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SONATA BIS

Supports experienced Polish researchers establishing new research teams with extended programmatic funding.

SONATA BIS supports experienced researchers who earned their PhD five to twelve years before the submission deadline and want to establish a new research team at a Polish institution. It sits under NCN as one of the agency's career-building basic-research grants. The current record cites a SONATA BIS 14 budget of 150,000,000 PLN.

Projects run for 36, 48, or 60 months, and the programme's defining…

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 29 May 2026Source: ncn.gov.pl