Research and Innovation Programme, Applied Research Programme

Programme Objectives

• The Programme aims at achieving sustainable development and long-term economic growth through research-based knowledge development.
• International research and development projects implemented under the Programme should lead to improved competitiveness of companies in applied research and support young and female researchers in the projects.

Thematic Areas

• CALL 2025 is not thematically limited. Research planned under the project shall be focused exclusively on civil applications.

Funding Information

• The total allocation for the CALL 2025 is PLN 66 203 985,86  (sixty six million two hundred three thousand nine hundred eighty five and 86/00 PLN) / CHF 14 761 859,14 (fourteen million seven hundred sixty one thousand eight hundred fifty nine and 14/100 CHF).
• The minimum amount of funding per project is PLN 2,242,400; the maximum amount is PLN 4,484,800.
• The project implementation period is from 24 months up to 36 months.

Eligibility of Expenditures

• The description of the categories can be found in ‘Cost Eligibility Guide’. The first and final dates of eligibility of each project will be stated in the project contract for that project. Expenditures incurred after 31st March 2029 will not be eligible.
• Expenditures incurred within the project may fall into one of the following categories:
  • Staff
  • Subcontracting
  • Equipment
  • Other direct costs
  • Overheads – Indirect costs

Type of Research

• The CALL 2025 aims to support international, Polish-Swiss research projects. The following types of research/development are eligible:
  • Industrial research, as defined in Article 2(85) of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014,
  • Experimental development, as defined in Article 2(86) of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014

Types of Eligible Partners

• Projects have to be submitted by consortia comprising of at least one Polish and one Swiss entity. The eligible consortium has to include at least one enterprise, established in Poland, and at least one enterprise, established in Switzerland.
• For each proposal, partners designate a Programme Component Operator (PCO) that has the formal administrative responsibility for the project and has to submit the proposal on behalf of the consortium. PCO must be duly authorized to represent all Programme Component Partners (PCPs) on behalf of which it submits the project proposal.
• The PCO is responsible for signing the partnership agreement with the PCPs. The partnership agreement has to be in English and has to be submitted to the Programme Operator before the signing of the project contract.
• The PCO designates the Principal Investigator (PI), who is the researcher having the scientific lead of the project on a daily basis.
• PCO can be:
  • Research organisation as defined in the Article 2 paragraph 83, Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, and as stipulated in Article 7 paragraph 1 of the Polish Law on Higher Education and Science and Article 37 paragraph 1 of the Act on the National Centre for Research and Development, established as a legal person in Poland;
  • Enterprise as defined in the Article 2, Annex I, Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, established in Poland.
• PCPs can be:
  • Research organisations, as defined in the Article 2, paragraph 83, Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, and as stipulated in Article 7 paragraph 1 of the Polish Law on Higher Education and Science and Article 37 paragraph 1 of the Act on the National Centre for Research and Development, established as a legal person in Poland or in Switzerland;
  • Enterprises as defined in the Article 2, Annex I, Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, established in Poland or in Switzerland.
• Entities from other countries than Poland and Switzerland are allowed to participate in the project using their own funding.

For more information, visit The National Centre for Research and Development.