THE AMU PROJECT COMPETITION 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT 

for the allocation and use of targeted support for the development of Specific Projects (“IP DKR”) and the long-term conceptual development of the Research Organisation (VO) in 2020.

1. The rules of the Project Competition are governed by Rector's Decree No. 9/2018 as amended. 

2. For the year 2020, the competition is open to short-term projects with a duration of 1 or 2 years, as well as to projects specifically aimed at preparing and holding international conferences with a duration of up to 2 years and postdoctoral projects with a duration of up to 2 years limited to 100,000 CZK to be spent within one year.

3. No limits have been set on the budget for 2020.

4. The competition’s financial provision depends on institutional support for the long-term conceptual development of the research organisation. The anticipated amount to be allocated in this round of the project competition for 2020 will be at least CZK 3.5 million.

5. Contest schedule:

• 7.10.2019 – Day of the competition’s announcement;
• 25.11.2019 at 13:00 (1 pm) – deadline for submitting applications; 
• 14-30.1.2020 – first session of the AMU Grant Committee;
• 1. 2. 2020 – announcement of provisional decisions on acceptance / non-acceptance / acceptance with an abridged budget (definitive decisions on project funding will be made after the evaluation of the final reports of projects terminating on 31 December 2019 and according to the allocated AMU institutional support for 2020 mentioned above); 
• second session of the AMU Grant Committee; evaluation of final reports of terminated projects and allocation of a specific amount of funds to new projects depending on the decision of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on the amount of support for the long-term conceptual development of the research organisation for 2020; 
• By 5 March 2020 – announcement of results.

6. Publishing Activities 

Researchers of approved projects for which publication at NAMU is envisaged are required to agree with the director of NAMU by 30.4.2020 on a binding timetable for preparing the publication. Materials for publication shall be submitted to the editorial committee according to the timetable stipulated in principles of projects with publication outputs. 

7. Promotion 

Invitations to cultural events supported within the scope of projects, as well as other promotional materials linked to supported projects, must be sent to AMU’s PR Manager, Mgr. Tereza Petáková, no later than 14 days prior to the event (tereza.petakova@amu.cz). 

The application form for new applicants in the framework of PS 2020 can be found by clicking on the above link, entitled Formuláře/Forms.

Important documents relating to the SGS, such as the Rector’s Decree among others, can be found on this page, below the dotted line.

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For Interim Reports and Final Reports for 2019, relating to PS 2019 projects: use the forms above.  

After completing the form, it can be automatically sent to the Faculty Grant Department for checking. However, it is always necessary to submit a signed hard copy of the document by the stipulated deadline. 

The forms also offer a data saving option for subsequent data transfer to other forms (Interim and Final Reports): this feature can save you time when completing details in subsequent reports, but it is not obligatory to use it, as details can be entered manually.

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