---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- pl
pretty_name: NCN Research Projects Dataset
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
configs:
- config_name: ncn-projects
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/ncn-projects/*.parquet
- config_name: ncn-publications
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/ncn-publications/*.parquet
---

# NCN Research Projects Dataset

Scraped from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) public database at
[projekty.ncn.gov.pl](https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/).
Covers all **settled projects** (`status=1`, *Projekty Rozliczone*) across
major Polish academic cities plus a global search pass.

## Subsets

### `ncn-projects`

One row per NCN research grant.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `url_id` | int | NCN portal `projekt_id` (primary key) |
| `title` | str | Project title (Polish) |
| `project_id` | str | Registration number, e.g. `2015/17/B/NZ2/03692` |
| `panel` | str | Discipline panel code, e.g. `NZ2` |
| `area_of_science` | str | High-level area: `NZ`, `HS`, or `ST` |
| `institution` | str | Host institution name |
| `region` | str | Polish voivodeship, e.g. `mazowieckie` |
| `city` | str | City of the institution |
| `pi_name` | str | Principal investigator name and title |
| `num_employees` | int | Number of project employees |
| `funding_amount_pln` | float | Awarded funding in PLN |
| `start_date` | date | Project start date |
| `end_date` | date | Project end date |
| `duration_months` | int | Planned duration in months |
| `status` | str | Project status (always *Projekt rozliczony* here) |

### `ncn-publications`

One row per publication reported in the project's final report.

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `url_id` | int | NCN `projekt_id` (foreign key → `ncn-projects`) |
| `project_id` | str | Registration number |
| `pub_type` | str | `article`, `book`, or `conference` |
| `publication_id` | str | Internal deterministic publication key (`url_id:pub_type:title_norm`) |
| `title` | str | Publication title |
| `authors` | str | Author list |
| `journal` | str | Journal or publisher name |
| `doi` | str | Valid DOI identifier (null if not reported/invalid) |
| `link` | str | Source publication URL (if reported) |
| `quality_score` | float | Mock score: DOI present→1.0, absent→0.1, book→0.5 |

> **Note:** `quality_score` is a placeholder. Real journal metrics (SJR, h-index)
> will replace it in a future version.

## Source & Licence

Data scraped from the publicly accessible NCN portal. Released under
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).