Project Support Office  |  September 2024
3 Sep 2024, 12:50

Newsletter of Project Support Office, Faculty of Science, MU

I. Successful Projects

prof. RNDr. Jana Klánová, Ph.D. (RECETOX) - project Horizon Europe, Enabling Decentralised Digital Twin Era in existing Research Infrastructures for Predictive, Preventive, Personalised, and Participatory Health (DTRIP4H), call HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01, role: partner

II. Upcoming calls

GA CR LA (GA CR as a partner organisation)

  • Ongoing calls for Bilateral grant projects with the following partner agencies: FWF (Austria), DFG (Germany), NSF (USA). 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: 8.10.2024 (in Switzerland 1.10.2024) (Faculty deadline: 17.9.2024).

Contact persons: Tereza Johnová, Jitka Kosinová

GAMU

  • Advance notice of publication of calls for 2025: The MU Grant Agency expects to announce the calls for 2025 during autumn 2024. Calls 2025: Horizons, MUNI Scientist 2024, MASH, Career Restart, MUNI Junior Star, Support for Outstanding Diploma Theses.

Contact person: Irena Trňáčková

INTERREG

  • Austria - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More information on priorities available HERE. Deadline: 28.03.2025.
  • Slovak Republic - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More details on programme documents can be found HERE.
  • Saxony - Czech Republic Cooperation Programme. More information on priorities available HERE. Deadline: 11.1.2025.
  • 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.

Contact person: Helena Michalicová

TAČR

  • THÉTA 2 - on 4.9.2024 the announcement of the project call THÉTA 2 is planned. Preliminary parameters of the call can be found HERE.
  • SIGMA - on 10.9.2024 the announcement of the project call “Biodiversity Partnership - Call 2024: "Biodiversity and Transformative Change - BiodivTransform" is planned. Preliminary parameters of the call can be found HERE.
  • Water4AllCall - on 12.9.2024 the announcement of the project call „Water for Circular Economy“ is planned. The topics of the call: Enhancement of water circularity in industries, urban water circularity, resource recovery and valorization, economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products. Preliminary parameters of the call can be found HERE.

Contact person: Lucie Kulhavá

Support for projects in the Proof of Concept (PoC) phase

  • Focus of the call: Verification of applied research results in terms of their practical application and preparation of their subsequent commercial use or use for the needs of
  • Call announcement: 2 September 2024
  • Call closure: 7 October 2024
  • Duration of PoC projects: 6-36 months (recommended 6-24 months)
  • Start of implementation of PoC projects: January 2025
  • Amount of financial support: up to 3 million EUR. CZK 2 million (recommended CZK 0.5 million - CZK 1.5 million)
  • Maximum aid intensity of PoC projects: 80 % (20 % co-financing)
  • CTT Call Seminar: 11 September 2024 – Registration form (address: Komenského 2, room no. 300, 2.30 pm)
  • Presentation of project proposals at CTT MUNI: 22-23 October 2024
  • More information available HERE

Contact person: Hana Půstová (CTT), Lucie Kulhavá

MIT-Czech Republic IOCB Tech Foundation Seed Fund – call for 2024

  • The program that was created in 2021 is a collaboration between MIT, the IOCB of the CAS, and its subsidiary IOCB Tech. It is now funded by the IOCB Tech Foundation, which contributes $100,000 per year to the program. The fund supports 3 to 5 new collaborations each year between scientists from CAS research institutes and universities in the Czech Republic and MIT partners, up to $25,000, with funding available to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with working meetings and research internships. Successful applicants will be decided by April of the following year and the first trips will be available in June 2025. The fund is open to all disciplines. For further information, please visit the MIT website or the CAS website. Deadline: 10.12.2024.

Contact person: Kateřina Ježová, Tomáš Lády

HORIZON EUROPE

  • MSCA Doctoral Networks: aim to train creative, entrepreneurial, innovative and resilient doctoral candidates, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit. More details are available HERE. Deadline: 27.11.2024.
  • ERC Consolidator Grants (Horizon Europe): The ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators in any field of study at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. More information available HERE. Deadline: 14.1.2025.
  • ERC Starting (Horizon Europe): The ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their research proposal. More information available HERE. Deadline: 15.10.2024.
  • ERC Synergy (Horizon Europe): The aim is to provide support for a small group of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems that could not be addressed by the individual Principal Investigators and their teams working alone. More information available HERE. Deadline: 6.11.2024.
  • 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.
  • COST - funds interdisciplinary research networks, brings together researchers, innovators and other professionals including industry specialists, who are based in Europe and beyond, to collaborate on research topics for a period of 4 years. Open Call. More details are available HERE. Deadline: 23. 10. 2024.

Contact persons: Kateřina Ježová, Tomáš Lády

COLLABORATIVE CALLS OF HORIZON EUROPE:

HEALTH

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY

ENERGY

MISCELLANEOUS

Contact persons: Kateřina Ježová, Tomáš Lády

III. Other News

MEYS

  • Call for experts for the INTER-EXCELLENCE II programme: More information available HERE

HORIZON EUROPE

IV. Training and other grant-related events

MUNI: Grants Week 2024 - 11., 12., 13. and 20. 11. 2024 (hybrid)

TC Praha: Gain up to 1.000 € for autumn partner conferences 23. - 26.9.2024 (NL, BE, PL, SK):

 

V. Get in touch with us

Please do not hesitate to contact the Project Support Office if you have questions or plan to submit a proposal

Ing. Bc. Martin Hovorka, division head

National grants:

Ing. Jitka Kosinová

Ing. Bc. Tereza Johnová

Mgr. Lucie Kulhavá

International grants:

Mgr. Kateřina Ježová, Ph.D.

Bc. Tomáš Lády

Ing. Irena Trňáčková

GAMU grants:

Ing. Irena Trňáčková

 

Operational Programmes:

Ing. Kateřina Juhászová, Ph.D.

Mgr. Helena Michalicová

Ing. Lenka Vlašínová

Mgr. Kristýna Návratová

Mgr. Soňa Matušíková

Procurement:

Mgr. Pavel Vicherek

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