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
- 3rd Call THÉTA 2 - Program for the Support of Applied Research and Innovation. PP1: Research in the public interest, PP2: Energy technologies for competitiveness, PP3: Technologies to ensure long-term energy sustainability.
More information available HERE. Deadline: 15. 10. 2025 (Faculty deadline: 1. 10. 2025). It is necessary to create a project proposal in ISEP as soon as possible, stating the number assigned by SISTA. Contact person: Kateřina Páleníková Fialová.
MU - CTT
- 2nd CTT call for sub-projects Proof of Concept (PoC) TA CR SIGMA - Verification of applied research results in terms of their practical application and preparation for subsequent commercial use or use for the needs of society. The call is not limited in terms of subject matter. More information available HERE. Deadline: 6. 10. 2025 (Faculty deadline: 22. 9. 2025). Contact person: Kateřina Páleníková Fialová.
GAMU
- Career Restart: This grant scheme supports integration of researchers after a career break, for instance due to parental leave, long term illness or long-term care of close person into Masaryk University research teams. More information available HERE. Deadline: 10.10.2025 (Faculty deadline: 01.10.2025).
- MASH: The main aim of the grant is to bring excellent and successful external researchers to MU and to offer them such conditions that they are motivated to stay, work for MU and to attain exceptionally high-quality research results on the long-term basis. The call is open in 2 categories: MASH; MASH StG/CoG. More information available HERE. Deadline: 5.12.2025 (Faculty deadline: 26.11.2025).
- HORIZONS: International Grants Arrangements. The support is intended for costs associated with the preparation of extremely prestigious and important projects of international donors (e.g. European Commission programmes). More information available HERE. Deadline: Applications can be submitted throughout the year.
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
Martina Roeselova Memorial Fellowship – open call 2026 (deadline 19.9.2025) - grants for young scientist parents
HORIZON EUROPE
- Tentative ERC deadlines for 2026
- 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.
- MSCA Doctoral Networks 2025: funding initiative supporting creation of internationally connected doctoral training networks across Europe (and beyond), promoting excellence and intersectoral collaboration by engaging academic and non‑academic partners like industry, museums, libraries, or public agencies. More details available HERE. DDL 25.11.2025
- 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.
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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