Announcing Institution: 

National Science Centre

The purpose of the call:

The aim of the call is to support the career of young researchers by creating opportunities for full-time employment and conducting scientific research in Poland and enabling them to gain knowledge and experience during internships in high-quality foreign scientific centers.

The competition is addressed to persons who hold a doctoral degree obtained in the year of application or in the period of 3 years before the year of application (between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2021) or whose doctoral degree will be awarded by June 30, 2022. The 3-year period may be extended by breaks in academic career, as detailed in §5.6 of the resolution.

Deadline and form for submission: 

15 March 2022

Form of submitting proposals:
The proposal alongside the required annexes shall be submitted in electronic form by the principal investigator in the ZSUN/OSF (Zintegrowany System Usług dla Nauki/Obsługa Strumieni Finansowania) system, accessed through the website: osf.opi.org.pl

Internal Regulations:

Pursuant to the Ordinance No. 56 by JU Rector of 11 July 2016 on: terms and conditions of the procedure for preparing and implementing projects funded from external sources at Jagiellonian University, researchers interested in participating in the call should submit to the CWN:

• by 21 February 2022, if the project is planned in collaboration with other entities:
  • and JU acts as a leader in the project:
    • an agreement on collaboration of a group of entities toward implementation of the proposed research project (drawn up by the NCN), to be downloaded from the ZSUN/OSF system (under tab “Host entities’”) in the form of a PDF file;
    • additional agreement confirmed by JU Legal Team, drawn up in accordance with the template attached as annex 1 to this Communication (an extended version of the agreement on collaboration of a group of entities toward implementation of the proposed research project);
    • Research project registration form, filled out in the JU Project Zone system https://strefaprojektow.uj.edu.pl/
  • and in the event that JU acts as partner in the project:
    • the agreement on collaboration of a group of entities toward implementation of the proposed (drawn up by the NCN) in the form of a PDF file, sent by the project's leader;
    • additional agreement confirmed by JU Legal Team, drawn up in accordance with the template attached as annex 1 to this Communication (an extended version of the agreement on collaboration of a group of entities toward implementation of the proposed research project);
    • Research project registration form, filled out in the JU Project Zone system https://strefaprojektow.uj.edu.pl/

Provisions included in the template agreement (drawn up by the NCN) may not be modified nor appended with additional regulations between the entities. PLEASE NOTE: Supporting a signed agreement (drawn up by the NCN) in the ZSUN/OSF system is a condition of blocking proposal for edition and generating the required confirmation. The document in the PDF format should be supported, signed with a qualified electronic signature. Alternatively, a scan of the document with a handwritten signature may be supported. Please bear in mind that the additional agreement should not be attached to the funding proposal in the ZSUN/OSF system.

• by 24 February 2022, the draft version of the proposal in the form of a PDF file sent to the address of the call assistant at the CWN (the draft version means the need to complete at least the sections: Applicant, Principal Investigator / Supervisor / Contractor, Research plan, Cost estimate and its justification);
• by 8 March 2022 (3:30 p.m. GMT+1) final version of the proposal in the form of PDF file:
  • a) generated from the application system: option "Print PDF" with a file name according to the formula: Surname and first name of the Principal Investigator, programme name, date of the document (Kowalski_Jan_SONATINA6_08_03_2022), signed with the electronic signature of the Head of the Unit where the project will be carried out (i.e. Dean of the Faculty or Director of the unit, according to the specifics of the given unit);
  • b) Project Registration Form filled electronically via the JU Project Zone at the following webpage: https://strefaprojektow.uj.edu.pl/. This does not apply to applications in which an agreement on collaboration of a group of entities toward implementation of the proposed research project was previously submitted to the CWN;
  • c) generated from the ZSUN/OSF system, the document titled “Confirmation of submitting the proposal by an authorised representative” in a PDF file;
  • d) scan of the generated from the ZSUN/OSF system and signed by the Principal Investigator the document titled “Confirmation of submitting the proposal by the Principal Investigator” with his qualified signature;
  • e) confirmation of awarding the Principal Investigator with a PhD. degree, and in the event of the intention to obtain a PhD. degree, a declaration by the supervisor of a doctoral dissertation or a certificate issued by a competent entity on the expected date of awarding the degree, in the form of a scan of a document signed by hand or a document signed with a qualified electronic signature in the form of a file PDF;
  • f) a document in English confirming the consent of the research centre for the foreign internship to be carried out by the Principal Investigator, in the form of a scanned document signed by hand or a document signed with a qualified electronic signature in the form of a PDF file.

More information:

Vice-Rector's communication

Annex no 1

NCN (in Polish)