Current grants

OP VVV Jitka Hotárková

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.

Seminář Alena Lorencová

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

workshop Alena Lorencová

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)

GA ČR Alena Lorencová

GA ČR - LA granty - aktuální výzvy - GA ČR v roli partnerské organizace

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

GA ČR Alena Lorencová

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).

Horizon Europe Alena Lorencová

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.

Horizon Europe Alena Lorencová

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 Alena Lorencová

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.

TAČR Alena Lorencová

TA ČR - nová verze směrnice SME-07 Změnová řízení projektů

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 Alena Lorencová

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.

GA ČR Alena Lorencová

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.

TA ČR Alena Lorencová

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.

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

GA ČR Alena Lorencová

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.

Horizon Europa Jitka Wolfová

Horin Europa news

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

GA ČR Alena Lorencová

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).