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OPUS 32 + LAP/Weave call for research projects

National Science Centre (NCN), Poland

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  • PhD · Postdoc · Early independent researcher · Mid-career researcher · Established researcher
  • Poland
  • Institution applies
  • Physics, Chemistry and
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The National Science Centre (NCN) OPUS 32 + LAP/Weave call funds basic research projects led by researchers at any career stage at Polish host institutions, in any discipline including research in the arts. Proposals can cover projects by Polish teams alone, projects using large international research infrastructure, partnerships with foreign teams that secure their own funding, and OPUS LAP projects run with partner teams from Austria, Czechia, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg or Belgium-Flanders under the Weave Lead Agency Procedure, or with Spanish teams funded by AEI, with NCN acting as lead agency. International partnership is optional and gives no preference. Projects last 12, 24, 36 or 48 months (OPUS LAP durations depend on the partner country). The total call budget is PLN 600 million. Proposals are submitted by the Polish host entity through the OSF system by 15 December 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Warsaw time; partner teams submit to their own agencies. Results for OPUS proposals are expected by the end of June 2027 and for OPUS LAP proposals by the end of November 2027.

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Eligibility

Covers: Direct costs including salaries, full-time post-doc positions, scholarships for students and PhD students, research equipment, materials and other eligible costs, plus indirect costs up to 20% of direct costs and open-access indirect costs up to 2%; no fixed maximum project budget; 12–48 months.

Host must be an eligible entity operating in Poland; the PI must spend at least 50% of the project duration in Poland or at the host's foreign division and be employed by the Polish host for the whole project. OPUS LAP partners must be from Austria, Czechia, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium-Flanders or Spain and apply to their own agencies.

ncn.gov.pl

Proposals are submitted by entities named in the Act on the National Science Centre, including Polish universities, Polish Academy of Sciences institutes, research institutes, Łukasiewicz institutes, other research institutions and groups of entities. The principal investigator may hold a PhD or not but must have at least one paper published or accepted (or an artistic achievement for research in the arts) within the last 10 years, spend at least 50% of the project period in Poland or at the host's foreign division, and be employed by the host for the project duration on at least a part-time contract. A researcher may be PI of only one OPUS, OPUS LAP or SONATA proposal in this edition, subject to NCN limits on concurrent projects and proposals.

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Source: ncn.gov.pl