In relation to the NCN Council's support of the NCN Director's measures to introduce an open access policy to research results obtained in research projects funded or co-funded from public sources (hereafter referred to as the "Open Access Policy"), we have the pleasure of announcing that the Open Access Policy was adopted by Order No 40/2020 of the Director of the National Science Centre of 31 May 2020. »

Join our info chat on 28 May 2020 at 12.00 (CEST) during which we will answer your questions on the POLS call. The chat will be held in English and will last for one hour. It will be open to all researchers concerned. You can join the chat by clicking on https://ncn.clickmeeting.com/pols »

The EXPRESS CALL TO FUND RESEARCH ON COVID-19 announced at the end of March, has just been concluded. The objective of the call was to select projects that would enhance understanding of the mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, as well as improving diagnostic tests, finding new drugs and mitigating the social and economic effects of the pandemic. Although it was an express call, the highest evaluation standards were adhered to. »