1. The rules of the Project Competition are governed by Decree of the Rector No. 9/2020.

2. For the year 2021 the competition is open to scientific research projects with a duration of 1 to 3 years and to postdoctoral projects with a duration of max. 2 years, limited to CZK 100,000 for one year of drawing.

3. No limits have been set on the budget for 2021.

4. The competition’s financial provisioning depends on institutional support for long-term conceptual development of the research organisation. The anticipated amount to be allocated in this round of the project competition for 2021 will be at least CZK 4,000,000 depending on the amount actually allocated for AMU for Institutional Support for Long-Term Conceptual Development of Research Organizations by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

5. Contest schedule

• 8 October 2020 – Day of the competition’s announcement
• 27 November 2020 at 13:00 (1 pm) – deadline for submitting applications
• 30 November 2020 – 8 January 2021 external examination of 3-year projects
• 11 January - 30 January 2021 - first session of the AMU Grant Committee
• 5 February 2021 – 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 2020 and according to the allocated AMU institutional support for 2021 mentioned above)
• 22 – 26 February 2021 – 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 institutional support for the long-term conceptual development of the research organisation for 2021
• By 5 March 2021 – announcement of results

6. Publishing activities
Investigators of approved projects which envisage a publication at NAMU are required to make arrangements with the director of NAMU by 30 April 2021 on a binding timetable for preparing the publication. Materials for publication shall be submitted to the editorial committee according to the timetable stipulated in the principles for 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, Hana Šťastná, no later than 14 days prior to the event (hana.stastna@amu.cz).

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