Newsletter of Project Support Office, Faculty of Science, MU
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I. Successful Projects
MEYS – programme Multirateral scientific and technological cooperation in the Danube region:
- doc. Mgr. Ondřej Caha, Ph.D. (Department of Condensed Matter Physics) has received funding for project called “Topological Materials for Next-Generation Devices”
- doc. RNDr. Mgr. Jozef Hritz, Ph.D. (National Centre for Biomolecular Research) has received funding for project called “Novel peptide-based aggregation inhibitors as potential therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases”
Mgr. Peter Fabian, Ph.D. (Department of Experimental Biology) has received funding from Human Frontier Science Program for the project called “A molecular roadmap for the emergence of air breathing”.
Alex Louise Wilson, Ph.D. (Department of Experimental Biology) has received Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for the project called “Targeting alimentary systems in TBEV”.
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II. Upcoming calls
‼️ Please inform the Project Support Office of your intention to submit a proposal for any project (even as a partner) as soon as possible. Follow the internal deadlines for each call and the Methodology for the planning of personnel costs.
GA CR LA (GA CR as a partner organisation)
- Ongoing calls for Bilateral grant projects with the following partner agencies: FWF (Austria), DFG (Germany). More information available HERE. Faculty deadline: two weeks before submission (for budget control).
- Bilateral grant projects with Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). More information available HERE. Deadline: 8.10.2025 (in Switzerland 1.10.2025) (Faculty deadline: 17.9.2025).
Contact persons: Tereza Johnová, Jitka Kosinová, Iveta Svobodová
TACR
- 2. VS Prostředí pro život 2 (2. Call Environment for life 2) - the call is open only for the sub-programme 1 (PP1): Innovation and operational research in the public interest with clearly defined priority research objectives (Annex 1 of Tender documentation). More information available HERE. Deadline: 23.7.2025 (Faculty deadlines: 11.7.2025). Contact person: Tereza Johnová
INTERREG
- Austria - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More information on priorities available HERE. Deadline: 30.09.2029
- Slovak Republic - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More details on programme documents can be found HERE.
- Saxony - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More information on Priority 2: Climate change and sustainability is available HERE. Deadline: 20.10.2025
- INTERREG EUROPE Cooperation Programme. More information about topics and the program area is available HERE.
- Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Program for transnational cooperation. More information available HERE. List of regions is HERE. Deadline: 27.11.2025.
Contact person: Helena Michalicová
HORIZON EUROPE
- Tentative ERC deadlines for 2026
- ERC Advanced: call opens 22.5.2025, deadline: 28.8.2025
- ERC Starting: call opens 9.7.2025, deadline: 14.10.2025
- ERC Synergy: call opens 10.7.2025, deadline: 5.11.2025
- ERC Consolidator: call opens 25.9.2025, deadline: 13.1.2026
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: new call was opened 8.5.2025. DDL 10.9.2025. Please inform the PSO about any prospective applicants, they will receive info and support.
- MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2025: initiative promotes Europe as an attractive destination for global research talent. It highlights MSCA funding opportunities, career support, and a strong environment for international collaboration. More details available HERE. Opening of the Call 1.10.2025, DDL 3.12.2025
- MSCA Staff Exchanges 2025: MSCA Staff Exchanges involve organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (including SMEs) from across the globe. Support is provided for international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility of R&I staff leading to knowledge transfer between participating organisations. More details available HERE. DDL 8.10.2025.
- Advanced Collaboration Grants (EMBO): funds the visits of 1 week to 6 months in the lab of collaborator in EMBO participating country to work on joint collaborative project with biological significance. More details are available HERE. Deadline: anytime.
- ERC Proof of Concept Grants: The ERC Proof of Concept Grants aim at facilitating exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research and are therefore available only to Principal Investigators whose proposals draw substantially on their ERC funded research. More details available HERE. Deadline 17.9.2025.
- New EIC Work Programme 2025 published for EIC Pathfinder, Accelerator and Transition schemes, the former being the most promising for multi-disciplinary research teams to undertake visionary research with the potential to lead to technology breakthroughs (grants up to €4 million). Additional info may be found HERE. Link for the WP HERE.
- EIC Transition: funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of your novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation. Additional information may be found HERE. DDL: 17.9.2025.
- Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties. DDL 18.9.2025, additional information HERE.
- Improved lifetime and cost of high-temperature electrolysers by introducing innovative materials and components in stacks and BoP. DDL 23.4.2025, additional information HERE.
Contact persons: Kateřina Ježová, Tomáš Lády
Other Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
- HORIZON-MSCA-2025-CITIZENS-01-01: European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2026-2027
- HORIZON-MSCA-2025-MSCA4UA-01-01: MSCA4Ukraine Fellowships 2025, call open, DDL 16.9.2025. More info HERE.
Collaborative Actions (Clusters)
CLUSTER 1: HEALTH
CLUSTER 3: CIVIL SECURITY FOR SOCIETY
CLUSTER 4: DIGITAL, SPACE & INDUSTRY
CLUSTER 5: CLIMATE, ENERGY & MOBILITY
CLUSTER 6: FOOD, BIOECONOMY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
Contact persons: Kateřina Ježová, Tomáš Lády
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III. Other News
Government EXCELENCE program
The government has approved the EXCELENCE program. According to consultations with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in our case this should mainly concern fuel for GAMU, and therefore one central project will be prepared for Masaryk University, the form of which we will discuss with you as soon as the conditions of the call are known (Q3, more likely Q4 2025). We expect only minor extensions or modifications to GAMU due to the project, according to the text of the call.
Choose Europe
The EC has unveiled a new initiative called Choose Europe to Start and Scale, which aims to make Europe an attractive environment for the creation and growth of technology companies. The strategy provides specific tools, funding, and legal simplification that are also relevant to the academic sector and university spin-offs.
- Lab to Unicorn program – connecting research institutions with the market, supporting the creation of spin-offs, clearer rules for licensing and IP shares.
- Funding opportunities – European Innovation Council, new Scaleup Europe Fund, and other tools.
- Support for talent and internationalization – Blue Carpet Initiative, accelerated visa regimes for foreign start-up entrepreneurs.
- Access to research infrastructure – planned Access Charter for innovative companies and researchers.
📌 Current and upcoming calls:
- ERC Advanced Grant: new grants for leading researchers worth up to €2.5 million are now open. You can submit your application until August 28, 2025.
- MSCA Fellowships: new postdoctoral fellowships under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) scheme are now open. The deadline for applications is September 10, 2025.
- Upcoming grants to support scientific careers in the EU: new MSCA Choose Europe for Science initiative worth up to €3.5 million, applications from October 1, 2025.
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IV. Training and other grant-related events
MUNI:
MEYS:
Research, Development, and Innovation Days 2025 (11.-12.9.2025) - on site, Library of the Masaryk University campus in Brno
- Current topics from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports agenda
- Panel discussion on the future of financing and legislation
- Sessions dedicated to international cooperation, European partnerships, and research infrastructures
- Strategic technologies, research security, and the STRATE program
Program, Registration
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