MAESTRO Call for Proposals for Research Projects by Advanced Investigators
17th Call
The National Science Centre (NCN) is launching the MAESTRO 17 call for research projects for well-established and outstanding researchers aiming to conduct pioneering research, including interdisciplinary research, which is significant for the development of science, goes beyond the current state-of-the-art and may result in scientific discoveries.
The budget call is PLN 25 million.
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the OSF submission system available at https://osf.opi.org.pl, in compliance with the proposal submission procedure. The proposal form will be available in the system on 18 June. The deadline for the submission is 16 September 2025, 14:00 CEST.
Significant changes:
- researchers who had their PhD conferred in the year of employment in the project or within 12 years before 1 January of the year of employment in the project can apply for the post-doc position (the period may be extended by evidenced career breaks);
- review panels have been changed.
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the NCN, proposals submitted to the National Science Centre must not provide for any collaboration between Polish and Russian entities. Where any such collaboration is planned, the proposals shall be rejected as ineligible.
