JPND - EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research

The National Science Centre (NCN), in cooperation with the JPND network (EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research), announces the call for international research projects on mechanisms and biological basis that underlie non-pharmacological interventions with the aim to tailor a holistic personalised approach to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The theme of the JPND Call 2022 is:

Understanding the mechanisms of non-pharmacological interventions

The funding may be awarded to international consortia consisting of at least three research teams from at least three different countries participating in the call. However, the consortia may not consist of more than seven research teams. The head of the Polish team must be at least a PhD holder.

Countries participating in the call: Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, Luxemburg, Latvia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Hungary, Italy.

The process of application for funding:

First stage:

• international level: preparation of a joint pre-proposal by the Polish research team in cooperation with foreign partners in English to be submitted in the JPND electronic proposal submission tool .

The call for joint pre-proposals is carried out exclusively via the JPND electronic proposal submission tool.  At this stage, the Polish applicants do not file any documents to NCN.

Second stage:

• international level: preparation of a joint full proposal by the Polish research team in cooperation with foreign partners in English to be submitted in the JPND electronic proposal submission tool.
• national level: preparation by the Polish research team the national proposal related to the Polish part of the project, which must be submitted to NCN in electronic form via the  ZSUN/OSF system within up to 7 days after the expiry of the deadline for joint full proposals at the international level.

Call schedule:

• Joint pre-proposals must be submitted no later than: 12:00h C.E.T. on March 1, 2022;
• Invitation to submit joint full proposals: May 2022;
• Joint full proposals must be submitted no later than: 12:00h C.E.S.T on June 28, 2022;
• National proposals must be submitted in the ZSUN/OSF system no later than on: July 5, 2022;
• Call results: October 2022.

NOTE: Information on the plans/intention to prepare an application should be sent to the MUW Project Support Department (awn@wum.edu.pl) by 1 February 2022 

Pursuant to the decision of the University Governance, all applications shall require:

• a written approval (e.g. e-mail) of the Head of the Hospital Department/Entity for the project initiator’s conducting the project in the Department,
• a written approval (e.g. e-mail) of the Hospital Director for project implementation:

a) for applications which provide for conducting the project in the MUW’s hospital base,

b) for applications which provide for sharing of the medical data by the Hospital. 

In the JPND Call 2022  funding can be received for the remuneration of the research team, remuneration and scholarships for students or doctoral students, purchase or manufacturing of scientific and research instrumentation as well as for covering other costs related to the expenses necessary for the research project implementation.

The total amount of the funds allocated by NCN for the implementation of tasks by Polish research teams under the programme is Euro 500 thousand.

The EUR exchange rate at which the budget for the Polish part of the project in the joint proposal shall be calculated is:
EUR 1 = PLN 4.5987.

Please read:

• call documents available on the JPND website (the documentation shall apply to all applicants in the call);
• set of appendices to this announcement (the documentation applies only to applicants applying for the NCN funding).

Call documents

JPND network:

The call documentation applicable to all applicants is available on the JPND network website.

National Science Centre:

1. Terms and conditions as well as regulations of funding award for the implementation of tasks funded or co-funded under international calls organized by NCN as multilateral UNISONO cooperation
2. Budget table for the Polish research team
3. Template of the national proposal (to be published on a later date)
4. Procedure of national proposal submission in the ZSUN/OSF system
5. Regulations of scholarship award in research projects funded from NCN funds
6. Memorandum of understanding on creating a group of entities for the sake of the research project implementation
7. State aid
8. Guidelines for applicants to complete the form in relation to ethical aspects of the project
9. Guidelines for completing the data management plan for a research project
10. Open Access Policy
11. Code of the National Science Centre on research integrity and applying for research funding

Documents regarding proposal evaluation:

1. Rules of delivering decisions of the NCN Director
2. Instructions on making appeals against the decisions of the NCN Director

Documents to read before commencing the implementation of NCN project:

1. Draft agreement (template applicable to the winners of the previous call of Era-Net type announced by NCN – draft version which may be changed at the stage of signing agreement with NCN)
2. Resolution on introducing the procedure of conducting audits at the entity’s seat
3. Guidelines for entities auditing the implementation of research projects funded by NCN
4. Rules of evaluating monographs in research projects funded by the National Science Centre