The National Science Centre (Polish: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, often abbreviated NCN[1]) is a governmental grant-making agency responsible for providing financial support for the conduct of basic science research in Poland and various programs to assist scientists throughout their careers.
The NCN was founded in 2010, three years after the foundation of National Centre for Research and Development.
Similar to National Science Foundation in the United States, NCN is the largest grant-making agency in Poland for fundamental research and basic science and collaborates with corresponding agencies worldwide.
The central tasks of NCN include: The National Science Center finances research projects in the field of fundamental, basic, and applied research.
[2] Some of major and available grants and fellowships are: The National Science Center also runs competitions in cooperation with other institutions or organizations, such as: