MAESTRO 18
Funds advanced Polish research groups with ambitious scientific goals in frontier topics.
MAESTRO 18 is the 2026 edition of the National Science Centre (NCN) frontier research competition, reserved for senior researchers with at least seven years of post-doctoral experience. The programme targets pioneering basic-research projects with scientific ambition equivalent to that expected at ERC Advanced Grant level, spanning all NCN discipline clusters β humanities and social sciences, scieβ¦
Frontier basic research across all NCN disciplines (humanities, sciences, life sciences) requiring senior researchers with at least seven years of post-doctoral experience and ERC-equivalent scientific ambition.
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