SONATA BIS Call for Proposals for Research Projects in Poland
The National Science Centre (NCN) is launching the SONATA BIS 15 call for researchers with a PhD degree conferred within 5 to 12 years before the proposal submission year who intend to create a new research team to conduct basic research.
The budget call is PLN 170 million.
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the OSF submission system available at https://osp.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.
