Financing institution:

National Agency for Academic Exchange

Subject of the competition:

National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) has announced a call for proposals intended to support the mobility of scientists conducting research projects agreed and carried out jointly by eligible applicants from Poland and partners from France.

Deadline for submitting proposals to NAWA is 17 July 2023, 3 p.m.

Terms of the call​:

• Eligible to apply for funding are institutions of science and higher education, e.g. universities, referred to in the Act of 20 July 2018 on Higher Education and Science (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2022 item 574 as amended)
• The project may be carried out within 24 months starting from 2 January 2024 and finishing on 31 December 2025
• The proposed research project may address any research domain, however priority of funding will be given to projects with thematic scope meeting the priorities of the strategic partnership between the French Republic and the Republic of Poland (in particular: energy, i.e. nuclear energy; fossil fuels; renewable sources of energy; sustainable development; digital technology; artificial intelligence and health) and the European Union’s framework programme Horizon Europe (cancer; adaptation to climate change involving social transformation; healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters; climate-neutral and intelligent cities; healthy soil and food). The proposal shall indicate the subject area to which the proposal relates, based on the OECD classification.
  Funds for projects under the call for proposals are allocated to cover the travel expenses and costs of stay for the scientists, except for financing the research itself.
  Each party shall bear the travel and subsistence expenses of scientists from its own country.
• The maximum funding per project from the NAWA budget is PLN 30,000. The above amount may be extended at will using the applicant’s own fund.
  Under the funds awarded by NAWA, eligible expenditures under the project for the Polish side are:
  1. Travel expenses of Polish scientists to France – a flat rate amount dependent on distance in a straight line between the participant's place of residence and the place of stay:

• Considered will be only projects submitted jointly in Poland and France. Proposals submitted in Poland and France should use the same title in English and specify the same implementation time frame.
• Coordinator in the project may be a person with at least doctorate, employed by the applicant.
• Members of the research team can be members of the Project coordinator’s current research team, employed in their unit or other units being part of the Polish system of science and higher education. Students may also be members of the research team, as long as they take an active part in conducting research covered by the Project, and their participation is allowed by the partner country.
• Units that have already benefited from funding under previous calls for proposals in joint research projects with France can only apply with another partner.
• It shall only be possible to act as a coordinator for one Project in a given call.  The Project coordinator cannot be a member of the team in another proposal submitted in the same call.

• The application and its annexes shall be drawn up in Polish. Exception shall be the project title, abstract and a CV of a coordinator from a partner country included in the application (in English).

• There is no limit for proposals submitted by one applicant. It is allowed to submit one proposal as part of one research project.

• A person submitting the proposal needs a valid power of attorney to represent the applicant, conferred by an authorised person, which should be attached to the proposal on submission. The RSC will draw up the power of attorney for all applicants in the call.

• On review of the proposals additional criteria will be applied:

  • participation of young researchers in the Polish research team,
  • projects showing promise of collaboration under EU initiatives,
  • prospective cooperation with partners from the social and economic environment over the course of project implementation or as a result of the project.

Please note:

In the application, in the section: Representative of the institution authorised to sign contracts on behalf of the applicant, please provide the following data: prof. dr hab. Piotr Kuśtrowski, JU Vice-Rector for Research email: prorektor.nauka@uj.edu.pl , phone no. (+48 12) 663 11 42

The required power of attorney for the representative authorised to sign contracts, which must be attached in the NAWA ICT system, will be sent to the persons submitting proposals by the call assistant at the RSC.