The National Science Centre (NCN) of Poland is launching the International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U). IMPRESS-U is a call for research projects and is carried out in a multilateral collaboration under the IMPRESS-U programme pursuant to the Lead Agency Procedure (“LAP”) with the National Science Foundation (NSF) acting as the lead agency in charge of merit-based evaluation of proposals.

The goals of the partnership initiative are to:

• support excellence in science and engineering research, education and innovation through international collaboration and
• promote and catalyse integration of Ukrainian researchers in the global research community.

The IMPRESS-U call for proposals is addressed at research teams from Poland which will conduct joint research together with research teams from Ukraine and the United States (optionally from Lithuania, Latvia and/or Estonia) within the framework of a joint research project.

Available Funding Amount: The National Science Centre has allocated a total of 10 million PLN to fund Polish research teams participating in the IMPRESS-U program. Specific funding amounts per project are not detailed.

Submission Deadlines: Proposals are accepted from 2 August 2023 until 31 December 2025. However, the call may be suspended earlier if the allocated funds are exhausted.

Submission Conditions:

• Polish research teams must submit their proposals through the NCN's OSF submission system, including joint proposals identical to those submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Joint proposals should adhere to the NSF's guidelines applicable to the EAGER call and include all required documents.
• The NSF serves as the lead agency responsible for the merit-based evaluation of proposals.

Eligibility: The call is primarily directed at research teams, which may include universities, research institutes, and other scientific organizations. The principal investigator of the Polish team must hold at least a PhD degree.