SONATA 22

Applicant types

University, Research org, Other

Purpose

Research and innovation

R&D relevance

2 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Poland; principal investigator must spend at least half the project time in Poland, subject to exceptions

Region

Any

Consortium

Optional

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Basic research
• Research equipment
• Research team funding

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 24 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

Applicants must be an entity listed under the NCN Act, including the listed Polish universities, research institutes, research-performing entities, groups, and other statutory applicants.

Eligible geography

Polish NCN applicant; PI must spend at least half of project time in Poland, subject to stated leave/delegation exceptions.

Eligible project scope

Basic research; duration 12, 24 or 36 months.

Other condition

Student and doctoral candidate remuneration/stipends share a monthly pool capped at PLN 6,500 for each planned project month; this is a project-month pool, not an individual stipend or total project cap.

Other condition

Combined student/doctoral remuneration and scholarship pool is capped at PLN 6,500 per planned project month; this is a project-month pool, distinct from per-person rates and cumulative NCN limits.

Project duration, maximum

36 months

Only 12, 24 or 36 months are permitted.

Project duration, minimum

12 months

Only 12, 24 or 36 months are permitted.

Catalogue budget

PLN 200,000,000

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

PLN 200,000,000

Call notice; see cited section.

Eligible cost

Eligible costs listed include PI remuneration, postdoc, students and doctoral candidates, equipment/software, materials, external services and other necessary costs.

Rates and allowances

An allowance, cap or unit contribution is not a guaranteed salary.

• Maximum · Salary · personPLN 160,000/ year

  SONATA project-lead full-time employment budget ceiling per year; conditional on no other NCN direct-cost salary, no other employment salary, and no pension/equivalent during the payment period.

• Maximum · Salary · personPLN 210,000/ year

  Full-time dedicated employment, open competition; the person must meet the PhD-year/12-year window, different-organisation or 9-month qualifying research stay, at least six months employment, and concurrent-pay restrictions. Aggregate postdoc budget is capped at PLN 280,000 per planned project year.

• Minimum · Salary · personPLN 140,000/ year

  Full-time dedicated employment, open competition; the person must meet the PhD-year/12-year window, different-organisation or 9-month qualifying research stay, at least six months employment, and concurrent-pay restrictions. Aggregate postdoc budget is capped at PLN 280,000 per planned project year.

• Maximum · Other · personPLN 3,000/ month

  If receiving a doctoral scholarship from a doctoral school or external source (including NCN), additional NCN project remuneration and scholarships are capped at PLN 3,000/month, subject to the overall NCN cap.

• Maximum · Stipend · personPLN 6,500/ month

  Doctoral scholarship limit per doctoral candidate per month, subject to statutory eligibility throughout the project tasks.

• Maximum · Stipend · personPLN 5,000/ month

  NCN scientific scholarship limit per student or doctoral candidate per month; award must follow the NCN scholarship regulation.

• Maximum · Other · personPLN 8,500/ month

  Cumulative remuneration and scholarships per student or doctoral candidate from all NCN-funded projects.

• Maximum · Salary · beneficiaryPLN 280,000/ year

  Łączny budżet wynagrodzeń wszystkich stanowisk typu post-doc w przeliczeniu na każdy zaplanowany we wniosku rok realizacji projektu.

• Maximum · Salary · personPLN 5,000/ month

  Maximum monthly remuneration per student or doctoral candidate; if employed by the host on an employment contract, remuneration cannot be under a civil-law contract.

• Researcher

  Staff cost the grant can fund

  Obowiązują warunki kwalifikacji, konkursu i łączenia wynagrodzeń przytoczone w podstawie źródłowej oraz przy stawkach. Dodatkowe wyjątki pozostają w zakresie analizy częściowej.

• Researcher

  Required staff

• Student

  Staff cost the grant can fund

  NCN scholarship recipients must be selected in an open competition.

• SONATA 22 – NCN official call notice

  ncn.gov.pl

• SONATA conditions, Resolution 81/2026 Annex 1

  ncn.gov.pl

• NCN project cost regulation, Resolution 73/2026, Annex 1

  ncn.gov.pl

Opens

15 Sept 2026

Provider

NCN

Source

ncn.gov.pl

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Independent QA

No published hold

Reviewed

23 Oct 2026