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EEA Grants Information Meeting Akureyri

22nd May 2026

09:00 to 14:00

University of Akureyri

The purpose is to introduce opportunities for collaboration between schools, institutions, and research institutes within the framework of the EEA Grants.

Opportunities for collaboration in basic research will be presented, but possibilities in research in general will also be discussed. Two major calls in basic research, GRIEG BIS and LANGSPIL, are in preparation, which will open up great opportunities for collaboration between the two countries.

Read about the calls GRIEG BIS and LANGSPIL

The meeting will be held in English and will not be streamed. It is open to everyone, but participants must register:

Registration for the meeting

Agenda

8:45- 9:00

Welcome coffee

9:00-9:05

Welcoming words from the Polish Embassy in Iceland
- Mr. Aleksander Kropiwnicki, the Polish Ambassador in Iceland

9:05-9:15

The importance of EEA cooperation with Poland
- Mr. Sigurður Óli Sigurðsson, the Head of the Research and Innovation Section of the Research Council of Iceland (Rannís)

9:15-9:25

What does the Polish National Science Centre do?
- Marcin Liana, Deputy Director of the Polish National Science Centre (NCN)

9:25-9:45

Overview of the Polish research system
- Anna Wiktor Head of the coordination team at NCN

10.00-10:15

Coffee break

10:15-11:00

Presentation of the Grieg and Langspil calls within the Basic research area
- Marzena Oliwkiewicz-Miklasińska (Head of the EEA & Norway Grants Team, NCN and Joanna Węgrzycka (EEA & Norway Grants Team, NCN)

11:00-11:10

How can Poland, Iceland and Norway work together within the EEA Grants?
- Julia Christiansen special advisor within the International Division of the National Centre for Research and Development in Norway

11:30-11:50

What are the opportunities within general research area in Poland?
- Maciej Jędrzejek from the National Centre for Research and Development in Poland (NCBR)

11:50–12:00

Presentation of match making tool - Michał Olejnik (EEA & Norway Grants Team, NCN)

12:00-13:00

Match-making event

13:00-14:00

Lunch at Háma canteen at Saga for all the participants