International Research Agendas (IRAP FENG)

Programme description

The International Research Agendas Measure (IRAP FENG) supports the establishment or development of specialised, world-leading research groups and organisations in which scientific excellence and international competitiveness of research can be achieved.

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FIRST TEAM FENG

Programme description

FIRST TEAM makes it possible to obtain funding to set up a research team and conduct innovative research in Poland with a potential for application.

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International Research Agendas, PLUS Module (IRAP PLUS)

Programme description

This programme gives top scientists, irrespective of their nationality, the opportunity to create a research unit (innovative center of excellence) in Poland, which will conduct world-class R&D activities focused on a specific and timely scientific challenge. The PLUS Module of the International Research Agendas programme supports projects carried out as part of the Teaming competition held by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

The FNP Prize

Programme description

Individual prize for eminent researchers for their outstanding achievements or discoveries. Regarded as the most prestigious of its kind in Poland.

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Candidates for the FNP Prize may be submitted by outstanding representatives from the field of science, invited in name by the Foundation's Board and Council.

TEAM

Programme description

Grants for research teams headed by leading scientists ? frontier scientific projects.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

START

Programme description

Stipends for young, talented researchers - employees or doctoral students at an institution of higher learning in Poland or other Polish institution whose chartered purposes include conducting scientific research - at the outset of their career, who have already achieved some success in their field.

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We kindly inform you that applications in the START programme (edition 2024) will start on 20th of September 2023 and close on 3rd of November 2023.

The COPERNICUS Award

Programme description

The Copernicus Award is donated by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP). It awards outstanding achievements in German-Polish cooperation.

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The deadline for the submission of nominations was 12 July 2023.

TEAM-TECH Core Facility

Programme description

Grants for research teams headed by leading scientists carrying out R&D projects related to designing and developing research services with the use of advanced research equipment. Projects lasting up to 36 months will be financed under the programme. The project budget is approximately PLN 3,500,000.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

MONOGRAPHS

Programme description

Funding of publication of original and previously unpublished works in the humanities and social sciences selected by competition.

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13 March 2023

TEAM-TECH Core Facility Plus

Programme description

Grants for research teams headed by leading scientists carrying out R&D projects related to designing and developing research services with the use of advanced research equipment. Projects lasting up to 18 months will be financed under the programme. TThe project budget is approximately PLN 3,500,000.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

FIRST TEAM

Programme description

Financing for first research teams headed by doctors at the early stage of their careers.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

FOR UKRAINE

Programme description

The Programme FOR UKRAINE is an initiative of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) taken in the face of the military aggression against Ukraine and as its direct consequence the arrival of scientific employees from Ukraine to Poland. The programme provides support for scientists from Ukraine realising research projects together with scientists from Poland in social sciences and humanities.

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The call for proposals is launched within four competitions with the following deadlines:
by April 29, 2022, until 4:00 p.m. CET (1st competition, expired);
by September 30, 2022, until 4:00 p.m. CET (2nd competition, expired);
by April 04, 2023, until 4:00 p.m. CET (3rd competition, expired);
information on the timing of the next call for proposals will be announced in the first half of 2024.

The Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship

Programme description

The goal of the programme is to honour and promote the research of young scholars, of any nationality, who have made an outstanding contribution to the history of ideas or the history of medieval and modern philosophy up to 1939.

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MASTER/MISTRZ

Programme description

The goal of the programme is to support distinguished scholars by awarding them grants designed either to intensify the research they are already conducting or to explore new fields of research.

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Nomination procedure - individual applications not accepted.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie – Polish – French Science Award

Programme description

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie Polish-French Science Award is a joint initiative of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences). The aim of the Award is to recognize distinguished scientific achievements resulting from French-Polish cooperation. The award was established in 2019 to mark the Polish-French Year of Science. The Prize is financed by the Zygmunt Zaleski Foundation and the Foundation for Polish Science.

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The call for nominations to the third edition of the award is open from December 4th, 2023 until January 31st, 2024 at 4.00 pm.

Sabbatical Fellowships for MASTER/MISTRZ winners

Programme description

Sabbatical fellowships for winners of the MASTER/MISTRZ programme (formerly known as Professorial Grants) who have completed implementation of their grant.

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3 June 2019 - 19 July 2019

The Poland – U.S. Science Award

Programme description

The Poland ? U.S. Science Award is a common undertaking between the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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The award is granted once every two years. The deadline elapsed on 31 December 2017.

International Research Agendas

Programme description

This programme gives top scientists, irrespective of their nationality, the opportunity to create a research unit (innovative center of excellence) in Poland, which will conduct world-class R&D activities focused on a specific and timely scientific challenge.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients' projects.

Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship

Programme description

Scholarships are awarded to outstanding German scholars with the highest qualifications and a significant contribution to global research, as recognition for their previous research achievements and in order to permit them to conduct scientific research at a selected institution in Poland.

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The deadline for submitting applications was 30 September 2021.
No additional calls planned.

TEAM-NET

Programme description

The TEAM-NET programme grants research units resources for funding interdisciplinary research carried out by a network of cooperating research teams managed by outstanding scientists.

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The call has closed

TEAM-TECH

Programme description

Grants for research teams headed by leading scientists carrying out R&D projects related to a new product or production process (technological or manufacturing) of significant importance for the economy.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

MONOGRAPHS ? Editing/Adiustacje

Programme description

Financing the costs of linguistic editing of works prepared for publication in a conference language in the field of the humanities and social sciences.

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This competition is conducted on a rolling basis.

HOMING

Programme description

Financing for projects designed as postdoctoral fellowships, carried out by young doctors (postdocs) coming to Poland from abroad.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

POWROTY / REINTEGRATION

Programme description

Financing for projects designed as postdoctoral fellowships, carried out by young doctors (postdocs) returning to scientific research after a break.

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There are no future calls planned as part of this program.
For further information about possibilities for conducting research in Poland please check the job openings in our recipients? projects.

IDEAS FOR POLAND

Programme description

Programme for persons carrying out projects funded by the European Research Council pursuant to an ERC Starting Grant in competitions conducted in the EU?s 7th Research Framework Programme who intend to pursue these projects in Poland.

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Please contact the programme coordinator directly.