Pre-announcement of the Polish-German calls: BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3 and BEETHOVEN LIFE 1

3^rd Polish-German BEETHOVEN call coming up in September 2018.

Following up on its two successful rounds the National Science Centre (NCN) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) are extending the funding initiative to cover new disciplines.

The BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3  call will be a continuation of the BEETHOVEN 2 call with a joint peer review and selection process. It is open to research in the humanities, social sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics and material sciences. This corresponds to the subject areas covered by

• the DFG review boards/Fachkollegien
• 101-113,
• 301-312,
• 406
• proposals in the subject areas 317-02, 410-01 are accepted if they have a clear humanities and social sciences focus
• and NCN panels
• HS1- HS6
• ST1.1-1.14, ST1.16-1.17,
• ST2.1-2.9, ST2.11-2.12, ST2.14-2.18,
• ST3.1-3.18,
• ST4.1-4.17,
• ST5.1-5.24,
• ST9.1.-9.18.

A new joint call titled BEETHOVEN LIFE 1 will be announced for research in the life science disciplines. This corresponds to the subject areas covered by

• DFG review boards 201-207
• and NCN panels NZ1-NZ9.

In this call, DFG will act as the lead agency, i.e. assessment of all applications will be made by the DFG according to its rules for the individual research grants programme.

The aims of the BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3 and BEETHOVEN LIFE 1 calls are:

• to support research in the above-named disciplines carried out by Polish-German teams;
• to strengthen cooperation between Polish and German researchers in basic (knowledge-oriented) research.

Proposals for research projects in the above-listed disciplines must be written in English and submitted by joint Polish-German research teams. The duration of the projects must be either 24 or 36 months.

The National Science Centre (NCN) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will launch BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3 and BEETHOVEN LIFE 1 on 14 September 2018.

The submission deadline for proposals under the two calls will be 17 December 2018. Further information will be made available on 14 September 2018 on the websites of both agencies.

Contact persons at NCN:

BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3   

Humanities and Social Sciences:

• Dr Małgorzata Jacobs, phone: +48 12 341 9173, malgorzata.jacobs@ncn.gov.pl

Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Material Science:

• Dr. Eng. Tomasz Szumełda, phone: +48 12 341 9174, tomasz.szumelda@ncn.gov.pl

BEETHOVEN LIFE 1

• Dr Anna Wiktor, phone: +48 12 341 9166, anna.wiktor@ncn.gov.pl

General inquiries:

• Dr Magdalena Godowska, phone: +48 12 341 9016, Magdalena.godowska@ncn.gov.pl

• Dr Aneta Pazik, phone: +48 12 341 9017, Aneta.pazik@ncn.gov.pl

Contact persons at DFG:

BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 3  

Humanities and Social Sciences:

• Dr. Tanja Kollei, phone: +49 228 885-2972, tanja.kollei@dfg.de

Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Material Science:

• Dr. Ilka Paulus, phone: +49 228 885-2021, ilka.paulus@dfg.de

BEETHOVEN LIFE 1

• Dr. Katharina Hartmann, phone: +49 228 885-2342, k.hartmann@dfg.de

General inquiries on cooperation with Poland:

Dr. Annina Lottermann, International Affairs, phone: +49 228 885-2802, annina.lottermann@dfg.de