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.
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.
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.
The preliminary schedule of calls for the years 2023-2025 is published on the TA CR website:
2023
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.
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.
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic announces LUAUS24 - Bilateral Projects Czech Republic - United States of America competition.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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
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).