchange platform, enabling Polish scientists to cooperate with researchers from other countries and participate in international research projects. The implementation of the above tasks is carried out through competitions for financing research projects.
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The NCN calls open the possibility of applying for funding for research projects carried out in bilateral or trilateral international cooperation under the Weave programme, as well as projects carried out by Polish research teams with the use of large international research facilities.
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As part of the NCN calls, it is possible to obtain funding for a project even at the level of 100%.
It is possible to apply for funding:
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fixed assets,
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intangible assets
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costs of adapting the premises for the purposes of the research project.
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The competitions are intended for scientists and entrepreneurs and do not specify a minimum or maximum project budget.
OPUS competitions
The NCN calls open the possibility of applying for funding for research projects carried out in bilateral or trilateral international cooperation under the Weave programme, as well as projects carried out by Polish research teams with the use of large international research facilities.
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As part of the NCN calls, it is possible to obtain project co-financing even at the level of 100%.
It is possible to apply for funding:
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fixed assets,
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intangible assets
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costs of adapting the premises for the needs of the research project.
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The competitions are intended for scientists and entrepreneurs and do not specify a minimum or maximum project budget.
Research project manager
The head of a research project may be a person who has at least one published or accepted paper in his/her scientific achievements. In the case of scientific activity in the field of creativity and art, the project manager should have at least one published or accepted work or at least one artistic or artistic-scientific achievement.
The principal investigator in NCN calls does not have to hold a PhD degree. However, it should be remembered that the project manager may only be a person employed for the entire duration of the project in the entity planned as the location of the research project under an employment contract for at least half of full-time employment. The employment requirement does not apply to persons receiving retirement benefits from the social insurance system.
Participation of other people in the project
In research projects, in addition to the project leader, additional contractors may be involved in research tasks, including students and doctoral students, as well as persons holding a post-doc or senior researcher position.
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A post-doc position is a full-time position planned by the project manager for a person who obtained a PhD degree not earlier than 7 years before the year of employment in the project.
The PhD student/student who will receive the NCN research scholarship must be selected in an open competition.
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The position of a senior researcher is a full-time position, co-financed by the implementing entity, in which employment in this position is provided, planned by the project manager for a person who obtained a doctoral degree at least 7 years before the date of submitting the application and completed a foreign postdoctoral fellowship(s), with specialist knowledge, unique competences and experience necessary to carry out the research tasks planned in the project.