Announcing Institution:
National Center of Science (NCN) and Max Planck Society (MPG)
Call description:
CAWP Project Advisor:
Patrycja Bień,
phone: 12 663 30 01,
e-mail: patrycja.bien@uj.edu.pl
Going beyond the scope of a project grant, a Dioscuri Centre is built around a distinguished researcher position. It is awarded to excellent scientists capable of establishing and leading an outstanding, highly visible research group. The research group will be funded with 300,000 euros annually for initially five years. It will be set up at a Polish university or a research institute capable of supporting the Centre with appropriate infrastructure, scientific equipment, supplementary funds, and a long-term perspective for its leader. The work at the Centre will be accompanied by a Partner from Germany and supported further by an international Scientific Advisory Board.
The Dioscuri Programme aims to strengthen and expand scientific excellence in Central and Eastern Europe and is being implemented in Poland as a first step. The funding for the DCs is shared equally between the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Polish Ministry of Education and Science.
The call is aimed at outstanding researchers with a doctoral degree, up to 15 years after obtaining this degree. Researchers will submit a joint application with a Polish scientific institution, provided that these scientists have not been employed under a contract of employment at this institution within the last two years prior to the deadline for submission of the application. Each winner of the competition will establish a Dioscuri Center, which they will direct and where they will conduct cutting-edge scientific research at the highest global level.
More information:
Communication from the Rector - in preparation