Current grants
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, 20/10/2021The 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.
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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.
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Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) calls in 2021
GA CR CALLS 2021- Standard projects
- JUNIOR STAR
- POSTDOC INDVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP
- International projects:
Bilateral cooperationTaiwan - Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)South Korea - National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)Russia - Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)São Paulo, Brazil - São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)Lead Agency cooperationAustria - Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - continuous challengeGermany - German Research Foundation (DFG)Poland - National Science Center (NCN)Slovenia - Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) - current call (11 December 2020 - 12 February 2021, or 19 February 2021 for the Czech part)Switzerland - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)EXPRO call will be announced in 2022 and then only in even years. -
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
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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.
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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. -
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.
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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.