SONATA: PhD holder grants (2-7 years after PhD award)

SONATA is a funding opportunity intended to support the Principal Investigator in conducting innovative basic research, using advanced research equipment and/or an original methodology.

• SONATA 15 – open until December 16^th, 2019
• SONATA 14 – open until December 17^th, 2018
• SONATA 13 – closed on September 15^th, 2017

Principal Investigator: a person about to embark on career in research with a doctoral degree obtained within 2-7 years of submission of the proposal.

Projects carried out by research teams must consist of  no more than one researcher holding a habilitation degree or the title of professor and on condition that they are collaborators from an institution other than the host institution of the Principal Investigator.

Duration: 12, 24 or 36 months

Evaluation criteria:

• proposals from within NCN Panels, involving basic research,
• scientific excellence and the innovative nature of the research project,
• the research portfolio of the Principal Investigator,
• evaluation of the results of research projects conducted by the Principal Investigator, funded from the budget for science,
• impact on the development of the research discipline,
• justification of the planned costs.

Evaluation procedure: 2-step merit-based evaluation by peer review panels and external reviewers

Funding:

Researchers may apply for funding of costs relevant necessary and directly connected to the proposed research, including:

• Personnel (including scholarships pre-doctoral researchers and post-doc positions)
• Consumables
• Research equipment: up to 500 000 PLN (ca. 119 000 EUR) for projects in the fields of life sciences or physical sciences and engineering; up to 150 000 PLN (ca. 35 000 EUR) in the field of arts, humanities and social sciences
• Travel and subsistence costs
• Outsourcing
• Other: publication costs, collective investigators, devices and software, etc.
• Overheads: up to 20%

There is no cap on funding for an individual project.

Application: written partly in Polish and partly in English

Call timeline

Contact:

informacja@ncn.gov.pl

Tel: 0048 12 341 9000