Hosting offers from the Czech Republic - Zuzana Čapková, MSCA and ERC NCP Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Call 2021 29 June 2021 ...

Hosting offers from the Czech Republic

Zuzana Čapková, MSCA and ERC NCP
Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Call 2021
29 June 2021

Czech Republic (Czechia)
in the heart of Europe…
  Area: 78,866 sq km
  Population: 10,66 million inhabitants
  Capital: Prague (1.3 million
   inhabitants)

Some facts and figures
                  Landlocked country with a rich and fascinating
                   history (Central Europe)
                  Affordable costs of living
                  8th safest country in the world (Global Peace Index
                   2020)
                  Favourite tourist destinations: Prague, fairy-tale
                   castles and châteaux, famous spas, well-preserved
                   countryside with beautiful national parks, historical
                   cities and villages
                  Traditional Czech cuisine

Hosting opportunities
  26 public universities, such as:
    — Charles University in Prague (17 faculties)
    — Masaryk University in Brno (10 faculties)
  54 institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences:
    — research in a broad spectrum of the natural, technical and social sciences and the humanities
  Centres of Excellence and Research Infrastructures (co-funded by national and European sources, Roadmap
   of Large Research Infrastructures of the Czech Republic):
     — CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology in Brno)
     — ELI (Extreme Light Infrastructure in Dolní Břežany, Prague)
     — IT4I (National Supercomputing Center VSB-Technical University of Ostrava)
     — FNUSA–ICRC (International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital Brno)
     — Biocev (Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles
        University)
     — CzechGlobe (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, GCRI)
     — SUSEN (SUStainable ENergy-Řež)

Alternative funding to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships:
ERA FELLOWSHIPS under Horizon Europe
  For specific countries = Widening Countries, such as Czech Republic
  Budget in 2021: 10 million EUR
  No separate application or evaluation – integral part of the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Call application
   form (you indicate willingness to participate in this call in the “call specific question” section)
  Only for European Fellowships
  Only proposals scoring over 70% in the PF Call will be considered

Alternative funding to MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships:
„MSCA PF CZ“
  International Mobility of Researchers Programme
  National funding scheme via Operational Programme John Amos Comenius (OP JAC)
  Budget from European Structural and Investment Funds
  Provider: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
  Proposals which obtained a high score in the MSCA PF Call (at least 70%) but were not funded under that
   Call
  Support for arrivals to the Czech Republic and departures from the Czech Republic

National grant schemes open to researchers of any
nationality

  Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR)                       Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA
 Calls for proposals in Research, Experimental             ČR)
 Development and Innovation for the support of basic     Applied research and experimental development
 research – Standard projects, International projects,
 Junior projects and EXPRO projects (which should
 lead to the preparation of ERC project proposals)

Support of ground-breaking ideas: ERC CZ
  Programme (2012-2026) aimed at ERC applicants who passed to the step 2 of the ERC Starting,
   Consolidator or Advanced grant evaluation but were not funded under that call due to the lack of budget of
   European Research Council
  Financial support: 5 years for „A” projects, 2 years for „B” projects
  Condition: ERC CZ holders are obliged to submit their ERC proposal within 2 years after starting ERC CZ
   project

Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences
 National Information Centre for European Research
 Network of NCPs in the Czech Republic
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QUESTIONS?

Good luck with your proposals.
Zuzana Čapková
MSCA and ERC NCP, Technology Centre CAS
+420 702 179 875
capkova@tc.cz

www.tc.cz