Call for proposals

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports have announced several new calls for international research cooperation

International Mobility of Researchers (MSCA-IF II)

The call supports projects submitted to the Horizon 2020 program – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Individual Fellowships – European Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017) in 2017. These projects have been evaluated positively by the European Commission but could not receive any support due to a lack of funding for the program. The 250 million crowns were allocated for the call. The minimum duration of a project is 12 months, the maximum length is 51 months. Applications can be submitted until 31 August 2018. Detailed information about the call including documents is available in Czech HERE.

Czech-Austrian research cooperation

The objective of the call is to facilitate the establishment of contacts and the development of cooperation between R&D institutions in partner countries by supporting the mobility of researchers working together to solve international projects of basic research.

Proposals for joint Czech-Austrian research projects with a solution period from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020, are accepted from all scientific disciplines. The proposal for a joint research project must be classified as a proposal for a basic research. Applicants for an institutional support may only be a research organization and applications can be submitted between March 16 and May 31, 2018. Detailed information about the call is available in Czech HERE.

Czech-Ukrainian research cooperation

The objective of the call is to help establish contact and develop cooperation between R&D institutions in partner countries by supporting the mobility of researchers working together to solve international research projects.

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports will provide support for a joint research project with a maximum of CZK 125,000 per year, i.e. CZK 250,000 for the entire duration of the project. A total of CZK 2,500,000 is allocated for the call. Applications can be submitted in a period between March 2 and April 30, 2018. More details are available in Czech HERE.

Czech-German research cooperation

The aim is to facilitate the establishment of contact and the development of cooperation between R&D institutions in the partner countries, by supporting the mobility of researchers collaborating in solving international basic research projects.
Support for projects consists of financing the travel and subsistence costs of researchers travelling abroad. Deadline for submission of project proposals is between March 31 and May 31, 2018. More detailed information about the call is available in Czech HERE.

Czech-French research cooperation

The objective of the call is to facilitate the establishment of contacts and the development of cooperation between R&D institutions in partner countries by supporting the mobility of researchers working together to solve international projects of basic research.

The proposal of the project must be classifiable as a proposal for a basic research project in any field. The proposal must be submitted by the Czech part of the team in the Czech Republic as well as by the French part of the team in the Republic of France. On the Czech side, project proposals have to be submitted between April 4 and June 30, 2018. Detailed information about the call available in Czech HERE.