The National Science Center has announced the names of the first laureates of the second edition of the MINIATURA competition for scientific activities aimed at the implementation of basic research. The laureates included Rafał Krętowski PhD (adjunct professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry.
Rafał Krętowski PhD will receive PLN 50,000 for research under the project: "Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a hypoxia-inducing factor and apoptosis modulator in breast cancer cells incubated in the presence of a proteasome inhibitor"
Congratulations!
In the MINIATURA 2 call, unlike in other calls operated by the National Science Centre, submissions are accepted on a continuous basis and the review process has been trimmed down to 4 months. In the first round, 30 research proposals have been awarded funding. Subsequent ranking lists will be published systematically by the end of April 2019.
The MINIATURA scheme is addressed to researchers with a doctorate received within 12 years of submitting the proposal, who have not acted as principal investigators to NCN-funded research projects, nor have been laureates of the NCN doctoral scholarship and post-doctoral fellowship programmes. Prospective entrants to the call must also secure a research position with a contract of employment in the research institution acting as applicant.
Grants under the MINIATURA 2 call may be worth c. €1,160 to €11,600, and the time of their implementation may not exceed 12 months. The list of research efforts eligible for funding in the call is limited to such activities as preliminary studies, pilot studies, library and archive searches, fellowships, conferences, research travels and consultations.