Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej

HOMING Programme

Reintegration grants for Polish researchers

In 2009 the Foundation closed the last edition of the HOMING programme.
The direct continuation of the HOMING programme starting from 2010 is the HOMING PLUS programme, that is open for Polish and foreign researchers and offers new level of funding. Read more info on the HOMING PLUS programme.

Support for the reintegration of researchers after their stay abroad and fostering cooperation with their former host institutions

Conditions of eligibility*:

• Polish citizenship
• long term residence abroad
• return to Poland within 12 months prior or 6 months posterior to the cutoff date (30 April)
• young PhDs, at an early career stage (up to 4 years from Ph.D. completion)
• affiliation with a Polish scientific entity
• awardees are not allowed to receive funding from more than one FNP programme. However, some additional funding by the FNP is possible. (for more details concerning conditions above, please, see the call regulations)

* From 2010 the programme will be continued as HOMING PLUS. The name change is related to revised conditions for participation in the programme and changes in the rules for financing the programme.

Evaluation criteria:

compulsory

• excellent scientific achievements
• clear and well-defined research proposal
• clear description of the cooperation with the former host institution and the guarantee of pursuing scientific career

preferable

• affiliation with a different organisation from the one where the applicants obtained their PhDs
• matching funds from other reintegration, return or cooperation programmes, particularly from those organisations that have signed an agreement with FNP

Amount:
Ca. 82 000 PLN a year. The amount includes:

• a personal stipend for the recipient (36 000 PLN/year)
• funds for continuing their international cooperation and for carrying out a research project (46 000 PLN/ year)

Each year the Foundation awards approximately 15 two-year grants with a possible extension for another year.
Both the grant and its extension are awarded in a competition procedure.
A candidate is evaluated on the basis of scientific achievements (with special emphasis on results accomplished during the foreign visit), the research project that he/she plans to carry out during the period of the grant, and the financial plan for utilizing the grant.

The application should specify how the candidate plans to continue the cooperation with the host research centre, and how this will foster the development of his/her scientific career.

Apart from active research work, the Foundation also expects the candidate to be active in furthering public understanding and promotion of science.

In 2007 the Foundation obtained supplementary funding for the programme from the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism. The details of this arrangement are still being agreed; once the budget for 2007-2010 is approved, we will provide updated information on any changes to the grant amounts.

International cooperation in the programme
The FNP has signed agreements on cooperation in implementing the POWROTY/HOMING programme with several foreign institutions. As part of this cooperation, the programme’s beneficiaries will be able to combine the FNP grant with additional funding from the institutions in question. At the competition stage, if applications are comparable in terms of scientific value, preference will be given to candidates who have already obtained support from an institution cooperating with the FNP. We cooperate with: Max Planck Gesellschaft, DFG, Research Council Norway, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Institut fuer die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Vienna), National Science Foundation. More info on Polish site.

Support provided by Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway from supplementary funding from supplementary funding from the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism.

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