The Ministry of Health is issuing a single-stage competition for special-purpose support of the Ministry of Health for the solution of health research and development projects.

Targeted support of the Ministry of Health is intended for the solution of applied research projects, i.e. projects solved for the purpose of obtaining new knowledge directed to a specific, predetermined practical goal with a given application of the results in the healthcare sector.

Objectives

Applied research in healthcare is focused on solving problems associated with diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases.

Subprogramme 1: proposer min PhD

Subprogramme 2: development of junior researchers, proposer max. 8 years after PhD award, max. 7 million CZK/project

Projects should fall (but projects outside these areas can also be supported) in one of three areas and sub-areas: Public health, Pathogenesis and development of diseases, Innovative solutions for medicine (more on pages 10-14 ZD)

Limitations

The start of the solution of the selected projects is May 1, 2025 (taking into account the actual date of signing the contracts)

Completion of projects by 31 December 2028 at the latest

The expected duration of project solutions is 44 months

Support for a research organization up to 100%, for a company 65-80% depending on the size