On 18 May, the Government of the Czech Republic approved a new programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic called SIGMA, which will support applied research and innovation projects.
The announcement of the first public competitions is scheduled for the end of this year (2022) within the budget possibilities.
The University Open Science team invites you on Wednesday 8.6. 2022 (10: 00–16: 00) to the Faculty of Social Studies (room P31), where the third year of the university-wide event to support and develop Open Science at the university called "Open Science Workshop 2022" will take place, which will take place in hybrid mode.
More information and registration here.
Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) and generously supported by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki), the IWM has established a mentoring initiative for applicants for European Research Council (ERC) Starting and Consolidator Grants in the humanities and social sciences from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. This mentoring initiative is addressed in particular to researchers in the areas of history, anthropology, political science, sociology, science and technology studies, as well as cultural and literary studies aiming to submit in 2022 – 2023.
Internationally established scholars, who have served as members of ERC evaluation panels, or who have held ERC grants themselves will act as mentors during a workshop. The next workshop will be held remotely on 8-9 July 2022. Participation is free; the workshop language is English.
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).
Proposals are accepted regularly three times per year always by February 1, June 1 and October 1.
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR ) together with the Ministry of the Environment informs about the preparation of the 6th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Environment - Environment for Life, which is tentatively announced on June 29, 2022.
Colleagues who used to sit on the 3rd floor returned to the 5th floor.
Mgr Eva Kicková can now be found in office 5.55 and
Bc. Ivana Mackerlová in the office 5.54.
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has announced a schedule of calls for 2022.
Unfortunately, no calls are yet planned in the new SIGMA program suitable for SSH.
The aim of the call for proposals for small grants is to help mitigate the effects of war on the refugees arriving from Ukraine/residing in V4 countries, to strengthen the capacities of local authorities, public institutions and civil society organizations who provide the necessary assistance in terms of health and social services in the short- and mid-term, and to ease potential tensions between the refugees and local populations resulting from a lack of information, language barriers and social and economic differences.
Dedaline May 1, 2022. More here.
The TA CR, together with the Ministry of Transport, informs about the preparation of the 4th public tender of the Program for the Support of Applied Research, Experimental Development and Innovation in the Field of Transport - TRANSPORT 2020+.
The announcement of this public tender is planned for April 6, 2022.
Preliminary parameters of the 4th public tender of the TRANSPORT 2020+ Program can be found HERE (in Czech only).
As part of its support, GA CR has published a handbook with information on grant opportunities for early-stage researchers (also in English).
Proposals for some calls can be submitted before reaching the PhD degree, including the call for Standard Projects.
Other possibilities are POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP (PIF) INCOMING for the return of Czech young researchers (up to 4 years from PhD) from abroad and foreign researchers who want to work for 3 years at Czech institutions.
PIF OUTGOING - for Czech young researchers who want to gain experience abroad (2-year internship).
JUNIOR STAR for excellent researchers up to 8 years after PhD who want to establish their own research team.
More information on current calls of GA CR 2023 here.
GA CR:
Expansion of research teams beyond 20% of the approved total capacity of the team by researchers and students from Ukraine is possible in 2022 without a request.
Transfers of (unlimited) grant funds allocated to beneficiaries, resp. to another participant due to the expansion of the research teams by researchers from Ukraine to the item of personnel costs are possible until the end of 2022 without a request.
Asks applicants in this year’s public calls to consider including Ukrainian students and scientists in the investigation teams of newly proposed projects.
TA CR:
We also encourage the beneficiaries to consider including Ukrainian colleagues in the research teams of new projects proposals in the calls for proposals to be announced this year.
We encourage researchers of the projects funded by TA CR to consider expanding their project teams by including scientists and students from Ukraine. It is sufficient to inform TA CR about this step in the annual project report.
Beneficiaries of the funding may submit a request for increasing the budget by the amount of the costs related to the involvement of Ukrainian colleagues or students in the research teams (since March 7, 2022).
I would like to invite you and your colleagues to the Proof of Concept konferenci,, which will take place on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in the Hotel Passage in Brno. The event is organized by the MU Technology Transfer Center. Why register? MU researchers with the most important knowledge about PoC projects will perform You will get acquainted with PoC projects solved at MUNI You will gain experience from successful project managers You will compare more opinions within the panel discussion
More information and registration at https://www.ctt.muni.cz/poc Participation in the event is free. Please spread the invitation across your faculty / HS. If you have any questions, please contact your colleague Jana Joklová Kaňová: joklova@ctt.muni.cz.
GAMU ERC Support Scheme
Prior to application for inclusion in the GAMU ERC Support Scheme, potential ERC applicants are
advised to get in touch with the ERC contact person at the RMU Grant Office. The RMU contact
person is ready to provide an introductory meeting to each potential applicant, explaining the specifics
of the ERC, its evaluation system and basic characteristics of the ERC proposal.
At the same time, potential applicants are advised to contact the research / project support office at
their faculty or research centre. ERC applicants need support from their host department and may be
required to negotiate the conditions of implementation of their ERC grant prior to submission of an
application.
1. GAMU ERC Support Scheme is not a project or a formal award, it is a sequence of steps
required to benefit from the full scope of mechanisms available to ERC applicant to improve
their proposals. Being included in the scheme is not a guarantee for signing a Host Institution
Letter by MUNI. For that, authorization by the host department / faculty / research centre is
required (processed through internal IT system ISEP). Timely contact with local support office
is necessary to receive such authorization. Faculties / research centres usually require budget
for authorization and help with its calculation. Sometimes, faculties / research centres provide
additional drafting support.
2. Applications to the GAMU ERC Support Scheme will be accepted continuously, but with
strict cut-off dates for each call specified according to timing of activities of the national Expert
Group. Usually, the cut-offs will take place some 9 months before the deadline of relevant call.
Application consists of:
a. Abstract (max. 2000 characters).
b. Short scientific bio and track record of scientific achievements (max. 2 pages).
c. The cut-off dates will be communicated via e-mail to research support officers at
faculties and research centers of MUNI and will be published at the MUNI Portal.
d. Applications are sent to grants@muni.cz.
3. After receiving the application to GAMU, RMU Grant Office will schedule approx. one hour
meeting of the applicant to ERC Support Scheme with 3 selected mentors, as relevant to the
scientific area and career stage of the applicant as possible.
a. The applicant will introduce her/his situation, idea and ambition in max. 10 minutes.
b. The mentors will probe the scientific idea presented in the abstract against ERC
evaluation criteria and expectations.
c. The mentors may make recommendations on how to strengthen the scientific CV and
track record of the applicant.
d. If there is an understanding between the mentors and the applicant, one or several of
the mentors will help guide the applicant all the way to submission of the ERC proposal
(upon informal agreement between the mentor and the applicant).
4. After the meeting, the RMU Grant Office will be ready to support the applicant’s registration to
the national Expert Group (support from a host institution is required at sign-up; however, such
support does not guarantee that the applicant will be invited to participate in the national
support scheme). If included in the national support scheme, the applicant will partially receive
guidance through workshops and mentoring independent of MUNI
The MU Open Science team, in cooperation with the RMU Research Department, will open an online virtual room for you on Thuesday 08/03/2022 (14-15) and on Thursday 17/03/2022 (14-15), where you as applicants/project support can find out about this topic and ask for recommendations on the elaboration of this part of the project proposal.
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