OPUS 32 LAP/Weave

Applicant types

University, research org, SME, large company, individual, other

Purpose

Research and innovation

R&D relevance

2 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Polish applicants; LAP cooperation limited to listed partner countries, with Spain under a separate format

Region

Any

Consortium

Optional

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Basic research
• Research equipment and software
• International research cooperation

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 24 Oct 2026

Facts we extracted from the source documents. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant type

Applicants must be an entity listed under the NCN Act; the eligible classes include Polish universities and scientific entities, qualifying groups, legal entities and individuals expressly listed in that Act.

Eligible geography

Polish entity funds the Polish part. LAP partner country must be one of the listed Weave partner countries; Spain is a separate bilateral LAP format.

Eligible project scope

Basic research in any of the 26 NCN panels; international cooperation is optional in regular OPUS, while LAP/Weave and Spain formats have partner rules.

Other condition

The 2026 standard OPUS cost regulation expressly excludes OPUS LAP applications from the cited salary limits; LAP compensation terms require the separate LAP resolution and applicable partner-specific rules.

Other condition

Combined student/doctoral remuneration and scholarship pool is capped at PLN 13,000 per planned project month; this is a project-month pool, distinct from per-person rates and cumulative NCN limits.

Partner requirement

LAP applications require a foreign partner team from eligible listed countries; collaboration is optional for regular OPUS.

Project duration, maximum

48 months

Standard OPUS choices are 12, 24, 36 or 48 months. OPUS LAP choices vary by partner country: usually 24/36/48, and 24/36 for Germany or Czechia.

Project duration, minimum

12 months

Standard OPUS choices are 12, 24, 36 or 48 months. OPUS LAP choices vary by partner country: usually 24/36/48, and 24/36 for Germany or Czechia.

Call budget

PLN 600,000,000

Call notice; see cited section.

Eligible cost

The notice lists team remuneration and equipment/software among eligible direct-cost categories.

Rates and allowances

An allowance, cap or unit contribution is not a guaranteed salary.

• Maximum · salary · personPLN 170,000/ year

  Ordinary OPUS applications only; explicitly not OPUS LAP. Full-time employment agreement dedicated to the project; conditional on no other NCN direct-cost salary, no employment salary from another employer, and no pension/equivalent while drawing.

• Maximum · salary · personPLN 210,000/ year

  Ordinary OPUS applications only; range ceiling. Full-time dedicated employment, open competition and postdoc eligibility conditions; aggregate postdoc salary budget capped at PLN 280,000 per planned project year. Explicitly not OPUS LAP.

• Minimum · salary · personPLN 140,000/ year

  Ordinary OPUS applications only; range floor. Full-time dedicated employment, open competition and postdoc eligibility conditions; aggregate postdoc salary budget capped at PLN 280,000 per planned project year. Explicitly not OPUS LAP.

• Maximum · other · personPLN 3,000/ month

  If receiving a doctoral scholarship from a doctoral school or external source (including NCN), additional NCN project remuneration and scholarships are capped at PLN 3,000/month, subject to the overall NCN cap.

• Maximum · stipend · personPLN 6,500/ month

  Doctoral scholarship limit per doctoral candidate per month, subject to statutory eligibility throughout the project tasks.

• Maximum · stipend · personPLN 5,000/ month

  NCN scientific scholarship limit per student or doctoral candidate per month; award must follow the NCN scholarship regulation.

• Maximum · other · personPLN 8,500/ month

  Cumulative remuneration and scholarships per student or doctoral candidate from all NCN-funded projects.

• Maximum · salary · beneficiaryPLN 280,000/ year

  Łączny budżet wynagrodzeń wszystkich stanowisk typu post-doc w przeliczeniu na każdy zaplanowany we wniosku rok realizacji projektu. Dotyczy zwykłego OPUS; nie przesądza zasad OPUS LAP.

• Maximum · salary · personPLN 5,000/ month

  Maximum monthly remuneration per student or doctoral candidate; if employed by the host on an employment contract, remuneration cannot be under a civil-law contract.

• Researcher

  Staff cost the grant can fund

  Obowiązują warunki kwalifikacji, konkursu i łączenia wynagrodzeń przytoczone w podstawie źródłowej oraz przy stawkach. Dodatkowe wyjątki pozostają w zakresie analizy częściowej.

• Researcher

  Required staff

• Student

  Staff cost the grant can fund

  NCN scholarship recipients must be selected in an open competition.

• OPUS 32 LAP/Weave – NCN official call notice

  ncn.gov.pl

• OPUS conditions, Resolution 78/2026 Annex 1

  ncn.gov.pl

• NCN project cost regulation, Resolution 73/2026, Annex 1

  ncn.gov.pl

Opens

15 Sept 2026

Provider

NCN

Source

ncn.gov.pl

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Independent QA

No published hold

Reviewed

23 Oct 2026