The call is intended for individuals who have been granted their PhD degree in the proposal submission year or within 3 years prior to the proposal submission year (1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024) or will be granted their PhD by 30 June 2025. The 3-year period may be extended by the career breaks – specified in detail in the competition Regulations.
Employment under a full-time employment contract must be planned for the principal investigator in the host institution for the project other than the one from which the principal investigator has earned a PhD degree. The principal investigator is obliged to complete a foreign fellowship of 3 to 6 months in a foreign research institution. A research project can be scheduled to run for either 24 or 36 months.
The call for proposals in the OSF submission system closes on 17 March 2025, 4 p.m. CET.
Detailed information and competition documentation are available on the NCN website: SONATINA 9