PASIFIC Workshop – Funding Opportunities in Europe

Polish Academy of Sciences together with Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels invite for a workshop focused on possible funding opportunities in Europe.

Our goal is to provide our participants with general information on funding possibilities provided by the Horizon Europe – the EU framework programme for research and innovation. We will focus on particular instruments supporting talent development and access to research networks. Participants of the event will gain a good understanding of Horizon Europe and its main specificities. Some of the most relevant instruments will be explained in-depth, while others will be introduced with the guidelines for future engagement.

The joint aim of PAN and the PolSCA Office is to deepen knowledge of the framework programme and, consequently, to increase the participation of researchers with a Polish affiliation (esp. within the Polish Academy of Sciences) in Horizon Europe calls.

The workshop is open to all PhD students and researchers with a Polish affiliation.

Optional opportunity for PASIFIC fellows only: online, individual consultations with the PolSCA team members & guest speakers in parallel rooms!

09:15 -09:25	Kick-off: Welcoming of participants   Prof. Rowiński / Bogna Hryniszyn, BDN PAN Tomasz Poprawka, PolSCA PAN
09:25- 10:25	Introduction to Horizon Europe. Why, who and how? And a little beyond…   Joanna Komperda, PolSCA PAN Magdalena Dobrzyńska, PolSCA PAN followed by Q&A
10:25-10:35	Break
10:35 -12:15	Horizon Europe funding opportunities 1.     Excellent Science MSCA instruments – ways to strengthen your research networks (20 min. – Marta Muter, NCP/NAWA) ERC grants – individual grants for young and mid-career PIs, (10 min. – Joanna Błogowska) followed by Q&A (10 min)   2.    Widening & innovation Widening instruments  –  COST, ERA Talents & Twinning (20  min. – Karina Barantseva, KPK) EIC Pathfinder – research institutes takes on innovation (10 min. – Milena Żuchowska, KPK) followed by Q&A (10 min)   3.    Euraxess –  an opportunities platform to follow (15 min. – Anna Wiśniewska / Monika Zaremba, NAWA) followed by Q&A (5 min.)
12:15-12:25	Break
12:25 -13:00	Activities and support for applicants to Horizon Europe   National, regional and PAN-based means of participant support (10 min. – PolSCA Team) How to become EC expert (15 min. – Monika Ryndzionek, KPK) followed by Q&A (10 min.)
13.00 – 13.30	Optional opportunity for PASIFIC fellows only: online, individual consultations with the PolSCA team members & guest speakers in parallel rooms: Team PolSCA MSCA instruments & Euraxcess w. NAWA ERC grants w. BDN PAN