Announcing institution:

National Science Center

Purpose of the call for proposals:

National Science Center (NCN) announced a call for proposals within the OPUS 20 + LAP scheme for research projects, addressed at researchers at all stages of their scientific career. 

General terms on the preparation of applications:

• The project implementation period for the OPUS 20 can be 12, 24, 36 or 48 months.
• The project implementation period for the OPUS LAP can be as follows:
  • by 24, 36 or 48 months in case of cooperation with a partner from Austria, Switzerland or Slovenia,
  • by 24 or 36 months in case of cooperation with a German or Czech partner.
• The Principal Investigator should indicate from 1 to 10 published scientific papers.
• Change of provisions regarding employment in a post-doc position: a person in a post-doc position must meet an additional condition: a doctoral degree has not been awarded by the entity in which employment is planned for this position.
• In a given edition of competitions you can be indicated as a project manager only in one application. It means that in this edition of NCN competitions, a given person can be indicated only once as a project manager and only in one type announced in the edition competitions (OPUS/ OPUS LAP/ BEETHOVEN CLASSIC/ PRELUDIUM BIS/ SONATA).
• Change of cost provisions:
  • Eligible costs are not the costs of publication of the monograph resulting from the research project until a positive assessment is obtained in the review process. conducted by the NCN;
  • the costs of publication fees (Article Publishing Charges) for hybrid journals, as defined in the National Science Centre's Policy on Open Access to Publications, are not eligible;
  • the costs of publishing scientific articles or providing open access to research data cannot be financed from direct costs, except for services referred to in point 2.5.2. of the cost catalogue
• Change of provisions regarding conditions to be met by the Principal Investigator: The Project Investigator is obliged to stay in Poland for at least 50% of the project duration. This period includes business trips necessary for the project. Moreover, the Project Manager may be a person employed during the whole project implementation period in the entity planned as the place of project implementation (Polish part of the research project for OPUS LAP) on the basis of an employment contract for at least half of the full working time.
• In the project you can plan the so-called doctoral scholarships for doctoral students who meet the requirements set out in the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science (doctoral schools).
• Within the indirect cost, in the project budget, the purchase of a qualified signature in the amount of approximately PLN 205.00 (valid for two years) should be included.
• The budget of the project should include the VAT value (VAT is an eligible cost in the project). All prices should be given in gross amounts.
• The indirect costs may be up to 20% of the direct costs.
• An additional amount of indirect costs of at most 2% of the costs direct, may be allocated to the costs related to making available publications or research data in open access.
• Basic institution data (JU) necessary to complete the application are available on the CAWP website: www.cawp.uj.edu.pl/projekty/dla-wnioskujacych/dokumenty.

Proposal submission procedure:

Applications in the OPUS 20 + LAP call for proposals are submitted only in electronic form. The application together with the required attachments is sent by the Principal Investigator electronically via the ZSUN / OSF system (Integrated Services System for Science / Funding Streams), available on the website: osf.opi.org.pl

The proposal submission deadline:

15 December 2020 till 16:00.

Internal regulations of the Jagiellonian University:

In accordance with the Jagiellonian University Rector’s Directive No. 56 on July 11, 2016 on the rules of procedure for the preparation and implementation at the JU of projects financed from external sources, researchers interested in participating in the call should submit to the CAWP:

• by 20 November 2020, a draft agreement or guidelines for an agreement
  • if the applicant is a group of entities, the Jagiellonian University acts as a partner and the leader has its own agreement template - then the document should be sent to Magdalena Duda, phone: 12 663 38 27 , magdalena.duda@uj.edu.pl or Ms Anna Puchała, phone: 12 633 38 16, anna2.puchala@uj.edu.pl.
  • if the Jagiellonian University plays the role of a Leader in the project, please use the model agreement approved by the JU Team of Legal Advisers, which is attached as Annex 1 to this Announcement.
  • NOTE: Attaching a signed agreement in the ZSUN / OSF system is a condition for blocking the application and generating relevant confirmations;
• by 26 November 2020 a working version of the application sent in a PDF file to the address of the CAWP call supervisor (a working version means that at least a section must be completed: Applicant, Project Manager / Contractor, Study Plan, Cost estimate and its justification); 
  • by 9 December 2020 a final version of the application sent in a PDF file to the address of the CAWP call supervisor, i.e.:
    • the document generated from the system: the "Print PDF" option with the file name according to the formula: Principal Investigator’s name and surname, program name, date of the document (Kowalski_Jan_OPUS_02-04-2020), signed electronically by the head of the unit in which the project will be implemented (i.e. Dean of the Faculty or Head of the unit).
    • together with:
    • the Project Registration Form, The project registration form, filled in in the Jagiellonian University Project Zone electronic system available on the website: https://strefaprojektow.uj.edu.pl/. The instruction is available on the website: https://cawp.uj.edu.pl/strefa-projektow
    • generated from the OSF system, the document titled  “Confirmation of submitting the proposal by an authorised representative” in a PDF file,
    • a scan of the document generated from the ZSUN / OSF system and signed by hand by the Principal Investigator: "Confirmation of submitting the proposal by the Principal Investigator" or this document signed by the PI by a qualified electronic signature (in the OPUS LAP it concerns the manager of the Polish team).

More information:

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VICE-RECTOR FOR RESEARCH  (translated by CAWP)

Model cooperation agreement for the implementation of the proposed research project

Data management Plan

Practical guide for research data management

National Science Center