Poland

EUP OHAMR joint transnational call 2026: National rules and requirements for applicants from Poland.

The information below of the national rules and requirements is only a summary. Please visit the national website and contact the national contact person for full details.

Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN)

Eligible institutions

Proposals may be submitted by the entities specified in Article 27 (1) of the Act on the National Science Centre (NCN Act).

Eligible experimental approaches and disciplines

NCN can cover research on clinical trials and can fund projects in all scientific disciplines.

Eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator

The principal investigator of the Polish research team shall hold at least a PhD degree when submitting the national proposal to NCN. Other eligibility criteria are described in Chapter IV of the UNISONO Resolution no. 74/2025 of the Council of National Science Centre, dated September 11, 2025

Eligible costs

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

• Salaries and scholarships (including post-doc positions and scholarships/salaries for students and PhD students).

Please note: Limits apply depending on the size of the research team – please refer to the UNISONO Resolution. If the principal investigator is also the coordinator of an international consortium submitting a joint proposal the budget of salaries and scholarships may be increased.

• Research equipment, devices and software: applicants may seek funding for research equipment up to PLN 500 000 per unit.
• Other direct costs: materials and consumables, outsourcing and subcontracting, business trips, visits and consultations,collective investigators, other costs;
• Overheads: Indirect costs of open access of up to 2% of direct costs that may be spent on open access to publications and research data; other indirect costs of up to 20% of direct costs that may be spent on costs that are related indirectly to the research project, including the cost of open access to publications and research data.

Submission of the proposal at the national level

At the pre-proposal stage applicants may consult the Polish team’s budget table with NCN project officers no later than January 19, 2026. At the full proposal stage, applicants must submit their national proposals in the Polish submission system (OSF).

Further guidance

For full details of NCN requirements, please refer to the Call Announcement published on the NCN website.