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.
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).
Contact persons: Tereza Johnová, Jitka Kosinová, Iveta Svobodová
TACR
- Program SIGMA DC 4 - The programme focuses on supporting international cooperation in the field of applied research through joint projects of Czech entities supported by TA CR and foreign partners supported by foreign organisations.
More information available HERE. Deadline: 9.7.2025 (Faculty deadline: two weeks before submission - for budget control). Contact person: Kateřina Páleníková Fialová
- 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
MEYS
- Call for joint Czech-German projects MOBILITY (8J26DE). More information available HERE. Deadline: 16.6.2025, Faculty deadline: 6.6.2025
- INTER-EXCELLENCE II, INTER-ACTION (LUAUS26) - call for bilateral projects (CZ – USA). More information available HERE. Deadline: 9. 7.2025, Faculty deadline: 20.6.2025 (at the latest), RMU deadline: 7.7.2025
- THE EIG CONCERT JAPAN joint call for proposals: “Oceans: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”. More information available HERE. Deadline: 22.7.2025, Faculty deadline: 23.6.2025 (at the latest)
Contact person: Jitka Kosinová
AZV - European Partnerships
- EP PerMed (Personalised Medicine): Currently open for participation in the Widening process aimed at supporting countries with lower participation in ERA initiatives. Czech applicants will have their national budget covered by AZV. More information available HERE. Deadline: 17.6.2025
- EP PerMed – Networking Call: Supports networking activities such as workshops or hybrid/in-person meetings up to €30,000. (Only one event per application can be funded.) Main PI and one partner must be involved in an ongoing or past EP PerMed call; the third partner can be part of any (inter)national personalised medicine project. More information available HERE. Deadline: 29.9.2025
Contact person: Irena Trňáčková
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. Please inform the PSO about any prospective applicants, they will receive info and support.
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ERC Advanced: call opens 22.5.2025, deadline: 28.8.2025
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ERC Starting: call opens 9.7.2025, deadline: 14.10.2025
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ERC Synergy: call opens 10.7.2025, deadline: 5.11.2025
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ERC Consolidator: call opens 25.9.2025, deadline: 13.1.2026
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: new call was opened 8.5.2025. DDL 10.9.2025
- MSCA COFUND 2025: co-finances new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their career. More details available HERE.
Opening of the Call 23.1.2025, DDL 24.6.2025
- 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 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
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