TA CR is preparing a call for support for applied research and innovation consisting of supporting the recruitment and long-term retention of internationally recognized experts in the field of applied research in research organizations.

Objectives

The proposal will be based on the employment of a top researcher working abroad, a description of the person's experience and its use in the receiving institution, a description of the research agenda (research topics), including cooperation with the application sphere, and a demonstration of how these topics fit into the strategic directions of the receiving institution.

More detailed information about the call will be announced in autumn 2025.

Limitations

Main expected conditions of the competition:

Only a research organization (receiving institution) can be the main beneficiary and only an enterprise can be another participant.

The main investigator will be a qualified expert with demonstrable international experience, newly arriving from abroad, where he/she has worked for at least five years.

They must be persons without previous or current ties to the receiving institution, in particular without an employment relationship with this institution in the past (before the beginning of the project design), with regard to the goal of preventing so-called 'inbreeding' in the academic environment.

The given person must have demonstrable experience with applied research and application of results in practice, including cooperation with the application sphere.

At the time of project submission, this person must be identified and must design the entire project, in cooperation with the application sphere.

The project will allow covering the costs not only for the person in the position of Industrial Chair, but also for the involvement of other experts in the research team.

Duration of the solution: 60 months.