Note: the call for proposals has been extended until 23 May 2021.

Amendment to the terms and conditions: it is possible to include costs of up to PLN 50,000 in the cost estimate of scientific and research equipment.

The DigiWorld PRA announces the DigiWorld research mini-grants 2021/1 call for research projects or projects seeking to develop research tools in all four research domains covered by the PRA (see the ‘Priority Research Area Description’ section at https://id.uj.edu.pl/digiworld).

Projects entered in the call should envisage basic or applied research, interdisciplinary, innovative and international in nature, which may not be funded from other sources.

We welcome submissions from academic teachers or research-assistance staff (who have submitted a declaration authorising the JU to have their achievements evaluated in accordance with ministerial criteria).

The submitted projects may receive funding of up to PLN 50,000 for a period of up to 12 months. The call’s financial envelope is PLN 600,000. The call is funded under the action Incentives Programme.

The call will be open for submissions in Polish or in English until 9 May 2021. 23 May 2021.

Applications can be submitted in the https://digiworld.cm-uj.krakow.pl/ system in the Research Mini-Grants 2021/1. The evaluation criteria remain the same as in the previous edition. In the current call:

• mini-grant managers are allowed to manage no more than one mini-grant at a time,
• expert reviewers are to act in the same call edition also as research team members.

Please send your queries to the address: digiworld@uj.edu.pl.

We also encourage you to read the FAQ form.