Polonium : Franco-Polish program to support researchers' mobility

Terms and conditions

Mission and funding

Contacts

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Polonium is the Partenariat Hubert Curien (PHC)  set up in Poland by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej - NAWA) and in France by the Ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI).

Terms and conditions

• The call for applications is open to full researchers from research laboratories attached to higher education organizations and research institutions;
• Companies can participate in the project, as long as they are associated with an academic partner;
• All scientific fields are concerned, including the Humanities and Social Sciences. Particular attention will be paid to projects whose themes correspond to the priorities of the Franco-Polish Strategic Partnership and the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation "Horizon Europe";
• Projects that have already been funded under this program are not eligible for reapplication immediately after completion.
• Among the selection criteria: the integration of young researchers (PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows) in the project. 
• Only applications co-submitted by the research partners in their respective countries are accepted.

Mission and funding

• Funding is granted on an annual basis, for two consecutive years;
• The funding only covers the mobility of researchers between the two countries;
• Funding support from France covers stay (€125/day) and travels (reimbursement on actual expenses up to a limit of €550 per France-Poland round-trip) allowances of involved researchers.

Contacts

See the call for applications on the Campus France website (in French)