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Ministerstvo financí a Fondy EHP a Norska

3rd Open Call under the Fund for Bilateral Relations

The Ministry of Finance – National Focal Point for the EEA and Norway Grants in the Czech Republic announces the third Open Call for submission of Grant applications for bilateral initiatives under the Fund for Bilateral Relations within the framework of the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021.

TAČR

Preparation of the 5th call TA CR ETA

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) is preparing the 5th call of the Program for the Support of Applied Social Science and Humanities Research, Experimental Development and Innovation of the ETA. The announcement is scheduled for September 2, 2020.

KAPPA call will no longer be announced, ZÉTA may be January / February 2021, but due to lack of funding it is not certain, a new SIGMA program is being prepared, it should combine ETA, ZETA and GAMA (the program should be approved in 2021, conditions and specific topics will be defined for each call separately).

MUNI

Questionnaire for Research Data Management at Masaryk University

Intended for academic staff/researchers at FSS

Kind request to complete a questionnaire for Research Data Management at Masaryk University (it could take about 20 min, 30 questions).

The questionnaire is available here.

(it links to Czech version, please change for English version at the top right corner of the questionnaire)

TA ČR

TA CR - Preparation of the 4th call - Environment for Life, Subprogramme 3

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) is preparing the 4th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of the Environment - Environment for Life, Subprogramme 3.

The announcement is planned for September 9, 2020.

Seminář

Events prepared by the RMU Research Department

Events prepared by the RMU Research Department:

• October 8, 2020 (2-3 pm) - internal seminar on implemented TACR projects intended for researchers and project support; registration here.
• October 13-15, 2020 - Grants Week, registration and program here. From the program: Getting Ready for Horizon Europe (Seán McCarthy, workshop, online), H2020 at MU, H2020 individual grants (ERC & MSCA)
• November 10, 2020 (9-12 am) - Applied Research Funding Landscapes - presentation of applied national / international schemes; registration here.

TAČR

Online seminar on the 5th call of the Program ETA

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic is organizing an online seminar on the 5th call of the Program for the Support of Applied Social Science and Humanities Research, Experimental Development and Innovation of ETA, which will take place on September 4, 2020 from 10 a.m.

The 5th ETA call will be announced on September 2, 2020.

Register here.
If you have any questions about the 5th ETA call, please send them to the Helpdesk. The most frequently asked questions will also be answered at the upcoming webinar.

TAČR

Internal seminar on the implementation of TA CR projects

The RMU Research Department organizes an internal seminar on the implementation of TA CR projects from the signing of the contract to the end of the project, including the addition of practical aspects to the manual for implemented TA CR projects. The seminar will be designed primarily for scientists who are starting with TA CR projects.

The seminar will take place on October 8, 2020 from 2 p.m. in the RMU Grand Meeting Room.

Please register here.

Seminář

Seminar - possibilities of grant support for research in 2020

For colleagues dealing with project support at institutes and departments

The RMU Research Department invites you to a meeting, which will take place on 17 September 2020 (9.00 am - 11.00 am) in room 300 on Comenius Square - REGISTRATION.

The main topic will be the presentation of the possibilities of grant support for research and the plan of grant actions for the second half of 2020.

TA ČR

5th call TA CR ETA

TA CR has announced 5th ETA call with a deadline on October 15, 2020.

The call is not thematically limited.

TA ČR

Announcement of the 4th call of the Environment for Life program

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, has announced the fourth public tender to support applied research, experimental development and innovation in the field of the environment - Environment for Life, sub - program 3.

This competition is announced only for research topic No. 7 - Socio-economic research in the field of environment.

The project consortium must consist of a minimum of three applicants and only one best project will be supported.

IGA MU

Announcement of the call of the Internal Grant Agency of Masaryk University (IGA MU)

The support is intended for students of accredited doctoral study programs for individual student one-year grants in the areas of research and development.

Presentation from the on line information seminar IGA (in Czech).

Grantová agentura MU

New calls of Grant Agency of Masaryk Univerzity

Interdisciplinary Research Projects - deadline November 30, 2020

Support for Integration of Researchers After a Career Break- deadline October, 31, 2020

International Grants Arrangements - proposals can be submitted continuously through the year.

Award for Outstanding Research Results - the nomination is internal and is coordinated by the RMU Research Office.

Grantová agentura MU

MUNI Award in Science and Humanities

Grant Agency of MU has announced these calls:

MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH) - deadline December 31, 2020
MUNI Award in Science and Humanities JUNIOR (MASH JUNIOR) - deadline December 31, 2020

GA ČR

Call for proposals based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle in cooperation with the Polish agency NCN

The Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) announces a call for projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle. The call concerns projects in cooperation with the Polish NCN agency within the CEUS initiative.

In this call, the Polish agency NCN acts as the Lead Agency.

The deadline for the call at the Czech site is December 22, 2020.

GA ČR

Call for nominations for members of the Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) evaluation panels

The Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) announces a call for proposals for candidates to the evaluation panels of the GA CR.

More information (in Czech only) and forms here.

workshop

Open Science Workshop 2020

The aim of the event held on October 16, 2020 is to inform researchers about news in the field of Open Science - such as the current state of the European Open Science Cloud and recommendations and tools in the field of data management (Data Managment Plan - DMP).

An interactive workshop will be held in the afternoon, where participants will be able to express their views on this agenda and get information about the University's Open Science team, including representatives of the Implementation Group.

The whole event will take place on line. Registration here.

The program is attached.

on line školení

On lin seminar - the Internal Grant Agency of Masaryk University (IGA MU)

On October 8, 2020, at 9:30 a.m., an online seminar will be held for the student competition of the Internal Grant Agency (IGA) intended for students of accredited doctoral study programs for individual student one-year grants in the areas of research and development.

The deadline for submitting proposals for the competition is October 30, 2020.

The link for the seminar here.

Open Science

Open Science - a series of lectures for scientists at FSS

Open Science team in cooperation with the FSS library, invites you to a series of lectures on Open Science for researchers at FSS.

Registration and option to insert a question.

Information and access to online lectures in the leaflet here.

6/11/2020, 9-11 h: Introduction to Open Science
13/11/2020, 9-11 h: Open Access
11/27/2020, 9-11 h: Open Data
4/12/2020, 9-11 h: Data Management Plan

TA ČR

Preliminary parameters of the 4th public tender TA CR THETA

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic is preparing the 4th public tender of the Program to support applied research, experimental development and innovation THETA.

The announcement of the public tender is planned for February 10, 2021.

Seminář

Open Science - a series of on line lectures for scientists at FSS

Open Science team in cooperation with the FSS library, invites you to a series of lectures on Open Science for researchers at FSS.

Registration and option to insert a question.

Information and access to online lectures in the leaflet here.

13/11/2020, 9-11 h: Open Access
11/27/2020, 9-11 h: Open Data
4/12/2020, 9-11 h: Data Management Plan

Mezinárodní spolupráce

Crowdhelix Network - opportunities for an international cooperation

Crowdhelix is an Open Innovation platform that forges links between an international network of excellent researchers and innovating companies.

Masaryk University is a member of the Cowdhelix platform.

Crowdhelix users can profile themselves, their teams, and their organizations, and post opportunities to collaborate.

Create your account here.

Seminář

Seminar on the open calls of the MU Grant Agency - GAMU (on line, in Czech)

The Research Department RMU organizes an online seminar on calls within the MU Grant Agency (GAMU).

Address: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/93163824381

Thursday November 12 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Dům zahraniční spolupráce

3rd call for proposals for institutional cooperation projects

The aim of the call is to increase the level of human capital and the educational base.
The projects are intended to strengthen cooperation between the Czech Republic and donor countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) between institutions at all levels of education, with an emphasis on the themes of democracy and active citizenship in teaching.

Dům zahraniční spolupráce

3rd call for proposals for inclusive education projects under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021

The aim of the call is to increase the level of human capital and the educational base.

The projects are to strengthen cooperation between the Czech Republic and donor countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) in the development of competencies and skills of teachers and trainers for the implementation of inclusive classroom education, thereby increasing the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in education, including Roma inclusion.

TA ČR

TA CR - schedule of calls and public tenders for 2021

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has published a schedule of calls and public tenders for 2021.

More information here.

The call of the newly emerging SIGMA program, which would also support applied research in the field of social sciences, humanities and arts (SHUV), will probably be announced in 2022 with the support of projects from 2023.

Seminář

Open (FAIR) Data + Data Management Plan: online seminar

Programme:

• Introduction of Open Science as an emerging trend in the sharing of research data - Open (FAIR) Data
• Possibilities of support for researchers at MU
• Open Data as a project condition
• Data management plan
• Discussion

When: on Friday, December 4, 9:00 - 11:00 at MS Teams.

Prior registration is not required, you can join the lecture using this link.

TA ČR

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) is organizing a webinar on the Interim/Final Reports, which will take place on 16 December 2020, 1-3 p.m. 

The aim of the webinar is to acquaint the representatives of the implemented projects with the reporting of data in the Interim/Final Reports.

Register here.

Fondy EHP a Norska

EEA and Norway funds - a new Reine call from the Environment program

The State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic has announced a new call "Reine" in the program Environment, Ecosystems and Climate Change

Supported activities are the creation of media outputs, professional and popular science publications, organization of trainings, seminars, workshops and other awareness-raising activities and educational campaigns, which correspond to the areas of support within the Program:

Improving the state of the environment in ecosystems
Reducing the negative impact of human activity on air quality
Reducing the negative impact of human activity on water quality
Climate change mitigation and adaptation to local climate change

GA ČR

GA CR - call for projects based on the LA principle with the Slovenian agency ARRS

The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic announces a call for submission of research projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle. The call concerns projects in cooperation with the Slovenian agency ARRS as a Lead Agency within the CEUS initiative.

Seminář

On January 13, 2021, the RMU Research Department is organizing a webinar on grant project management and how to improve it.

PF 2021

Dear colleagues,

We wish you all the best in the new year 2021, good health and success. Thank you for your trust and successful cooperation.

Team of the Research and Project Support Department

online event

Matchmaking Event – Social Pharmacy

We would like to invite you to the joint get-together event (the topic is SOCIAL PHARMACY) that aims to better integrate the pharmaceutical research into other faculties' concepts. 

In addition to presentations given by the colleagues from MUNI PHARM, you are warmly invited to share your complementary research ideas and offer capacities.

Deadline for a registration and sending the slides (template here) for active presentation to mme@pharm.muni.cz is Monday, February 1st (3 minutes for a presentation, preferably in Czech).

The event takes place on February 3, 2021, 9-11 a-m., online.

Webinář

Webinar Gender Equality in Responsible Research & Innovation

Invitation to two educational events for all interested in the topic of Gender Equality in Responsible Research & Innovation.

When: January 13 and 20, 2021.

GA ČR

Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) calls in 2021

TA ČR THÉTA

TA CR THETA 4th call - the priority research objectives

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has published the priority research objectives for the 4th public call of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation THETA, which will be announced on February 10, 2021.

ERC

ERC projects - delays to 2021 calls and videos about preparing ERC proposals

The first ERC Calls in 2021 will be delayed due to the late adoption of the EU Budget 2021-2027 and the Horizon Europe programme.

Further information will be provided in January 2021.

For the time being, the Proof of Concept grant scheme is not included in the Draft 2021 ERC Work Programme. Specific information will be provided on some possible modifications to the scheme that may be made by the Scientific Council.

Call deadlines still apply:
• ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2021-StG): 09/03/2021
• ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-CoG): 20/04/2021
• ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2021-AdG): 31/08/2021
• ERC Proof-of-Concept (ERC-2021-PoC): 16/03/2021, 17/06/2021, 20/10/2021

The ERC has released videos called "ERC Classes", which briefly summarize the process of submitting, writing and evaluating ERC projects, including preparation for the oral interview, which takes place in the second round of evaluations. You can find them on Youtube.

Fondy EHP a Norska

The objective of this Open Call is to improve the understanding of new human rights issues and challenges and to find practical solutions contributing to better implementation of human rights standards at the national level.

The call aims to increase support for target groups, improve public understanding of human rights, and strengthen the capacity of research and educational institutions to address human rights issues and challenges.

workshop

Workshop - Open Data in Social Sciences and Humanities

The main topic of the workshop will be Open Data in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Representatives of the university-wide Open Science team will introduce the basic concepts in the field of Open Data and the specifics of research data for the humanities and social sciences.

The main part will be led by Mgr. Hynek Cígler, Ph.D. (FSS), which will introduce participants to the issue of sharing research data from the perspective of the researcher, will present their experience with the Open Science Framework repository and with the implementation of Open Science elements in teaching. The space will be devoted to discussion.

Register here.

GA ČR

Are you interested in the GACR call?

The announcement of the GA CR calls 2022 is being prepared for the end of February 2021.

Calls for proposals for standard projects, JUNIOR STAR and POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP projects and gradually also international projects can be expected. More info here (in Czech).

For those interested in submitting proposals, we have prepared (available here, in Czech):

• a summary of the evaluators' most frequent comments on the proposals in previous calls,
• summary of the evaluation procedure of proposals by Czech and foreign evaluators,
• summary of success (presentation of Zdenka Žampachová, OV RMU) and allocations in past calls.

TA ČR

TA CR THETA - 4th call announced

TA CR announced the fourth public tender in the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation THETA.

The main goal of the program is to contribute to the fulfillment of the vision of transformation and modernization of the energy sector in accordance with the approved strategic materials. This will be achieved through the support of energy research, development and innovation projects aimed at improving the governance of the energy sector by public administrations, new technologies and system elements with high potential for rapid application in practice, as well as long-term technological perspectives.

Seminář

Seminar MSCA - Postdoctoral Fellowships - support from MSCA OP JAK

MSCA - Postdoctoral Fellowships (formerly Individual Fellowships) scheme represent a rare and extremely convenient access to postdoctoral funding. 90% of MSCA-IF projects we submitted in H2020 surpassed the evaluation threshold of 70% and became eligible for OP VVV funding.

In 2021, MUNI is strengthening our support of MSCA-PF (IF) applications to exploit OP JAK MSCA-PF for the benefit of MUNI.

We invite you to learn more on this action at this seminar, and become part of this mission and benefit from the fund!

Registration here.

ERC

ERC 2021 Work Programme

Established by the ERC Scientific Council, the 2021 work programme was adopted by the European Commission.

Starting Grant - DL 8 April 2021, Consolidator grant - DL  20 April 2021, Advanced Grant - DL 31 August 2021

GA ČR

GA CR calls 2022

GA CR announced calls for proposals for standard and international projects, JUNIOR STAR projects and new POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP.

The deadline of the calls is on April 22, 2021.

The announcement of the calls results is expected by December 6, 2021.

workshop

Workshop - Anonymization of Research Data

The workshop's primary goal is to raise awareness of the issue of anonymization, provide practical tips, and introduce tools for anonymizing research data in the context of FAIR principles.

Members of the university-wide Open Science team MUNI (RNDr. Michal Růžička, Ph.D; Mgr. Ing.  Jiří Marek) will introduce the topic. The main part of the workshop will be led by Prof. Dr. Fabian Praßer (Berlin Institute of Health, Universitätsmedizin Berlin), a medical informatics professor who deals with anonymization in medicine.

The workshop is intended for the university public, both HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) and STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical Sciences) researchers.

The workshop will be held in English.

Registration here.

IVF

International Visegrad Fund

Visegrad Grants is a grant program run and financed by the International Visegrad Fund aimed at fostering cooperation between the V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.

Webinář

How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe

An information webinar of the European Commission "How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe" will take place on 24 March 2021.

The purpose of this event is to inform all potential applicants for funding from the Horizon Europe program, about the conditions and method of preparation of project proposals. More information, including registration, can be found here.

The European Commission has adopted the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2024. The Strategic Plan is a novelty of Horizon Europe and sets out strategic guidelines for targeting investments in the first four years of its implementation. It ensures that EU research and innovation activities contribute to the EU's priorities, including a climate-neutral and green Europe, a Europe ready for the digital age and a people-friendly economy. More information can be found here.

Ministerstvo vnitra

IMAPKT 1 - 2nd public tender on the topic of artificial intelligence and security of the state and its citizens

The Ministry of the Interior has announced the second public tender of the IMPAKT 1 program on the topic of artificial intelligence as a means of increasing the capacity of security forces to perform tasks in ensuring the security of the state and its citizens.

The deadline is May 3, 2021.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe - new website, events, webinars

The national portal for the Horizon Europe programme has launched.

Here you will find a large amount of information about the programme, invitations to interesting events related to the submission of proposals under the HE calls, announced and planned calls and other news.

To receive news from the area of project preparation and project implementation, invitations to interesting seminars organized not only at MU (as part of the IMPROVE project), please log here.

TA ČR

Transport 2020+: preliminary parameters of 3rd public tender

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) together with the Ministry of Transport informs about the preparation and upcoming announcement of the 3rd public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of Transport - TRANSPORT 2020+.

The announcement of this public tender is planned for April 14, 2021.

The deadline for submitting proposals will be June 16, 2021.

TA ČR

Environment for Life Program: preparation and preliminary parameters of the 5th public tender

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) informs about the preparation of the 5th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of Environment - Environment for Life, the announcement of which is planned for April 28, 2021.

The deadline for submitting proposals will be June 30, 2021.

Youth Impact

Selection procedure for young researchers to obtain a grant within the Youth Impact project

Selection procedure for young researchers to obtain a grant from the Excellence program within the Youth Impact project.

The main task of the program: to present a proposal for a study analyzing the effects of interventions in support of employment of young people in the Czech Republic.

TA ČR

TA CR webinar on implemented projects

MŠMT MOBILITY

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR JOINT CZECH-FRENCH AND CZECH-AUSTRIAN AND CZECH-GERMAN RESEARCH PROJECTS

The aim of the call is to help establish contacts and develop cooperation between institutions active in the field of research and development in partner countries, by supporting mobility
researchers collaborating on international basic research projects.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europa Pillar 1 Excellent science

ERC: Preliminary calendar of ERC calls for 2022 and Working program published MSCA: delay in announcing MSCA PF calls

Webinář

Webinar Data Management Plan

Webinar intended to introduce data management and data management plans, how
to work properly with data collections, analysis and reporting.

Join Zoom Meeting via
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/94930951994?pwd=ajN6WU42VjdYczZpL2FZSWxzcmhLdz09

More information here.

TAČR

TRANSPORT 2020+ program: Announcement of the 3rd public tender

TA CR announced the third public tender in the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of Transport TRANSPORT 2020+.

The main goal of the program is to develop the transport sector in a way that will reflect social needs, accelerate the technological and knowledge development of the Czech Republic and thus help grow the competitiveness of the Czech Republic.

Open Science Roadshow na MUNI

The Open Science Roadshow goal is to present the draft of the Open Science Strategy MUNI 2022-2028 at individual Faculties and Institutes and to obtain feedback from academics. The feedback will help the University Open Science Team finalize the strategy draft and prepare it for university management approval in autumn 2021. 

Webinář

Events and workshops - Horizon Europe

Tips for interesting events and workshops for the new Horizon Europe framework program:

• REGON (5. 5. 2021), téma Partnership in Horizon Europe. At the national level, the involvement of the Czech Republic is coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and REGON we will welcome Lucia Núňez Tayupant, Head of the European Research Area at the Ministry of Education, including representatives of the TA CR (Táňa Hálová Perglová, ASCR (Alena Žochová, Department of International Cooperation of the Office of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic). Colleagues from the Technology Center, who are the national contact points for Pillar 2 clusters, have also promised to participate, and their remit will also include information on established partnerships.

In the discussion, Stella Horváthová from the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic will then present the upcoming call Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE 2021-2027.

• MU: MSCA-PF - webinar with Dr. Kamilou Pacovskou (Centre for Ethics, UPCE) (28. 4. 2021)
• TC AV ČR: Programme Euratom (29. 4. 2021)
• EU Brokerage Event on Digital and Industrial Technologies, Mobility, OITB & M-ERA.NET (29. 4. 2021)
• RC: CELEBRATING 10 000 GRANTEES (6. 5. 2021)
• TC AV ČR: Open access to scientific information (10. 5. 2021)
• TC AV ČR a NKC Gender: Gender v Horizontu Evropa (13. 5. 2021)
• TC AV ČR: Information Day on MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe (21. 5. 2021)
• Mobility and Transport Days (27. a 28. 5. 2021)
• Horizon Europe – Matchmaking Event (31. 5. – 1. 6. a 3. – 4. 6 2021)

IVF

International Visegrad Fund

Visegrad Grants is a grant program run and financed by the International Visegrad Fund aimed at fostering cooperation between the V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.

TA ČR

Registration of new evaluators of project proposals and implemented projects of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR)

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) welcomes new evaluators of proposals and implemented projects of the TA CR.

More information for potential evaluators here (in Czech only).

TAČR

TA CR Environment for Life Program: Announcement of the 5th public tender

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, announced the fifth public tender to support applied research, experimental development and innovation in the field of environment - Environment for Life, sub-program 1 - Operational research in the public interest.

Deadline for submission of proposals 30.6.2021

The aim of sub-program 1 is to simplify and streamline public administration and to improve environmental management and regulation. 32 priority research objectives have been specified. Eight of them are directly focused on drought and other issues of climate change, and another ten are indirectly focused on partial technical and social problems of both adaptation and mitigation, ie reducing human contribution to climate change.

Info seminar for applicants 17.5.2021, registration here.

INTER-EXCELLENCE

THE INTER-EXCELLENCE II PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

The objectives of the new program are aimed at higher application of strategic priorities of R & D & I of the Czech Republic, systematic improvement of the quality of R & D & I in the Czech Republic, more intensive cooperation of companies and research organizations on international research and human resources in R & D & I.

GA ČR

GA CR rules for the budget implementation in 2021 - COVID-19 pandemic

If you have any questions, if you need more information in English, please contact me or my colleague Lenka Placha (Financial office).

Horizon Europa

Horin Europa news

In May and June, several events will take place aimed at gaining support and orientation in HEU programs.

GA ČR

International grant projects evaluated on the Lead agency principle - GA CR as a partner agency

At present, proposals can be submitted to the call LA grants - GA CR in the role of a partner agency with:

Austria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - a continuous call
Germany - German Research Foundation (DFG) - a continuous call

The call with Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - will be announced, with a deadline of October 1, 2021.

The call with Poland (NCN) and Slovenia (ARRS) should be announced in autumn 2021.

Open Science Workshop 2021

The event will aim to acquaint academics and researchers with the planned activities at the university level and provide space for expressing comments and suggestions on the submitted material. The meeting will be divided into two parts. The first part of the workshop will present the emerging Open Science Strategy 2022–2028 at MUNI and its practical implications for research. Foreign guests will acquaint us with the current state of Open Science project conditions for Horizon Europe programs and examples of good practice in implementing Open Science in scientific communication abroad. The interactive part will be devoted to discussing the suggestions obtained at the so-called “Open Science Roadshow”, which took place during the spring months at individual economic centers and presented the strategy in more detail. The June workshop should summarize the findings and give space for further discussion of the submitted material. The summer months will then be used to finalize the strategic document, action plan, and related supporting methodologies and documents. The final version of the MUNI 2022–2028 Open Science Strategy should be ready in September this year so that the university management can officially approve it by the end of the year.

• 9. 6. 2021, 10:00-16:00
• online  MS Teams
• in English language

TA ČR

Update of the schedule of TA CR public tenders in 2021

The TA CR modified the plan of calls for the year 2021 - in the autumn of 2021, compared to the original plan, another public tender should be announced, including a call within the ETA Program.

GA ČR

Agreement between GA CR and National Science Foundation (USA) - possibility of submitting joint projects

The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA CR) has concluded a cooperation agreement with the US government agency National Science Foundation (NSF).

Researchers from the Czech Republic and the USA, with the support of both agencies, will be able to prepare proposals in the fields of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology or plasma sciences or astronomy and astrophysics, and in some areas of the social sciences.

The call for project proposals will be opened later this year. The costs of individual projects will be shared by the agencies - the Czech part of the project will be financed by the GA CR and the American part by NSF.

We will inform you about the opening of the call.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe Info Days 2021

The European Commission has published the dates of the information days on the first calls of Horizon Europe, which will be hold online from 28 June to 9 July 2021.

Work programs for individual HE clusters should be published in mid-June 2021 and the first calls should be announced in the second half of June (approximately from June 22).

Information on Horizon Europe (2021-2027) can be found on the portal of the European Commission.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe - Work Programs 2021-2022 published

The EC published work programs for individual parts of the Horizon Europe program for the years 2021-2022 on the Funding & tender opportunities portal.

Work programs (WP) can be downloaded here.

WP for individual clusters and other components of Horizon Europe (ERC, MSCA ...) contain details of individual calls for the years 2021 and 2022.

The first calls will be announced from 22.6.2021.

TAČR

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has issued a new version of the SME-07 Change Project Management Directive (in Czech) with effect from 14 June 2021.

Some guidelines from the new version of the directive:

• changes in the budget (transfer between years, reduction / increase of total costs, change in the share of the research category in the project costs - industrial research, experimental development, innovation) - a request must be submitted by November 11 of relevant year through ISTA.
• request for change of result - must be submitted no later than 60 days before the end of the project via ISTA.
• changes in participants' data (change of legal form, statutory representative, ownership structure, change of application guarantor) - a request must be submitted / notified within 7 days from the moment it occurred via ISTA.

Horizon Europe

A series of partner meetings on the Horizon Europe calls

Networks of national contact points, in cooperation with the EC, organize a series of online partner meetings (brokerage events). The actions will focus on the themes of the first calls of Horizon Europe clusters. The aim of the meeting is to establish cooperation in the preparation of research projects.

Participation in brokerage events is free, but it is necessary to register and fill in the profile of the organization, including the offered or requested expertise.

Partner meetings always for individual clusters take place at the beginning of July 2021, registration for some meetings ends on June 30, 2021.

Horizon Europe

Opening of the calls of Horizon Europe for the social sciences and humanities in 2021

Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive society - first calls were opened on June 22, 2021 with deadlines on October 7, 2021

Areas of intervention

• democracy
• cultural heritage
• social and economic transformations

All information including work programme for 2021 here.

Horizon Europe

First calls of cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment - opened

Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment - firt calls were opened on June 22 2021.

Deadline on October 6 2021.

More information including work programme here.

CRP

OP VVV

Student grant competition of Internal Grant Agency of Masaryk University 2nd call announced

• Student grant projects to be submitted to the competition shall last one year (investigation from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022).
• Applications may be submitted only for individual student grants –i.e. the applicant must be the sole investigator.
• Funds allocated to 1 project: CZK 479,160.

Seminář

Technology and knowledge transfer - seminar

The MU Technology Transfer Center invites you to a seminar in the field of technology transfer and care for intellectual property, intended for administrative and scientific staff of Masaryk University who are interested in gaining a comprehensive basic insight into this issue.

9/17/2021, 9: 30-11: 30 h, Kounic Hall, 5th floor, RMU.

Lecturer Mrs. Eva Janouškovcová, Director of CTT MU.

Number of places limited. Register here.

GA ČR

GA CR - announcement of the LA call in cooperation with the American NSF (National Science Foundation)

GA CR announces a call for submission of projects on the principle of evaluation of the Lead Agency with the expected beginning of the implementation in 2022 within the new cooperation with the American National Science Foundation (NSF).

More information about the call here (GA CR website, in Czech only) and here (NSF website).

GA ČR

Current calls within the international cooperation of LA grants (GA CR in the role of a partner organization, in the role of "Lead" agency is a foreign agency):

• Austria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - continuous challenge
• Germany - German Research Foundation (DFG) - continuous challenge
• Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - currently deadline until October 1, 2021
• USA - National Science Foundation (NSF) - continuous challenge

Upcoming calls within the international cooperation of LA grants for the year 2021

• NCN (Poland) - announcement autumn 2021, deadline winter 2021, start of implementation 1. 1. 2023
• ARRS (Slovenia) - announcement autumn 2021, deadline winter 2021, start of implementation 1.8. 2022

workshop

Grants Week MUNI 2021

Masaryk University Research Office organizes Grants Week 2021 (October 12.-15. 2021).

Programme and registration here.

12.10.2021: H2020 a Horizont Evropa

13.10.2021: How to write a competitive proposal for Horizon Europe (Dr. Seán McCarthy)

14.10.2021: ERC and MSCA in H2020/HE

15.10.2021: International research cooperation - national support (GAČR, TAČR)

Seminář

Horizon Europe seminars

Webinars - Horizon Europe programme:

National Information Day on the ERC grants, 8.9.2021

Information Day CZ-SK on Widening Instruments 2021-2022, 31.8.2021

Webinar: Pathfinder Challenges 2021, 2.9.2021

How to become an evaluator of Horizon Europe projects, 14.9.2021

Budget preparation and cost reporting in Horizon Europe projects, 11.10.2021

Communication, dissemination and exploitation of results in Horizon Europe projects, 12.10.2021

Coordination of Horizon Europe projects, 13.10.2021

Intellectual property, contractual relations in Horizon Europe projects, 14.10.2021

ERC Grant Competitions 2022, 6.9.2021

German Aerospace Center Project Management Agency: call A sustainable future for Europe in Cluster 2 "Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Societies" , a matchmaking event, 30. 9. 2021

The Publications Office of the European Union: EU Open Data Days, 23. – 25. 11. 2021

OP VVV

the Rector of Masaryk University announces a call in the IGA MU university-wide competition for individual student grants in research and development

On 1 September 2021, the Rector of Masaryk University announces a call in the IGA MU university-wide
competition for individual student grants in research and development, in the fields of science under the
Frascati Manual 2015:1
• natural sciences,
• medicine and health sciences,
• social sciences,
• humanities and artsStudent grant projects to be submitted to the competition shall last one year (investigation from 1
January 2022 to 31 December 2022). Applications may be submitted only for individual student
grants – i.e. the applicant must be the sole investigator.
• Funds allocated to 1 project: CZK 479,160.

Research support programme GAMU

Research support programme GAMU

Horizon Europe

Summary of the deadlines for Horizon Europe calls for 2021

A leaflet summarizing the deadlines of Horizon Europe calls in 2021 was published on the information pages for the Horizon Europe Framework Program.

More information about open and upcoming calls can be found on the Funding & tender opportunities portal.

Horizon Europe

E-learning courses for Horizon Europe

As part of the Bridge2HE project, the National Contact Officers for Horizon Europe (NCP) have prepared a series of online courses that will introduce you basic information about the European Union, Horizon Europe, project preparation, ethics in research and the role of NCP.

You can register for the courses on the NCP Portal for Horizon Europe here: https://courses.horizoneuropencpportal.eu/

You can watch them for free, at a time that suits you.

GA ČR

Call for submission of Czech-Polish projects - LA GA CR projects

The Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) announces a call for projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle, with an implementation expected to begin in 2023 in cooperation with the Polish National Science Center (NCN) within the Weave initiative.

In this call, the Polish agency NCN acts as the Lead Agency, ie it evaluates project proposals and the GA CR takes over the results of the evaluation process.

It is possible to submit bilateral and trilateral projects (possible partner countries here).

IGA MU

Masaryk University Internal Grant Agency (IGA MU) - online meeting and presentation

The on-line webinar to the 2nd round of the Masaryk University Internal Grant Agency (IGA MU) competition will take place on September 23, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

Link here.

After the end of the online meeting, it will be possible to come to the 5.52 office for personal consultations throughout the day or then on other days on the basis of a personal agreement. Questions are welcome in advance, please send them to jitka.hotarkova@fss.muni.cz

Information on the call, including all documents and deadlines, can be found on the website of the Office for Research and Project Support.

OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2021

We cordially invite all those interested in Open Science to Open Access Week at Masaryk University!

OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2021 25. -27. 10 2021 ONLINE

TA ČR

TA CR webinar - progress and final reports. ETA call information.

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) invites to a webinar (Zoom application) on implemented projects on the topic: "How to fill in and submit progress / final reports and acquaintance with the activities of regional workers", which will take place on December 8, 2021 from 13:00. To participate in the webinar, please fill out the registration form.

The 6th ETA call will not be announced on the planned date (November 2021), further information will be published on the TA CR website.

Institutional cooperation projects. The 4th call is open.

These projects are intended to strengthen institutional cooperation between Czech institutions and those from donor countries, at all levels of education. Special emphasis is placed on the themes of democracy, active citizenship and inclusive education.

MŠMT

Call for proposals for joint Czech-Bavarian research projects 2022-2024.

The aim of the call is to improve scientific cooperation between the Czech Republic and the Free State of Bavaria, to support cooperation between young researchers from the Czech Republic and Bavaria in particular, and to motivate scientists from both countries to submit bilateral and multilateral research proposals.

Crowdhelix Network - opportunities for an international cooperation

Crowdhelix is an Open Innovation platform that forges links between an international network of excellent researchers and innovating companies.

Masaryk University is a member of the Cowdhelix platform.

Crowdhelix users can profile themselves, their teams, and their organizations, and post opportunities to collaborate in international projects.

Create your account here.

Horizon Europe

Webinar: Opportunities for social sciences and humanities in Horizon Europe

Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research together with the Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences cordially invites you to a webinar on opportunities for social sciences and humanities. The two-day event targeting the project managers aims to provide a comprehensive overview about the funding opportunities for the social sciences and humanities that are available across the Horizon Europe. Special focus will be also given to project proposal preparation, evaluation criteria and financial aspects of Horizon Europe projects. The second day of the webinar will be dedicated to good practice examples, where the participants will have the possibility to get a first-hand information form successful SSH projects funded under Horizon 2020.

Registration here.

Opportunities for Researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon Europe

MŠMT

Call plan OP JAK

In October 2021, the Operational Programme Jan Amos Komenský (OP JAK) was approved by the Government of the Czech Republic. In the first quarter of 2022, the programme will be approved by the European Commission and then the first calls will be announced. Below is a summary of the relevant calls. We will keep updating information on OP JAK and its calls.

1.) Cutting-edge research - Support for research projects with the potential to produce excellent research results, Emphasis on quality team, international dimension, interdisciplinarity of research. Expected announcement of the call - 1st quarter 2022

2.) Smart Accelerator I - Support for projects to develop the innovation ecosystem in regions. Expected call announcement - 1st quarter 2022

3.) Ph.D. Infra - Support for infrastructural equipment of doctoral study programmes. Expected call announcement - 2nd quarter 2022

GA ČR

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR LUXEMBOURG-CZECH PROJECTS

The GA CR announces a call for projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle with an expected start date in 2023. The call concerns projects funded in cooperation with the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) under the Weave initiative.

FNR acts as Lead Agency, i.e. evaluates the project proposals and GA CR takes over the results of the evaluation process.

The deadline for submission of the Czech part of the application is 28 April 2022, i.e. 7 days after the official deadline on the Luxembourg side on 21 April 2022.

GA ČR

GA CR - CALL FOR SLOVENIAN-CZECH PROJECTS

GA CR has announced a call for projects on the principle of "Lead Agency" evaluation with the expected start of projects in 2022, in cooperation with the Slovenian agency ARRS. In this call, the Slovenian Agency ARRS acts as the lead agency.

The deadline for submission of the Czech part of the application is 7 March 2022, i.e. 7 days after the official deadline on the Slovenian side on 28 February 2022.

Projects can be up to 3 years, the GA CR allows for a project duration of 24 or 36 months.

The Office for research and project support begins its 5th year at the faculty

On behalf of the entire OpVaPP team, I cordially greet you all in the new year and wish us all good health and a lot of strength and energy until the year 2022.

TA ČR

New SIGMA programme TA CR

The SIGMA programme is the type of programme that will allow a flexible response to the needs of society and the economy that may arise from unexpected situations. The programme will gradually implement activities from the current ZÉTA, ÉTA, GAMA, DELTA and EU instruments.

The duration of the programme is set for the period from 2022 to 2029, i.e. 8 years (extension foreseen). The first call for tenders is foreseen in 2022, with the start of support from 2023. One call for tenders per year is foreseen for each sub-objective (EU instruments 3 times/year).

DIOSCURI programme call

MEYS and the Max Planck Society are launching a call within the DIOSCURI programme to support the establishment of DIOSCURI Research Centres (DC). These are centres of excellence for internationally competitive and innovative research in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences and technology. The centres are intended to connect the local research environment and the wider scientific community.

Up to 3 centres in the whole Czech republic will be supported under the first call. Deadline for applications until 10.3.2022

Start of operation of the centre - 2nd half of 2023

(Estimated) Duration of support - 5 years

Finances - EUR 300 000/year + mandatory institutional co-financing of EUR 25 000/year

Report your interest to the contact person by 26.1.2022.

Research institutions may submit more than one form, even within the same discipline, as long as they are willing and able to host more than one DC within that discipline. If different departments of the same institution are interested in hosting a DC, a separate registration form will need to be submitted for each of them. It is advisable to be as detailed and accurate as possible on the registration form.

There will be no limit to the number of applications/registrations from MU, and the submissions will be presented to the members of the Research Strategy Board in early March 2022.

GA ČR

Call for submission of Swiss-Czech projects on the Lead agency principle

GA CR in cooperation with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is announcing a call for projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle, with the solution expected to begin in 2023.

In this call, the GA CR acts as a partner organization - projects are evaluated by the SNSF and the GA CR takes over the evaluation.

AKTION ČR-Rakousko

Webinar for those interested in project cooperation
24. 02. 2022

ACTION Austria - Czech Republic
Are you interested in the AKTION Czech Republic - Austria program? Would you like to implement a joint Czech-Austrian project?
Sign up for the webinar, which will take place online on February 24, 2022 from 3 to 4 p.m.

You will learn how to apply and what conditions apply to the project proposal. You can also look forward to a short presentation by Associate Professor Dostál from CTU Prague, who will talk about his many years of experience with AKTION.
The deadline for submitting project proposals is 15 April 2022 (for projects implemented in the period from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022) and 15 September (for projects implemented in the period from 15 October 2022 to 31 December 2022).

The webinar is intended for academic staff of public universities and employees of foreign departments. Please fill in the registration form no later than two days before the webinar. We will send you a link to the webinar the day before the webinar.

GA ČR

GA CR Measures taken due to COVID-19 for 2022 and RMU seminar GA CR calls 2023

GA CR has also approved a number of measures this year that will help researchers to better manage the complications associated with the COVID-19 epidemic situation.

The measures are summarized in the attached file and also here (in Czech only, if you have questions or if you need information in English, please contact me: lorencova@fss.muni.cz).

RMU seminars on the newly announced GA CR 2023 competitions:
Friday, February 25, 2022, 9: 00-10: 30h in English, intended mainly for MU researchers, you can register here.

GA ČR

Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) - new call 2023

GA CR announced the new competition for submitting proposals for standard projects, EXPRO, JUNIOR STAR, PIF (Incoming, Outgoing), international and LA projects with a deadline on April 7, 2022.

It is possible to attend OV RMU seminar - 25th February 2022 in English, registration here.

Please, if you are interested to participate in this GA CR call with any proposal, let me know as soon as possible (lorencova@fss.muni.cz). Further information will be sent only to registered candidates.

VIDEO GUIDE FOR GRIS - SUBMISSION OF A STANDARD PROJECT 2022 (English subtitles)
Part I: Establishment of the project, assignment of the applicant
Part II: Completion of basic data, abstract and basic financial items
Part III: Personnel and investment costs, justification of financial items
Part IV: Bibliography, filling in data on achieved and expected results
Part V: Attaching attachments, user management, finalization and submission

GA ČR

Webinar GA CR 2023: data generated in the project and how to deal with them

The MU Open Science team, in cooperation with the RMU Research Department, will open an online virtual room for you on Thuesday 08/03/2022 (14-15) and on Thursday 17/03/2022 (14-15), where you as applicants/project support can find out about this topic and ask for recommendations on the elaboration of this part of the project proposal.

Support in data processing area, Data Management Plan and Open Access at FSS MU: Marika Hrubá, hruba@fss.muni.cz.

Registration for the workshops of the Expert Group and the TC AS CR for applicants for ERC grants in calls from the 2023 work program (deadlines at the turn of 2022 and 2023) is opening. We would like to inform those interested that the institution requires confirmation from the institution, which will be obtained only by those candidates who apply to the ERC Support Scheme of Masaryk University no later than March 28, 2022. Login format changed!

GAMU ERC Support Scheme
Prior to application for inclusion in the GAMU ERC Support Scheme, potential ERC applicants are
advised to get in touch with the ERC contact person at the RMU Grant Office. The RMU contact
person is ready to provide an introductory meeting to each potential applicant, explaining the specifics
of the ERC, its evaluation system and basic characteristics of the ERC proposal.
At the same time, potential applicants are advised to contact the research / project support office at
their faculty or research centre. ERC applicants need support from their host department and may be
required to negotiate the conditions of implementation of their ERC grant prior to submission of an
application.
1. GAMU ERC Support Scheme is not a project or a formal award, it is a sequence of steps
required to benefit from the full scope of mechanisms available to ERC applicant to improve
their proposals. Being included in the scheme is not a guarantee for signing a Host Institution
Letter by MUNI. For that, authorization by the host department / faculty / research centre is
required (processed through internal IT system ISEP). Timely contact with local support office
is necessary to receive such authorization. Faculties / research centres usually require budget
for authorization and help with its calculation. Sometimes, faculties / research centres provide
additional drafting support.
2. Applications to the GAMU ERC Support Scheme will be accepted continuously, but with
strict cut-off dates for each call specified according to timing of activities of the national Expert
Group. Usually, the cut-offs will take place some 9 months before the deadline of relevant call.
Application consists of:
a. Abstract (max. 2000 characters).
b. Short scientific bio and track record of scientific achievements (max. 2 pages).
c. The cut-off dates will be communicated via e-mail to research support officers at
faculties and research centers of MUNI and will be published at the MUNI Portal.
d. Applications are sent to grants@muni.cz.
3. After receiving the application to GAMU, RMU Grant Office will schedule approx. one hour
meeting of the applicant to ERC Support Scheme with 3 selected mentors, as relevant to the
scientific area and career stage of the applicant as possible.
a. The applicant will introduce her/his situation, idea and ambition in max. 10 minutes.
b. The mentors will probe the scientific idea presented in the abstract against ERC
evaluation criteria and expectations.
c. The mentors may make recommendations on how to strengthen the scientific CV and
track record of the applicant.
d. If there is an understanding between the mentors and the applicant, one or several of
the mentors will help guide the applicant all the way to submission of the ERC proposal
(upon informal agreement between the mentor and the applicant).
4. After the meeting, the RMU Grant Office will be ready to support the applicant’s registration to
the national Expert Group (support from a host institution is required at sign-up; however, such
support does not guarantee that the applicant will be invited to participate in the national
support scheme). If included in the national support scheme, the applicant will partially receive
guidance through workshops and mentoring independent of MUNI

Proof of Concept conference

I would like to invite you and your colleagues to the Proof of Concept konferenci,, which will take place on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in the Hotel Passage in Brno. The event is organized by the MU Technology Transfer Center. Why register? MU researchers with the most important knowledge about PoC projects will perform You will get acquainted with PoC projects solved at MUNI You will gain experience from successful project managers You will compare more opinions within the panel discussion

More information and registration at https://www.ctt.muni.cz/poc Participation in the event is free. Please spread the invitation across your faculty / HS. If you have any questions, please contact your colleague Jana Joklová Kaňová: joklova@ctt.muni.cz.

Support for Ukrainian scientists and students - TA CR and GA CR

GA CR:

Expansion of research teams beyond 20% of the approved total capacity of the team by researchers and students from Ukraine is possible in 2022 without a request.

Transfers of (unlimited) grant funds allocated to beneficiaries, resp. to another participant due to the expansion of the research teams by researchers from Ukraine to the item of personnel costs are possible until the end of 2022 without a request.

Asks applicants in this year’s public calls to consider including Ukrainian students and scientists in the investigation teams of newly proposed projects.

TA CR:

We also encourage the beneficiaries to consider including Ukrainian colleagues in the research teams of new projects proposals in the calls for proposals to be announced this year.

We encourage researchers of the projects funded by TA CR to consider expanding their project teams by including scientists and students from Ukraine. It is sufficient to inform TA CR about this step in the annual project report.

Beneficiaries of the funding may submit a request for increasing the budget by the amount of the costs related to the involvement of Ukrainian colleagues or students in the research teams (since March 7, 2022).

GA ČR

GA CR - a guide for early-stage researchers - possibilities of research support

As part of its support, GA CR has published a handbook with information on grant opportunities for early-stage researchers (also in English).

Proposals for some calls can be submitted before reaching the PhD degree, including the call for Standard Projects.

Other possibilities are POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (PIF) INCOMING for the return of Czech young researchers (up to 4 years from PhD) from abroad and foreign researchers who want to work for 3 years at Czech institutions.

PIF OUTGOING - for Czech young researchers who want to gain experience abroad (2-year internship).

JUNIOR STAR for excellent researchers up to 8 years after PhD who want to establish their own research team.

More information on current calls of GA CR 2023 here.

TA ČR

TA CR Program TRANSPORT 2020+ preliminary parameters

The TA CR, together with the Ministry of Transport, informs about the preparation of the 4th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of Transport - TRANSPORT 2020+.

The announcement of this public tender is planned for April 6, 2022.

Preliminary parameters of the 4th public tender of the TRANSPORT 2020+ Program can be found HERE (in Czech only).

IVF

Visegrad 4 Ukraine - call of Visegrad fund

The aim of the call for proposals for small grants is to help mitigate the effects of war on the refugees arriving from Ukraine/residing in V4 countries, to strengthen the capacities of local authorities, public institutions and civil society organizations who provide the necessary assistance in terms of health and social services in the short- and mid-term, and to ease potential tensions between the refugees and local populations resulting from a lack of information, language barriers and social and economic differences.

Dedaline May 1, 2022. More here.

TAĆR

TA CR call schedule 2022

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has announced a schedule of calls for 2022.

Unfortunately, no calls are yet planned in the new SIGMA program suitable for SSH.

Moving Office for research and project support

Colleagues who used to sit on the 3rd floor returned to the 5th floor.

Mgr Eva Kicková can now be found in office 5.55 and

Bc. Ivana Mackerlová in the office 5.54.

TAČR

4th public tender PROGRAM TRANSPORT 2020+ TA CR

The focus of the tender covers research on the entire transport sector and all modes of transport, ie land, water and air, including all types of transport and transport infrastructure.

Outputs / results must have the potential for further application in practice.

TA ČR

TA CR Environment for Life - preliminary parameters of the 6th public tender

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR ) together with the Ministry of the Environment informs about the preparation of the 6th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Environment - Environment for Life, which is tentatively announced on June 29, 2022.

Ministerstvo vnitra

Announcement of the 1st call in the program of the Ministry of the Interior Open calls in security research 2023-2029 (OPSEC)

The subject of the public tender is the selection of proposals for applied research and experimental development projects.

The main goal of the OPSEC Program: to systematically stimulate and develop the interest of the research and innovation sphere in participating in solving security challenges for a modern society and thus form the basis for the development of competitive security innovations.

MŠMT MOBILITY

Call for proposals for joint Czech-German, Czech-French and Czech-Austrian research projects with a solution period of 2023–2024

The aim of the call is to help establish contacts and develop cooperation between institutions operating in the field of research and development in partner countries, by supporting the mobility of researchers working in solving international basic research projects.

IVF

International Visegrad Fund calls

Visegrad Grants is a grant program run and financed by the International Visegrad Fund aimed at fostering cooperation between the V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia).
Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.

Online ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications

Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki), the IWM has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council (ERC) Starting and Consolidator Grants in the humanities and social sciences from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. This mentoring initiative is addressed in particular to researchers in the areas of history, anthropology, political science, sociology, science and technology studies, as well as cultural and literary studies aiming to submit in 2022 – 2023.

Internationally established scholars, who have served as members of ERC evaluation panels, or who have held ERC grants themselves will act as mentors during a workshop. The next workshop will be held remotely on 8-9 July 2022. Participation is free; the workshop language is English.

Seminář

Open Science Workshop 2022 at FSS

The University Open Science team invites you on Wednesday 8.6. 2022 (10: 00–16: 00) to the Faculty of Social Studies (room P31), where the third year of the university-wide event to support and develop Open Science at the university called "Open Science Workshop 2022" will take place, which will take place in hybrid mode.

More information and registration here.

Fondy EHP a Norska

EEA and Norway Grants - Call for Proposals under the Social Dialogue

The objectives of the Programme are strengthened social dialogue and cooperation between employer organisations, trade unions and public authorities, the promotion of decent work and facilitated access to employment, in close cooperation with Norwegian partners.

TA ČR

New TA CR SIGMA programme approved

On 18 May, the Government of the Czech Republic approved a new programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic called SIGMA, which will support applied research and innovation projects.

The announcement of the first public competitions is scheduled for the end of this year (2022) within the budget possibilities.

TAČR

TAČR has announced the 5th public competition in the Programme for Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation THÉTA.

The main objective of the programme is to contribute to the fulfilment of the vision of transformation and modernisation of the energy sector in accordance with the approved strategic materials. This objective will be achieved through support for research, development and innovation projects in the energy sector that are aimed at improving the management of the energy sector by the public administration, new technologies and system elements with high potential for rapid application in practice as well as long-term technological perspectives.

Deadline for submission of proposals 27.7.2022.

MŠMT

INTER-EXCELLENCE II - INTER-ACTION - bilateral projects with the USA

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announces the LUAUS23 public tender within the INTER-EXCELLENCE II program and the INTER-ACTION sub-program for bilateral projects in the Czech Republic and the United States of America.

It is possible to submit projects in all scientific fields without thematic restrictions.

COST Actions

List of newly approved COST Actions to which it is possible to join (without a financial contribution from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), here.

E.g.

CA21107 Work inequalities in later life redefined by digitalization

CA21120 History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: Citizenship, Nationality and Migration

CA21127 Techno-economic analysis of carbon mitigation technologies

CA21166 Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience

TA ČR

Announcement of the 6th call of the Environment for Life Programme

TA ČR has announced a call within the Environment for Life programme with a deadline of 14.9.2022.

Subprogramme 1 - Operational research in the public interest and Subprogramme 2 - Eco-innovation, technologies and practices for environmental protection

More information on the competition here.

Seminář

REGON - October 2022: presentation of the TA CR SIGMA Program

A representative of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic will present calls prepared within the new TA CR SIGMA program (in Czech).

Venue:

Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, room 300 (registration here)

Zoom Meeting Room (no need to register)

DZS

ACTION CR-Austria - Support for cooperation between Czech and Austrian educational institutions of the tertiary sector

The aim of the call is to support cooperation projects of Czech and Austrian educational institutions of the tertiary sector.

Online webinar for those interested in project collaboration on September 14, 2022 from 3 to 4 p.m. Registration here.

TA ČR

TA ČR Program for the Support of Applied Research and Innovation SIGMA - in preparation

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR) is preparing the announcement of a public competition in the Program for the Support of Applied Research and Innovation SIGMA.

The public competition will be announced in sub-objective 3 (DC3), which aims to strengthen social sciences, humanities and arts (SHUV) in applied research and innovation activities and apply the outputs of these activities in the form of new or substantially improved products, procedures, processes or services . The sub-goal follows on from the activities of the ÉTA Program.

The announcement of the public tender is planned for October 26, 2022.

TA CR has prepared the preliminary parameters for the new call - see here.

Grantová agentura MU

Announcement of GAMU competitions for 2023

The rector of Masaryk University announces the GAMU competitions for 2023:

MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (deadline 10/12/2022)
MUNI Award in Science and Humanities JUNIOR (deadline 10/12/2022)
INTERDISCIPLINARY (deadline 15/10/2022)
Career restart (deadline 15/10/2022)
MUNI Scientist (deadline 15/10/2022) - award to a scientist for top results in research, nominated by the vice dean for science and research
HORIZONS (applications can be submitted throughout the year)

The GAMU webinar will take place on September 20, 2022. Registration here (information also in English)

GAČR

International LA projects - GA CR as a partner organization - current calls

On September 15, 2022, the GACR call for international LA projects in the field of basic research with Poland will be announced, where the GA CR acts as a partner agency and the Polish agency NCN in the position of evaluating Lead agency.

Deadline for submission of proposals: 15/12/2022 (Polish side) and 22/12/2022 (Czech side)

Other international LA projects - GA CR in the position of a partner agency - can currently be submitted with:

National Science Foundation (USA) - Continuous Challenge
Austria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - continuous call
Germany - German Research Foundation (DFG) - continuous challenge
Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - currently the deadline is 1/10/2022

Change of contact person for Open Science support at FSS

From September 1, 2022, local Open Science support is newly provided by Mgr. Aneta Pilátová from the FSS Central Library, e-mail: openscience@fss.muni.cz.

Mgr. Marika Hruba, who has provided support so far, can be contacted as the Open Science coordinator for MU at the Institute of Computer Technology, Cybersecurity and Data Management Division, e-mail: hruba@ics.muni.cz.

The FSS Library offers Open Science support to researchers in the following areas:

• Advice on the selection of a journal with regard to Open Access fulfillment options (Green OA - unpaid, Gold OA - paid, more info here), communication with the publisher, prevention of predatory journals and conferences.
• Ensuring compliance with the OA Green condition by saving and setting the appropriate parameters of the file in the MU Repository (Creative Commons license, time embargo setting for publication).
• Advice on choosing a suitable repository for storing research data, taking into account its nature (field, type and size of data).
• Support for Data Management Plan (DMP). Its implementation is always the domain of the scientist, due to the domain knowledge. We will provide scientists with tips for DMP management tools, sample DMP plans, or we provide technical support.
• One-on-one Open Science consultations for scientists.

More info on the library website: https://library.fss.muni.cz/study-research-support/open-science and on the university-wide Open Science support website: https://openscience.muni.cz/en.

Ministerstvo vnitra

Strategic support for the development of security research in the Czech Republic - announcement of a call within the IMPAKT I program

The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic announces a public competition in the research, experimental development and innovation program Strategic support for the development of security research in the Czech Republic 2019-2025 (IMPAKT 1) in Subprogramme 3 "Development of initiatives in security research".

The goal of the Program is to achieve a knowledge, technological and technical level that will enable the Czech Republic to acquire, adopt, maintain and develop the specific capabilities needed to ensure the security of the state and its citizens.

Sub-programme 3 aims to support the development of an internationalization initiative in the security research community, which is further divided into three sub-goals:

1. ensure support for the international project initiative of established workplaces,

2. ensure support for strengthening institutional contacts with leading workplaces abroad,

3. to ensure an adequate and effective information background, supporting internationalization efforts and the internal organization of the community.

TA ČR

TA ČR - webinář pro příjemce k realizovaným projektům: Žádosti o změnu

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic is organizing a webinar on implemented projects, which will take place on October 12, 2022 from 1:00 p.m.

Webinar on the topic: "Change Requests".

To participate in the webinar, please fill out the registration form HERE. The day before the start of the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to join the webinar.

TA ČR

TA CR Schedule of public competitions and calls 2023

TA CR published the Schedule of public competitions and calls for the year 2023.

Selection of interesting calls:

February 2023 announcement of a call in the SIGMA program for beginning researchers (continues the ZETA program)

April 2023 TRANSPORT 2030+

May 2023 SIGMA - international cooperation

June 2023 Environment for life

September 2023 THETA 2

November 2023 SIGMA - pre-application research

TAČR

TA CR has published the focus/topics of the new call within the SIGMA program, Sub-goal 3 – Support of the innovative potential of social sciences, humanities and arts – SHUV.

The call should be announced on 26 October 2022. According to the call schedule for 2023, the next DC3 SHUV call in 2023 is not yet planned.

Preliminary parameters of the 2022 call here.

TA ČR

Presentation from the seminar on the program SIGMA TA CR

On October 5, 2022, a seminar was held at MU with TA CR representatives (Ladislav Mlčák, Iveta Zápařková), who presented in particular the new SIGMA TA CR program.

Presentation available here.

The first call in the area of SHUV (it will follow on from the ETA program) will be announced on October 26, 2022, with the deadline for submitting proposals on December 14, 2022.

Preliminary parameters of the call.

Information on the focus of the upcoming call.

Webinář

Open Access Week 2022

Invitation to Open Access Week 2022 - online, no registration required.

Event time: 24 and 25 October 2022

Program:

CELSPAC Living Lab - Open Infrastructure in Practice

Open Access's diamond path: practice at Masaryk University

Technology Transfer and Open Science: Rivals or Friends?

Connect using the links here.

GA ČR

GA CR is looking for new members of evaluation panels

What are the minimum requirements?

Academic qualification at Ph.D level. or higher
Active scientific activity in the field of basic research
A significant contribution to the development of knowledge
Experience in solving basic research projects in the position of researcher or co-researcher,
The ability to assess scientific problems in the wider context of the development of a scientific field on an international scale

More information and online application form here.

Application submission deadline: December 15, 2022

TA ČR

First call TA CR SIGMA program - DC3 SHUV

On October 26, 2022, the TA CR announced the first public competition in the Program for the support of applied research and innovation SIGMA – Sub-goal 3 – Support of the innovation potential of social sciences, humanities and arts.

Challenge Themes: SOCIETY RESILIENCE, EDUCATION AND APPLICATION, SUSTAINABILITY

More on the focus of the call here (in Czech).

Each project proposal must fulfill exactly one main theme and one sub-theme from the chosen main theme.

TA ČR

TA ČR webinar: How to fill out and submit PZ/ZZ

TA CR is organizing a webinar on implemented projects on the topic: How to fill out and submit PZ/ZZ, which will take place on November 23, 2022 from 1:00 p.m.

Please register for the webinar using this form.

The Zoom application will be used for the realization of the webinar.

MUNI

ComMUNIty fund

Masaryk University announces an internal competition to support the implementation of sustainable and socially responsible projects that fulfill and promote the social role of Masaryk University, are internally and externally transferable, and support cooperation between students and employees.

Call topics: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTHY SOCIETY

Call allocation:                            2 MILLION CZK

Collection of applications:           from 14.11.2022 via ISEP

Announcement of results:           by 20.2.2023

Detailed information on the call can be found here

Horizon Europe

New calls - Horizon Europe Cluster 2 Culture, creativity and inclusive society

New call in cluster 2 Culture, creativity and inclusive society will be announced on 14 December 2022 with deadline 14 March 2023.

Draft of the work programme here.

Partner search: Funding & tender opportunities portal
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home
CORDIS Research results (funded projects):
https://cordis.europa.eu/en
Horizon Europe Cluster 2 InfoDay & Brokerage Event
17–18/01/2023
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/events/horizon-europe-info-days_en

EUKI

The EUKI launches its 7th call for ideas to realise ambitious climate policies in Europe. The application phase for project ideas to accelerate climate action in Europe opened on 25 November. Non-profit organisations from civil society, academia, the private sector, education and municipalities will have until 13 January 2023 to submit their proposals.

More information about the call here.

TA ČR

TA ČR SIGMA: preliminary parameters of the 2nd public competition - Sub-goal 2: Beginning researchers

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic informs about the preparation of the 2nd public tender in the Program for the support of applied research and innovation SIGMA – Sub-goal 2 – Beginning researchers and equalization of opportunities in applied research projects.

This public tender will be announced on February 8, 2023.

GA ČR

Evaluation reports on GA ČR standard proposals are available in GRIS

Evaluation reports on GA ČR standard proposals are available in the GRIS application from 12/9/2022 in the Project Evaluation Results tab.

A final decision has not yet been made on the financing of projects for which the reports are not shown. Notifications about the support/non-support of the proposals will come via the data box in the next few days.

In the event that someone would like to file a complaint about the process of evaluating the project proposal, the deadline is set within 15 calendar days from the publication of the results of the public competition, including individual project assessments, according to the tender documents.

ERASMUS+

ERASMUS+ calls for 2023

Partnerships for Cooperation (KA2)

Cooperation Partnerships: The primary goal of Cooperation Partnerships is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, boosting internationalisation of their activities, and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods as well as sharing and confronting ideas.

Small-scale Partnerships: this action aims at widening access to the programme to small-scale actors and individuals who are hard to reach in the fields of school education, adult education, vocational education and training, youth and sport. With lower grant amounts awarded to organisations, shorter duration and simpler administrative requirements compared to the Cooperation Partnerships, this action aims at reaching out to grassroots organisations and newcomers to the Programme and less experienced organisations, reducing entry barriers to the programme for organisations with smaller organisational capacity.

Calls for 2023 - the annoucement:

22. 3. and 4. 10. 2023

TA ČR

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic is organizing a webinar on implemented projects, which will take place on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. Webinar on the topic: "How to fill out and submit interim/final report".

For the realization of the webinar, the Zoom application will be used, which allows you to ask questions online during the webinar.

To participate in the webinar, please fill out the form HERE.

MŠMT

Support is intended to establish contacts and develop cooperation between institutions active in the field of research, development and innovation in partner states, in the form of supporting the mobility of researchers working together to solve an international research project on a multilateral layout (min. 3 participants; always one partner from each country).

Along with the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Slovakia, Serbia, Austria are participating in the challenge.

Call deadline 16 January 2023.

More, including the proposal preparation form here.

GA ČR

Call for submission of projects on the principle of Lead Agency evaluation with the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)

GA CR announces a call for submission of projects based on the principle of Lead Agency evaluation, with the expected start of the solution in 2024.

The call concerns projects financed in cooperation with the Luxembourg agency National Research Fund (FNR), which is the evaluation agency, and the GA CR takes over the evaluation of the proposals.

PF 2023

New Year's greetings from the Office for Research and Project Support

Webinars in January 2023

Webinars held in January 2023:

• 4.1. REGON January 2023: Research Policy - Strategy in ERA
• 11.1. TAČR webinar: For beneficiaries of implemented projects: How to fill out and submit periodic/final report
• 11.1. Discussion: Open access - positives and risks
• Horizon Europe info days

Horizon Europe

Become a supervisor and expand your research team in the MSCA-PF2023 call

As part of the project department's activities, we offer support in finding suitable candidates for the Marie Sklodowska - Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF). The MSCA-PF is a prestigious two-year international EU postdoctoral grant, which aims to support the comprehensive career development of young postdocs.

At the core of the proposal is a strong scientific idea and research plan, but also a plan to develop hard and transferable skills.

MSCA PF

MSCA-PF seminar for future supervisors of MSCA-PF Fellows

We will briefly introduce the key features of MSCA-PF, and why it is beneficial to have an MSCA-PF fellow in your team.

Next, we will focus on specific aspects of the project proposal in direct relation with the project proposal template.

GA ČR

GA CR announced the LA call with Slovenia, with a deadline on the foreign side of 28/02/2023 (deadline on the Czech side of 7/03/2023).

ATTENTION - proposals submitted to this call will be counted towards the maximum number of project proposals submitted to calls with the expected start of the solution in 2023! This means that it counts towards the limit of projects submitted in the previous year. Therefore, if a researcher has "exhausted" the possibilities of submission (1 project proposal as a proposer and 1 project proposal as a co-proposer in April 2022), he/she can no longer participate in this call.

GA ČR

GA CR plans to announce calls for proposals in mid-February 2023

As every year, GA CR will announce the Standard Projects competition this year, intended for all researchers in the field of basic research. In addition, there will be international calls to which joint projects will be submitted by researchers from at least two countries, and JUNIOR STAR and POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP competitions for young scientists.

The EXPRO competition will have a one-year break, which will be announced again in 2024.

More info.

New calls for proposals will be issued around the middle of February 2023, the deadline for submission of proposals is usually the first week of April.

We will inform about the announcement of calls by e-mail and on our website, and all applicants will get detailed instructions for preparing a proposal.

If you are thinking about preparing a proposal for this year's GA CR calls, you can send me a message now (lorencova@fss.muni.cz) and look at the tender documents from last year's competition, which will probably be very similar this year.

Seminář

Seminar - How to request a project assessment by the Research Ethics Committee?

MU organizes an internal seminar (hybrid event) for researchers How to request a project assessment by the Research Ethics Committee?

February 27, 2023, 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m

Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, room 300 (please fill in the registration form)
Zoom Meeting Room (no registration required)

Seminář

GA CR - presentation of calls 2024

Seminar with the participation of the chairman of GA CR prof. Baldrian - GA CR 2024 calls will be introduced.

March 1, 2023, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
MU, Komenského náměstí 2, room 300 or online

Registration for both forms of participation here.

GA ČR

GA CR - information about new calls 2024 and about seminars

This year's GA CR calls should be announced on February 13, 2023. Together with the new competitions, the LA call will also be announced in cooperation with Croatia (Croatian Science Foundation).

The MU internal seminar on GA CR calls for researchers in English will be held on February 27, 2023 (9:00-10:30 a.m.), followed by the seminar "How to Request a Project Assessment by the Research Ethics Committee?" in Czech.

TA ČR

TA CR 2nd public competition of the SIGMA Program Sub-goal 2: Beginning researchers

The call aims to increase the involvement of beginning researchers in all areas of applied research when solving specific projects directly with subjects from applied practice.  Another goal is to promote the equalization of opportunities for women and men in applied research competition.

Faculty overhead costs - FSS MU - for 2023

According to Article 3 point 2 of MU Instruction No. 3/2017 Rules for determining the share of administrative overhead and the system of applying overhead costs to projects, the coefficient of common operating costs at FSS MU was determined for the period from February 6, 2023 to February 6, 2024 ("overhead costs for faculty") in the amount of 16.41%.
The coefficient will be used in the calculations of new projects (i.e. newly submitted subsidy projects and commercial activities) and to account for existing projects according to Article 5 of MU Instruction No. 3/2017.

MSCA PF

Workshop for MSCA PF applicants

On 6th March from 9 am-16pm, there will be a workshop for MSCA PF applicants. This will be an intensive training session on writing this project. This workshop is an important prerequisite for writing a good project draft, which will be a condition for participation in the follow-up workshop in June.

It is a hybrid event. You can attend physically (Kounicův sál, Rector's Office building, Žerotínovo náměstí 9) or virtually (via ZOOM). 

Webinář

Webinar for applicants - SIGMA Program - Sub-goal 2: Beginning researchers

TA ČR invites to a webinar for applicants to the announced 2nd public competition of the SIGMA Program - Sub-goal 2: Beginning researchers and equalization of opportunities in applied research projects (hereinafter referred to as "SIGMA - DC2").

Tuesday 21/02/2023 from 10:00, online

GA ČR

GA ČR (Czech Science Foundation) - a call with the Swiss SNSF in the role of Lead agency

GA CR announced the LA call with the Swiss agency SNSF, which will be in the role of Lead agency.

In 2023, there will be two deadlines for submitting projects, namely 3/4 and 2/10/2023. For the 3/4/2023 deadline, the expected start date of the project is 1/1/2024, for DL 2/10/2023 the expected start date is 7/1/2024.

GA ČR

New GA CR (Czech Science Foundation) calls 2024

GA CR (Czech Science Foundation) is announcing calls for proposals for tenders in the area of Standard Projects, JUNIOR STAR, POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP, and International and Lead Agency projects. The submission deadline is 4 April. The results of the competition will be announced on 30 November 2023 (Junior Star 3 November 2023).

It is possible to submit a proposal for the following types of projects:

• Standard projects (for 3 years)
• Junior Star (for excellent scientists up to 8 years after obtaining the Ph.D. title, 5 years/up to 25 million CZK)
• POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP INCOMING and OUTGOING (focused on researchers who have completed their doctoral studies in the last four years)
• International projects (Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, USA)

MU internal seminar on the new 2024 competitions for researchers in English and the seminar "How to Request a Project Assessment by the Research Ethics Committee?" in Czech will take place on February 27, 2023.

GA CR organizes a seminar with GA CR chairman prof. Baldrian – Brno, March 1, 2023, 9:30-11:30 a.m., room 300, 3rd floor, Komenského náměstí 220/2, Brno. Registration.

If you are considering submitting a proposal to one of the GA CR 2024 calls, please let me (lorencova@fss.muni.cz) know by February 20, 2023. 

MUNI

Support for Teaching Innovations in Key Courses of Masaryk University Study Programmes

Project may focus on any of the following teaching methods leading to interactivity in teaching and/or the introduction of distance forms of teaching, or a combination thereof: 1) simulation-based teaching; 2) project-based teaching; 3) research-oriented teaching.

Eligible applicants and project managers-in-chief are the guarantors of the study programmes in which the innovation will be applied.

The text of the call for project proposals is available HERE

The online seminar for submitting project proposals (in Czech only) will take place on March 7, 2023 from 14:00 (LINK).

TA ČR

DOPRAVA 2030 program: Announcement of preliminary parameters of the 1st public tender

The outputs/results of the project proposals submitted to this public competition must have the potential for further application in new approaches, technological procedures and services leading to the strengthening of social and economic benefits in the transport sector. The focus of the public competition covers the research of the entire transport system and all types of transport, i.e. land, water and air, including all types of means of transport and transport infrastructure.

The announcement of the call is planned for 26 April 2023

TA ČR

Environment for life program: Announcement of preliminary parameters of the 7th public competition, PP1 and PP2

The Environment for Life program is mainly focused on new solutions in the area of the environment, stabilization and expansion of the knowledge base, which will significantly contribute to ensuring a healthy and high-quality environment in the Czech Republic and to the sustainable use of its resources, by minimizing the negative impacts of human activity on the environment, including impacts beyond national borders and will thus contribute to improving the quality of life in Europe and in a global context.

The announcement of this call is planned for 6/28/2023, in the sub-programmes:

Subprogramme 1 Operational research in the public interest (PP1)

Subprogramme 2 Ecoinnovation, technologies and procedures for environmental protection (PP2)

MŠMT

Czech-Austria bilateral research, development and innovation projects in mobility activity 2024-2025

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announces a call for applications to support bilateral projects of research, development and innovation Czech Republic - Austria in the activity Supporting the mobility of male and female researchers within the framework of international cooperation in R&D&I, implementation period 2024-2025.

MŠMT

Bilateral projects of research, development and innovation: Czech Republic - Germany - Mobility

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announces a call for the implementation of bilateral research, development and innovation projects Czech Republic - Germany within the framework of the activity Supporting the mobility of male and female researchers within the framework of international cooperation.

The main goal of the Mobility activity is to support the formation of international bilateral research teams dealing with research, development and innovation topics with a high potential for application in international research programs, thereby strengthening the research capacities of both partner countries.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe - new call in cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society - 2024

Within the framework of cluster 2 – Culture, creativity and inclusive society, further calls for 2024 will be announced on October 4, 2023 according to the Work Program 2023-2024 with a deadline of February 7, 2024.

According to the WP, it is expected to support mostly 3 projects within each topic with a budget of 2-3 million EURO per project. Unless the conditions of the call stipulate otherwise, the project consortium must consist of at least 3 organizations from 3 different countries (EU member states or associated countries).

Details on open and planned calls can also be found on the Funding & tender opportunities portal, where it is also possible to search for suitable partners for the consortium.

Thanks to MU membership, everybody can set up their own profile on the Crowdhelix Network platform and offer their expertise for a specific call within Horizon Europe and other international calls/competitions, search for opportunities, respond to calls for cooperation (involvement in the preparation of proposals, etc.) and participate in matchmaking events for specific calls.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe - new calls for 2024

See the calls within the other Horizon Europe clusters for 2024 (the calls of cluster 2 Culture, creativity and inclusive society are presented in a separate information).

Details of the calls are described in the individual work programs of the clusters (links below) and on the Funding & tender opportunities portal.

TA ČR

TRANSPORT 2030 program: Announcement of the 1st public tender

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic announced, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, on April 26, 2023, the first public competition in the DOPRAVA/TRANSPORT 2030 program for the support of applied research and innovation in the field of transport.

The main goal of the program is to develop the transport sector in a way that will reflect social needs, accelerate the technological and knowledge development of the Czech Republic and thus help the growth of the Czech Republic's competitiveness.

IVF

International Visegrad Fund calls

Visegrad Grants is a grant program run and financed by the International Visegrad Fund aimed at fostering cooperation between the V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and countries from the EaP region or the Western Balkans countries.

Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.

Ministerstvo zdravotnictví

Call in the Program for the support of applied medical research for the years 2024 – 2030

The Ministry of Health announces a competition to support applied research projects aimed at solving problems related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases.

The programme has three main areas, Public Health, Pathogenesis and Development of Diseases and Innovative Solutions for Medicine, which are further divided into 26 sub-areas and 95 sub-objectives. Proposals must be assigned to one or more of the sub-objectives and ensure the implementation of one or more of the sub-areas (see more on pages 10-14 of the tender document).

MŠMT

Announcement of the call in the INTER-EXCELLENCE II programme, sub-programme INTER-ACTION - LUAUS24 (bilateral projects Czech Republic-USA)

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic announces LUAUS24 - Bilateral Projects Czech Republic - United States of America competition.

TA ČR

5th call - DELTA 2 Programme - support of joint applied research of Czech and foreign institutions

The call is aimed at supporting international cooperation in the field of applied research through joint projects of Czech entities supported by TA CR and foreign partners with the expected support of foreign institutions.

Only a company/enterprise can be the main applicant, a research organisation can be an additional participant on the Czech side. The additional participant may also be an entity from EU, EEA and Switzerland.

Project proposals may be submitted with organisations from the following countries: Republic of Korea; Saxony, Germany; United States of America Department of Energy of the United States of America; Israel Israel Innovation Authority IIA; Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs MoEA and National Science and Technology Council

Thematic limitations of the call by foreign partner here.

workshop

Open Science Workshop 2023 at FSS MU

On June 14, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the third university-wide Open Science Workshop will be held. It will take place at the Faculty of Social Studies of the MU, Joštova 10, Brno, and at the same time on MS Teams. More info, program and possibility of registration here.

TA ČR

TA CR Program THETA 2: Announcement of preliminary parameters of the 1st public competition

The public competition of the THETA 2 program is aimed at fulfilling the vision of transformation and modernization of the energy sector.

This goal will be achieved through the support of research, development and innovation projects in the field of energy, which are aimed at improving the management of the energy sector by the public administration, new technologies and system elements with a high potential for rapid application in practice, as well as long-term technological perspectives.

The announcement of this public tender is planned for September 6, 2023.

TA ČR

TA CR - preliminary schedule of public competitions and calls (2023-2025)

The preliminary schedule of calls for the years 2023-2025 is published on the TA CR website:

2023

• July -  Environment for Life 7. VS
• November - SIGMA DC1 - Proof of concept (support for verification of applied research results from the point of view of their practical application and preparation of their subsequent commercial use or use for company needs)
• December - SIGMA DC5 - long-term research plans (long-term projects that, by their focus, set up and develop systemic solutions to current and future R&D issues in various fields (e.g. also in the field of social sciences). Those types of projects and results are not expected to be qickly implemented on the market, thanks to characteristically long development cycles)

TAČR

7th public competitions of the Environment for Life program

TA CR announced in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment on July 12, 2023 the seventh public competition to support applied research, experimental development and innovation in the field of the environment - Environment for Life.

The general goal of the Environment for Life program is to bring new solutions in the field of the environment, to stabilize and expand the knowledge base, which will significantly contribute to ensuring a healthy and high-quality environment in the Czech Republic and to the sustainable use of its resources and minimizes the negative impacts of human activity on the environment.

The public competition is announced in subprogramme 1 and subprogramme 2 - the Environment for Life program.

Horizon Europa

ERC Work Programme 2024

On 10th July 2023, the European Commission accepted the ERC Work Programme for 2024. The programme includes new elements in the assessment of research proposals and CVs of applicants, as well as in the evaluation process. It also introduces lump sum funding under Advanced Grants and changes the evaluation panel structure.

Scientific Workshop at the University of Nanterre

The University of Nanterre is organising a three-day workshop for scientists in the framework of the EDUC Alliance. The general objective of the activity is to establish further scientific collaborations between members of the EDUC University Alliance through joint workshops on different topics. The workshop focuses on migration and migrants' access to justice.

Grantová agentura MU

Calls of the MU Grant Agency 2024

• MASH (DL 8. 12. 2023)

The goal is to bring excellent and successful external scientists to MU and offer them such conditions that they have the motivation to stay (full-time, 5 million/year for 5 years, background). Application via ISEP.

• Career Restart (DL 13. 10. 2023)

The aim is to create conditions for the integration of female and male researchers after career breaks, for example due to parental leave, into research teams at MU (CZK 500,000/year for two years, completed PhD, min. 0.5 FTE). Application via ISEP.

• MUNI Scientis (DL 29. 9. 2023)

Awarding scientists for their top results and significant achievements in the field of research at MU. Nominations are made by: Vice-Deans for Science and Research, Director of CTT, Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies, Head of Research Department RMU.

• HORISONS (continuously)

The support is intended for the costs associated with the preparation of extremely prestigious and important projects of international providers (e.g. HORIZONT). Support can be obtained by an MU employee who is the main applicant as well as a co-applicant especially for foreign trips, rental of a meeting room, consulting and editorial services. Support of 200-400 thousand CZK. Application via ISEP.

Competitions announced in November 2023:

• MASH Junior Star ("Seal of excellence" GA CR Junior Star) - replacement for MASH Junior
• Support for excellent theses

The Interdisciplinary Research Projects competition will not be open this year. The MASH Junior competition will be opened in a modified form - GA CR Junior Star applicants who were excellently evaluated but did not reach funding will be supported.

The parameters of this and other GAMU calls will be specified.

MŠMT

INTER-EXCELLENCE II PROGRAM, INTER-ACTION SUB-PROGRAMME – BILATERAL PROJECTS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC - THE STATE OF ISRAEL

The intention of the call is to select joint research projects of applied research, focusing on the following areas/sub-areas:

1. Health and medicine – drug design and development; 2. Environmental sustainability and protection – climate change, clean energy, desert research, water; 3. Data science – application of artificial intelligence.

Possibilities of research cooperation with Switzerland

We present the possibilities of research cooperation and research stays in Switzerland, which colleagues (Jitka Wolfova, Jitka Hotarkova) from Office for Research and Project Support obtained during their internship at the University of Fribourg.

If you are interested in any form of cooperation with Switzerland, please contact us. We will help you with the preparation of the proposal, finding out other options and information, or connecting to specific workplaces and people at the University of Fribourg.

TA ČR

THETA 2 TA CR program: Announcement of the 1st public competition

On September 13, 2023, TA CR announced the first public competition in the THÉTA 2 Program for the Support of Applied Research and Innovation.

The public competition of the THETA 2 program is aimed at fulfilling the vision of transformation and modernization of the energy sector in accordance with the approved strategic materials. This goal will be achieved through the support of research, development and innovation projects in the field of energy, which are aimed at improving the management of the energy sector by the public administration, new technologies and system elements with a high potential for rapid application in practice, as well as long-term technological perspectives.

MŠMT

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC COMPETITION IN THE INTER-EXCELLENCE II PROGRAM, INTER-ACTION SUB-PROGRAMME – BILATERAL PROJECTS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC - BAVARIA

The intention of the call is to select joint research projects of applied research, focusing on the following areas/sub-areas:

1. Computer and information sciences; 2. Engineering and technology in specialization: Materials research, Nanotechnology; 3. Social sciences; 4. Humanities and arts.

The duration of supported projects is set at 2.5 years.

GA ČR

Call for submission of joint proposals - the Czech Republic / Poland within the LA grants GA CR

The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA CR) announces a call for submission of projects based on the Lead Agency evaluation principle with the expected start of implementation in 2025. The call concerns projects financed in cooperation with the Polish agency National Science Center (NCN) within the framework of the Weave initiative.

In this call, the Polish agency NCN acts as the Lead Agency, i.e. it evaluates the project proposals from a scientific point of view, and the GA CR takes over the results of the evaluation process.

TA ČR

SIGMA TA CR program: Announcement of preliminary parameters of the 5th public competition - Long-term research plans

The TA CR is preparing the announcement of the 5th call of the SIGMA programme Long-term research plans and Solutions to current R&D needs on 6 December 2023.

The public competition of the SIGMA Program is focused on long-term research plans and solutions to the current needs of R&D and society, which cannot be solved within the framework of short-term projects and at the same time require an interdisciplinary approach. For the given public competition, 4 topics were determined, the project proposal must fully fulfill the selected topic.

One project will be supported in each topic.

Seminář

Grants Week at Masaryk Univerzity - international research funding.

On 8 November, 15 November and 22 November, Grants Week is held at Masaryk University (online or Komenského square 2, Roger Scruton Hall) on the topic of international research support (ERC, MSCA-PF, TWINNING, ethics in the Horizon Europe projects).

Program and registration here.

webinář

Webinar - CC licenses

The Open Science team at MU is organizing a webinar on the issue of CC licenses.

Lecturer: JUDr. Bc. Lucie Smolka, Ph.D.

The webinar will take place via MS Teams, you will receive a link to connect to your e-mail before the event.

Registration here.

GA ČR

Call for submission of projects on the principle of Lead Agency with a Slovenian agency (ARIS)

GA CR announced the LA call in cooperation with the Slovenian agency ARIS, which acts as the "Lead" agency in this call.

Project proposals submitted to this call are included in the maximum number of proposals already submitted this year, i.e. they will count towards the maximum number of project proposals submitted to the calls with the expected start of the solution in 2024!

Mezinárodní visegrádský fond

Visegrad fund - calls

Visegrad Grants is a grant program run and financed by the International Visegrad Fund aimed at fostering cooperation between the V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and countries from the EaP region or the Western Balkans countries.

Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.

TA ČR

TA ČR SIGMA - preliminary parameters of the call Beginner researchers, DC 2

TA ČR is preparing the announcement of the 7th public competition in the Program for the support of applied research and innovation SIGMA - sub-goal 2, Beginning researchers and equalization of opportunities in applied research projects.

The announcement of the competition is planned for 7/2/2024, DL 27/3/2024.
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ERC

ERC Workshop

The SYRI project is organising a workshop entitled How to Write a Successful ERC Proposal.

The workshop will take place on 26th January 2024, from 10:30-14:00, online.

Guests of this workshop will be: