We have opened a call for Joint Research Projects carried out by Polish and Slovakian research teams. The programme aims to support the mobility of researchers cooperating with foreign institutions. The call is organized by NAWA and Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA).
Scientific institutions and universities are encouraged to apply for funding that supports researcher mobility between Poland and Slovakia. This initiative is open to all scientific disciplines.
Applications must be submitted in cooperation with an institution from a partner country. Each application must be submitted simultaneously – by the Polish party to NAWA and by the foreign party to the partner institution – in this case to SRDA.
Applications will be subjected to a substantive evaluation by NAWA experts. The following will be taken into account: the scientific value of the project, the methodology applied, the qualifications of the research teams, the importance of the cooperation and the possibility of its continuation. It is possible to obtain additional points for fulfilling specific criteria. An additional point in the evaluation of applications will be given to projects that involve young scientists in a Polish research team and the possibility of cooperation with socio-economic partners during or as a result of the project.
After mutual arrangements of both organizations, the final list of beneficiaries will be announced. The maximum amount of funding per project is PLN 30,000 and can only be used for the mobility (travel and accommodation) costs of researchers from Poland.
The deadline for applications is July 07, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. local time in Warsaw (CET).
Detailed information can be found in the announcement of the call for applications.
In the previous call (2023) for Joint Research Projects carried out by Polish and Slovakian research teams, 74 applications were submitted, of which 21 received funding. In terms of scientific fields, the projects were distributed as follows: 1 – humanities, 2 – social sciences, 6 – engineering and technical sciences, 8 – natural sciences, 4- agricultural sciences.
Competitions under the Joint Research Projects programme are based on bilateral agreements between countries. The programme covers all fields of science, but individual countries may indicate priority areas for a given call for applications. The differences between competitions also result from the individually established criteria for evaluating applications. A common feature of all editions is the priority given to projects involving young Polish researchers and supporting cooperation with the socio-economic environment.