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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 17 – open until December 15th, 2021 – see in Polish
- SONATA 16 – open until December 15th, 2020
- SONATA 15 – open until December 16th, 2019
- SONATA 14 – open until December 17th, 2018
- SONATA 13 – closed on September 15th, 2017
Principal Investigator: researchers who have had their PhD conferred within 2 to 7 years prior to the submission of proposals.
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
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)
- Costs of reduced obligatory teaching load: the entity that employs the principal investigator under a full-time employment contract may be provided with funding to cover the reduction by 50% of the obligatory teaching load of the principal investigator;
- Consumables
- Research equipment: up to 500 000 PLN for projects in the fields of life sciences or physical sciences and engineering; up to 150 000 PLN in the field of arts, humanities and social sciences
- Travel and subsistence costs
- Outsourcing
- Other: publication costs, collective investigators, devices and software, etc.
- Indirect costs: up to 20%; additionally, indirect costs of up to 2% of direct costs may be spent on open access to publications and research data.
There is no cap on funding for an individual project.
Evaluation criteria:
- proposals from within NCN Panels, involving basic research,
- scientific quality and the innovative nature of the research project,
- scientific qualifications of the principal investigator (the principal investigator’s research achievements, 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,
- relevance of the costs planned,
- preparation of the proposal
Evaluation procedure: merit-based evaluation by peer review panels and external reviewers in two stages
Application: written partly in Polish and partly in English
Contact:
Tel: 0048 12 341 9000
