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News on projects

Here you can find information about current open calls related to the Faculty of Informatics. Further information can be found on our Research Funding webpage . Information not only about projects, grant calls, research at MU can be found on the MU Portal. The RMU Research Department sends out an email summary of news on Fridays; you can subscribe to this email here. Researchers can also use the Anlupa.cz application, which allows easy automatic search and monitoring of calls for research, experimental development and innovation projects announced by national and international grant providers.

We would like to ask those of you who are considering joining grant calls or looking for a suitable call for your research to inform us promptly by email at veda@fi.muni.cz or in person at the Research and Project Support Department. Please allow approximately 7 working days before the funder's deadline for submission of proposals to FI, unless otherwise stated for an individual call.

The Faculty of Informatics of MU became a recipient of the HR AWARD in April 2021, more information can be found on the Faculty's website. MU has also approved the Masaryk University Gender Equality Plan ( GEP), the link is available here .

Upcoming seminars

  • MU is organizing a hybrid workshop "Open Science Workshop 2024" on Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 10 am , more information including the agenda and link to registration can be found on the Open Science website at MU.
  • On 22 May 2024 an internal workshop on Data Management Plan was held . The recording is available here.

Currently open calls, information on reporting

International

European Commission

  • The Faculty of Informatics of MU became a HR AWARD holder in April 2021, more information can be found on the Faculty's website. MU also has an approved Gender Equality Plan/ Masaryk University Gender Equality Plan (GEP), link available here .
  • Erasmus+ projects - EC calls and deadlines for Erasmus+ cooperation projects can be found here.

J. William Fulbright Commission

  • The J. William Fulbright Commission is an intergovernmental Czech-American organisation established to promote educational, scientific and cultural exchanges between the Czech Republic and the USA through scholarship programmes and advisory and information services. The main focus of the Fulbright Commission's work is the administration of government scholarships and other programs for study, research and teaching in the U.S. for Czech citizens and vice versa for U.S. scholarship holders at academic institutions in the Czech Republic. The administration of the programs includes activities related to the selection process and the scholarship holders' stay in the U.S. or the Czech Republic. For more information, including current offers, please visit the Fulbright Commission' s website .

Other opportunities for international cooperation

Internment projects for faculty members

  • An overview of possible sources of internalisation for faculty staff can be found here, including cooperation in the areas of mobility, partnership development and training, innovation, etc.

National

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GAČR)

  • It is possible to submit projects on the principle of LA evaluation with the expected start of the solution in 2025, when the GAČR acts as a partner organisation. These are projects for which it is possible to submit proposals continuously during the year - Austria, Germany, USA. Furthermore, with a set deadline - Poland (autumn 2024), Slovenia (winter 2024), Luxembourg (winter 2024), Switzerland (1 October 2024) and now Croatia (10 May 2024), the Czech part of the application can be submitted within 7 days from the submission of the proposal to the foreign agency. Further information can be found on the GAČR website on the MU Portal and faculty information in IS. On the GAČR website you can also find a video tutorial on how to fill in the proposal in GRIS. We kindly ask any interested parties to inform the project support for GACR Ing. Komárková as soon as possible.

Ministry of Youth, Education and Sports (MEST)

  • The Ministry of Education and Science has announced a public competition in the INTER-ACTION-LUAUS25 programme (Czech Republic - USA).
    The intention of LUAUS25 is to select joint research projects in the categories of basic research, industrial research and experimental development, with a focus on all scientific fields. The duration of the supported projects is set at 3-4 years. Proposals can be submitted until 10 July 2024, the deadline for FIs is 2 July 2024. The call documents are available on the MoEYS website. MU information on LUAUS25 can be found in sharepoint.
    If any of you are considering submitting a proposal to this call, please inform J. Halámková ( halamkova@fi.muni.cz) as soon as possible.
  • The MoE announces the launch of the 11th European Interest Group on Cooperation with Japan ( EIG CONCERT Japan ) joint call on Digital Transformations and Robotics in Sustainable Agriculture . The call focuses on research on how digital technologies and robotics can transform and improve agriculture and promote its sustainability. It is a multilateral project (JAP + CZ + min. 1 partner involved). The selection of the joint projects will be made during the meeting of the representatives of the countries participating in the 11th joint call, the expected number of awarded projects is 6. The deadline is 23 July 2024, the deadline for FI is 12 July 2024. Project proposals will be submitted in PT-Outline to the EIG CONCERT Japan Secretariat: https://ptoutline.eu/app/eigjapan_jc2024 The call documents are available on the MEST - International Cooperation website and also on the MU sharepoint.
    If any of you are considering submitting a proposal to this call, please inform J. Halamkova ( halamkova@fi.muni.cz) as soon as possible.

Ministry of the Interior (MoI)

  • According to the information on the MoI website, there will be no calls for IMPACT, SECTECH or OPSEC in 2024.

Ministry of Health (MoH)

  • The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a public tender for the VES 2025 Programme for the Support of Health Applied Research for the years 2024-2030. The MoH's earmarked support is intended for applied research projects, i.e. projects designed to obtain new knowledge directed towards a specific, predetermined practical objective with a given application of the results in the health sector. Applied research in healthcare is aimed at solving problems related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases. A detailed statement of the objectives and expected benefits is given in the Programme.
    The anticipated start of the project is set for May 1, 2025, and completion is set for December 31, 2028. The deadline for submission of project proposals is June 26, 2024 to FI on June 20, 2024. The deadline for completing and submitting applications to the MU Ethics Committee via ISEP is 6 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2024.
    Detailed information on the competition, including the tender documents, can be found on the MU website and also on the MU Portal.
    • RMU is organising an online seminar in English on the new "VES 2025" call for researchers on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 10.30 a.m. Please register here.
    If any of you are considering submitting a proposal to this programme, please inform Ing. Komárková as soon as possible.

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR)

  • The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic expects to announce the 8th VS of the SIGMA - DC4: Bilateral Cooperation program on May 16, 2024. The deadline for submission of proposals to TAČR is July 17, 2024, and the deadline for FI is July 11, 2024. Detailed information on the program can be found on the TAČR website. More detailed MU information can also be found on the MU Portal. If you are interested in this competition, please contact Ing. Komárková as soon as possible.
  • The General Terms and Conditions version 8 will come into force for all new submissions from 13 May 2024. The full text can be found here.
  • Detailed information on the individual programmes can be found on the TAČR website.
  • The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic also has an open call for the BETA2 programme, which is a public procurement programme in applied research and innovation for government needs. Detailed information on the programme can be found on the TAČR website.
  • The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic also has an open call for the BETA3 programme, which is a public procurement programme in applied research and innovation for the needs of the state administration. Detailed information on the programme can be found on the TAČR website.
  • The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has newly established Rules of Mandatory Publicity, which all beneficiaries and researchers of TAČR projects must follow. More detailed information can be found on the TAČR website.

MU projects

MU Grant Agency (GAMU)

CURRENTLY OPEN CALLS:
  • GAMU has an open call for Horizons Applications for support are submitted on a rolling basis through ISEP. Support is intended for costs associated with the preparation of extremely prestigious and important projects from international funders (e.g. European Commission programmes). There are two types of support - 1. Support for ERC grant submissions and 2. Support for other international grant submissions (non-ERC) For more information please visit the GAMU - Horizons page or contact Jana Halámková at FI.

Specific university research

Faculty of Informatics MU - Student Research and Development Projects (FI Dean's Programme)

  • The Dean of FI MU has announced a new call for Student Research and Development Projects. Proposals can be submitted until 12 June 2024, with the start date of 1 July 2024. Proposals should only be submitted electronically via ISEP - see the Student Research and Development Projects (FI Dean's Programme) page for more information.

CTT MU

Department of Research and Project Support

E-mail: veda@fi.muni.cz