POLNORIS

Purpose

Research and innovation

R&D relevance

2 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

—

Region

Any

Consortium

Unclear

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Applied research
• Innovation

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant type

Eligible Project Promoters must be research organisations or enterprises established in Poland.

Application restriction

17.12.2026, 15:00 CET

Eligible project scope

POLNORIS funds collaborative research-and-innovation projects that improve the quality and international cooperation of research in Poland, with mandatory participation of a research-organisation partner from a Donor State.

Other condition

Each partner must use either actual-cost or hourly-unit-cost method for staff budgeting; the two methods may not be mixed within one partner budget.

Other condition

Optional hourly calculation method: latest documented annual gross employment cost divided by 1,720 standard annual working hours; multiply by actual project hours. This is a reimbursement calculation formula, not a published salary rate.

Partner requirement

The project consortium must include at least one research-organisation partner from Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.

Project duration, maximum

36 months

Fixed duration in the call table; matches the minimum duration fact.

Project duration, minimum

36 months

Call duration requirement.

Staff restriction

Only actual hours worked directly on the project may be charged; holidays, personal time, sick leave and other allowances are excluded from the working-time denominator.

Catalogue budget

€70,000,000

Figure as listed by the provider. Whether it is the total allocation or a per-project cap is unverified unless a reviewed condition says so.

Call allocation

€70,000,000

Call-wide allocation stated in the retained English call text; this is not an individual project award. The Polish call text is retained as a separate translation and is not the source cited for this English-language fact.

Eligible cost

Research managers and administrators may be included under staff costs only when included in section 4.3 of the proposal and responsible for project coordination, communication and objectives.

This is the Annex 1 staff-cost route; the cited provision is not asserted for enterprise applicants.

Eligible cost

For research organisations and other entities, eligible staff costs include project-assigned PI, research employees, technical and support staff, actual salaries and statutory components under usual remuneration policy, directly related to implementation.

This is the Annex 1 staff-cost route; the cited provision is not asserted for enterprise applicants.

Eligible cost limitAnnex 1 rules for research organisations and other entities; no Annex 2 enterprise rate is asserted by this fact.

25 % of total direct eligible costs

Subcontracting costs are excluded from the calculation base. This fact is scoped to Annex 1; enterprise-specific treatment is not asserted here.

Funding intensity, maximum

80 % of eligible project costs

Private-enterprise promoter scope; the call also requires at least 20% own co-financing; applicable State-aid ceilings may separately constrain award.

Funding intensity, maximum

100 % of eligible project costs

Public-sector promoter scope; state-aid limits may separately constrain award.

Funding intensity, maximum

100 percent of eligible project costs

Maximum grant rate of 100% for non-governmental promoters. Applicable State-aid ceilings can separately constrain funding.

Own contribution, minimum

20 % of eligible project costs

Minimum own co-financing for private-enterprise promoters; public and NGO minimums are separately stated as 0%.

Own contribution, minimum

0 % of eligible project costs

Minimum co-financing rate in call table; does not override State-aid or other applicable rules.

Project funding, maximum

€1,750,000

Maximum project grant.

Project funding, minimum

€1,000,000

Minimum project grant.

• Annex 1 (research organisations and other non-enterprise entities) personnel cost category; enterprise applicants are governed by Annex 2.

  Researcher · Staff cost the grant can fund

  This role represents the Annex 1 staff-cost route for research organisations and other entities that are not enterprises. It covers assigned PI, research employees, technical and support staff, and applicable research managers/administrators when included in proposal section 4.3 and responsible for project coordination, communication and objectives. The Annex 1 wording is not asserted for enterprise applicants; enterprises follow Annex 2. Actual project assignment, usual remuneration policy, time recording and selected actual-cost or unit-cost method still apply. This is an eligible cost category, not a required hire, pay entitlement or job vacancy.

• operator-polnoris.html

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• POLNORIS call text English version

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• polnoris--polnoris-call-text-in-polish_0.pdf

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• polnoris--polnoris-costs-eligibility-guide-applicable-from-14.09.2026.pdf

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• polnoris--polnoris-guide-for-applicants-and-evaluators_0.pdf

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Opens

17 Jun 2026

Provider

Fundusze EOG i Norweskie · Badania stosowane i innowacje

Source

eeagrants.org

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Independent QA

No published hold

Reviewed

23 Oct 2026