call for proposals, announced by the National Science Center

Funding institution:

National Science Center

Purpose of the call:

OPUS 19 scheme for research projects, addressed at researchers at all stages of their scientific career. 

General terms on the preparation of applications::

• The project implementation period can be 12, 24, 36 or 48 months.
• The Principal Investigator should indicate from 1 to 10 published scientific papers.
• Change of provisions regarding employment in a post-doc position: a person in a post-doc position must meet an additional condition: a doctoral degree has not been awarded by the entity in which employment is planned for this position.
• Change in cost entries: the eligible costs are not the costs of publishing the monograph resulting from the implementation of the research project, until obtaining a positive assessment in the review process carried out by the National Science Center.
• Change of provisions regarding conditions to be met by the Principal Investigator: The Principal Investigator may be a person employed throughout the project implementation period in the entity planned as the place of project implementation under an employment contract for at least half of the full-time job. The Principal Investigator must stay in Poland for at least 50% of the duration of the project. Business trips necessary for the implementation of the project are included in this period.
• In the project you can plan the so-called doctoral scholarships for doctoral students who meet the requirements set out in the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science (doctoral schools).
• Within the indirect cost, in the project budget, the purchase of a qualified signature in the amount of approximately PLN 305.00 (valid for two years) should be included.
• The budget of the project should include the VAT value (VAT is an eligible cost in the project). All prices should be given in gross amounts.
• The indirect costs may be up to 20% of the direct costs.

• Basic institution data (JU) necessary to complete the application are available on the CAWP website: www.cawp.uj.edu.pl/projekty/dla-wnioskujacych/dokumenty.

Way of submitting proposals::

Applications in the OPUS 19 call for proposals are submitted only in electronic form. The application together with the required attachments is sent by the Principal Investigator electronically via the ZSUN / OSF system (Integrated Services System for Science / Funding Streams), available on the website: osf.opi.org.pl

Deadline for submitting proposals:

June 16, 2020

Internal regulations of the Jagiellonian University:

In accordance with the Jagiellonian University Rector’s Directive No. 56 on July 11, 2016 on the rules of procedure for the preparation and implementation at the JU of projects financed from external sources, researchers interested in participating in the call should submit to the CAWP:

• by the May 18, 2020, a draft agreement or guidelines for an agreement
  • if the applicant is a group of entities, the Jagiellonian University acts as a partner and the leader has its own agreement template - then the document should be sent to Magdalena Duda, phone: 12 663 38 27 , magdalena.duda@uj.edu.pl or Ms Anna Puchała, phone: 12 633 38 16, anna2.puchala@uj.edu.pl.
  • if the Jagiellonian University plays the role of a Leader in the project, please use the model agreement approved by the JU Team of Legal Advisers, which is attached as Annex 1 to this Announcement.

• by the May 28, 2020 a working version of the application sent in a PDF file to the address of the CAWP call supervisor; 

  • by the June 9, 2020 a final version of the application sent in a PDF file to the address of the CAWP call supervisor, i.e.:

    • the document generated from the system: the "Print PDF" option with the file name according to the formula: Principal Investigator’s name and surname, program name, date of the document (Kowalski_Jan_OPUS_02-04-2020), together with the e-mail acceptance of the head of the unit in which the project will be implemented (i.e. Dean of the Faculty or Head of the unit). The head of the unit accepts the application in the content of the e-mail by placing the information - "I accept the application for the call for proposals OPUS 19, ID number of the application: [information in the footer of the application] of Mr / Ms ......”. together with:
    • the Project Registration Form, constituting Annexe 2e to the abovementioned Regulations available at www.cawp.uj.edu.pl "Projects" tab -> "For applicants" ->"Rules for project preparation at the Jagiellonian University" , sent in a PDF file; 
    • The e-mail acceptance of the Project Registration Form by the head of the unit is required in the case of a positive answer to the question regarding the implementation of the project in another JU unit (question No. 18 of the Project Registration Form),

    • generated from the OSF system, the document titled  “Confirmation of submitting the proposal by an authorised representative” in a PDF file,

    • a scan of the document generated from the ZSUN / OSF system and signed by hand by the Principal Investigator: "Confirmation of submitting the proposal by the Principal Investigator" or this document signed by the PI by a qualified electronic signature.

Out of concern for the quality of submitted project applications please consult applications and submit documents to the CAWP in earlier dates than mentioned above.

The above-mentioned terms should be treated as final.

In connection with the above, I would like to kindly inform you that requests regarding the possibility of submitting applications later than set out in this Announcement will not be considered.

Sending the application by the ZSUN/OSF system is an irreversible operation, making it impossible to make subsequent changes. Therefore, the electronic application should be sent only after obtaining the signatures on the Confirmation of submitting the proposal under an NCN call by an authorised representative” and "Confirmation of submitting the proposal by the Principal Investigator"

The above document, signed with the electronic signature by the JU authorities, will be sent back to you by the CAWP call supervisor to the indicated e-mail addresses.

NOTE: Attaching a signed agreement in the ZSUN / OSF system is a condition for blocking the application and generating relevant confirmations;

More information:

Rector Announcement

Attachment no 1 - Model cooperation agreement for the implementation of the proposed research project

Project Registration Form: Windows, Mac, Linux

National Science Center