Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju

FOREST - FOrests, forestry, and the forest-based sector: REsearch and innovation for a Sustainable Transition

Deadline: 2 December 202630 days left · at 13:00
Amount per project: up to 300,000 EUR
Funding rate: organizacje badawcze do 100%; firmy: badania przemysłowe do 80%, prace rozwojowe do 70%, zależnie od wielkości i premii

What it funds

Grants fund forestry research and innovation, including resilient forests and innovative wood products, for Polish enterprises and research organisations.

Climate-resilient forests · Adaptive forest management · Innovative wood products · Forest value chains · Forest biodiversity

Who can apply

Przedsiębiorstwa każdej wielkości i organizacje badawcze będące osobami prawnymi prawa polskiego, działające w Polsce, samodzielnie lub w grupach krajowych, w konsorcjum międzynarodowym.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Konsorcjum: minimum 3 niezależne osoby prawne z 3 uczestniczących państw UE lub stowarzyszonych, w tym minimum 2 państw kwalifikujących się do finansowania UE.
Projekt trwa 36 miesięcy; limit 300 000 EUR obejmuje łącznie wszystkich polskich partnerów.
Badania podstawowe tylko dla organizacji badawczych, do 10% wnioskowanego budżetu krajowego.
Obowiązkowy wniosek wstępny po angielsku przez ESES do 2 grudnia 2026 r., godz. 13:00 CET.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: gov.pl

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 18 November 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 23 November 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
2 December 2026, at 13:00, Polish timeThe last moment to file the application with the funder.Source of the hour: the operator's page

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl