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Research Office Newsletter 8/2020
13 Nov 2020, 15:03

News

International Evaluation Panel Is Finished

Masaryk University has managed to go through a challenging week of negotiations with the evaluators  according to the Methodology 17+. The discussion between the management of the University, faculties and research institutes with the international evaluation panel took place online. During several intensive days, the evaluators learned from the presentations the detailed information necessary for the evaluation of our faculties and for the entire MU. The evaluation report will be submitted to the University management for comments by the end of November. Many thanks to all colleagues from the participating faculties and institutes for their preparation for this highly important event.

Calls for Proposals

MU Internal Calls

Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU)

In mid-September, detailed information regarding the open calls was published on the GAMU website. Specific conditions and important deadlines can be found on the websites of each call.

On November 16, 2020, a call will be announced within the Specific Research Support Program - Support for Outstanding Diploma Theses (formerly the Rector's Program). All information will be published on the GAMU website.

 

Open Calls

TA CR – BiodivRestore Call 2020 (Cofund Call)

  • On October 6th, the BiodivRestore Call 2020 has been announced (deadline December 7th, 2020). The joint call focuses on conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity, including a focus on aquatic systems.
  • More detailed information including parameters of the competition can be found here.

GA CR – LA grants CEUS (international projects evaluated on the Lead agency principle, with GA CR in the role of Partner organization), NCN Call – cooperation with Poland

  • On September 16th, the LA grants CEUS Call 2021 has been announced (deadline December 15th, 2020). The Call aims to support international cooperation in basic research and is opened to applicants at any stage of their career.
  • More detailed information including parameters of the competition can be found here.

GA CR – LA grants CEUS (international projects evaluated on the Lead agency principle, with GA CR in the role of Partner organization), ongoing FWF Call – cooperation with Austria

  • On February 22nd, the LA grants CEUS Call 2021 has been announced (deadline December 15th, 2020). The Call aims to support international cooperation in basic research and is opened to applicants at any stage of their career.
  • More detailed information including parameters of the competition can be found here.

GA CR – Urgent Funding SARS-COV-2

  • On April 6th, the Urgent Funding SARS-COV-2 Call has been announced (deadline December 15th, 2020). The Call aims at international cooperation with a direct reference to the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
  • More detailed information including parameters of the competition can be found here.

H2020Call ID: H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020, published on 1st October 2020

H2020€1 billion European Green Deal Call was launched on 18th September, 2020

  • On 22th September, 2020, 20 topics in 10 thematic areas were published; the topics are to tackle climate change, with wide scope of research desciplines to be potentially participate.
  • Deadline model & date: single-stage, 26th January, 2021, 17:00 CET

 

Oncoming Calls

TA CR – EnerDigit Call 2020 (Cofund Call)

  • The 1st Call will be announced in November. The international call will focus on digital transformation for green energy transition.
  • Pre- information can be found here.

TA CR – EuroNanoMed3 Call 2021 (Cofund Call)

  • On November 16th, the 3rd Call will be announced. The international call will focus on Diagnostics and Targeted delivery systems.
  • Pre- information can be found here.

TA CR – CHIST-ERA Call 2020 (Cofund Call)

  • On December 1st, the 4th Call will be announced. The international call will focus on Advanced Brain-Computer Interfaces for Novel Interactions and on Towards Sustainable ICT.
  • Pre- information can be found here.

TA CR – TREND – „Newcomers“

  • On January 13th, 2021, the 4th Call will be announced.
  • Pre-information can be found here and more detailed information for MU applicants is here.

TA CR – THÉTA

  • On February 10th, 2021, the 4th Call will be announced.
  • Pre-information can be found here and more detailed information for MU applicants is here.

TA CR – ERA-MIN Call 2021 (Cofund Call)

  • On January 15th, the 2nd Call will be announced. The international call will focus on raw materials for the sustainable development and the circular economy.
  • Pre- information can be found here.

 

Closed Calls

TA CR - 5. VS ETA

On 15 October 2020, the 5th call of the Éta program has ended. MU was involved in 56 project proposals with a total required support of CZK 156.5 million.

TA CR - 4. VS Environment for life

On October 27, 2020, the 4th call of the Environment for Life program has ended. MU was involved in 1 project proposal.

 

Grants Received

Ministry of the Interior – 4th call of program Security Research

On October 30, the results of the call of the Security research program of Ministry of the Interior were published. Of the 3 submitted projects in which MU performed, 2 succeeded. More information is here.

TA CR – BiodivClim Call 2019 (Cofund Call)

On October 12, the results of the BiodivClim Call 2019 were published. Only 2 projects with the involvement of entities from Czech Republic succeded, of which 1 project with the MU involvement. More information is here.

GA CR – EXPRO and JUNIOR STAR

On November 2, the results of the EXPRO and JUNIOR STAR Calls were published. Only 16 projects will be funded by the Czech Science Foundation, of which 6 projects at MU. Regarding JUNIOR STAR Call, 30 project proposals succeded in total, of which 2 projects with the MU involvement. More information is here.

 

Events and Training

Planned Events

SCI-CEITEC-PHARM Match Making Event

Introduction of the Faculty of Pharmacy research and discussion in the context of finding new research collaborations. Share research ideas, offer capacities and join forces at the introductory event on November 26, 2020. More information can be found here.

Research pitches contest

An opportunity for researchers to present their research with a short audiovisual presentation and win an interesting amount of money. Masaryk University is a founding member of the Compostela Group of Universities. More information about the competition here.

Other Events

TC CAS Events

Interesting Links and Information

Grant Office Presentations

An overview of submitted proposals and the success of MU in grant competitions

We regularly update the list of submitted proposals.

EC & TC CAS Information

More information on the IMPROVE website, calendar of events and news section.

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