THE AMU STUDENT GRANT COMPETITION 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT  

for the allocation and use of targeted support for Specific Academic Research projects in 2020

1. The rules of the AMU Student Grant Competition („SGS“) are governed by The Rector's Decree No.9/2016 and by the Ministry of Education Rules for the Provision of Targeted Support for Specific Academic Research and the addenda thereto. 

2. For the year 2020 the Competition is only open for one-year projects implemented between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020. 

3. The maximum amount available for the support of one project is CZK 250,000. 

4. Funds to cover publication costs can only be included in the applicant’s project budget if the applicant documents the progress of the manuscript (an electronic version of the text can be inserted in the application form). It is, nevertheless, permitted to apply for funds for the implementation of a project whose output will be the manuscript of a book. If this is the case, publication funds may be applied for in the framework of the competition the following year or, alternatively, from the NAMU publishing house’s internal funds, on condition of approval of the manuscript by the NAMU Publishing Committee.

5. All publication outputs resulting from the project must contain the following dedication: ‘This study/publication/output originated at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague as part of the project, “[PROJECT TITLE]”, supported by targeted funds intended for Specific Academic Research, which were provided by the Ministry of Education in 2020 (dedication).’ 

6. Invitations to cultural events supported in the framework of projects should be sent to Ms. Tereza Petáková, PR Manager of AMU (tereza.petakova@amu.cz) no later than 14 days prior to the event .

7. Competition Schedule:

• 10.10.2019 – Competition Announcement on the AMU website;
• 14.11.2019 at 13:00  – deadline for application submission to individual faculties; 
• 3.12.-14.12.2019 – Faculty Grant Committee meetings;
• by 10.1.2020  – announcement of the conditional decision on support of grant applications (the final decision on project financing will be made following the evaluation of Final Reports for projects completed by 31.12.2019, and the allocation of R&D (SVV) support by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to AMU for 2020, probably in early February 2020);
• by 15.1.2021 – submission of the Final Project Report of SGS 2020. 

In case of the aforementioned allocated targeted support, for Specific Academic Research projects in 2020, amounting to a larger sum than that of all supported project totals in the first round of the SGS, individual Faculties will call for additional SGS entries during March 2020 at the latest.

The application form for the SGS 2020 can be downloaded 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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Information for researchers of ongoing SGS 2019 projects ending by 31.12.2019:

The Final Report form for ongoing SGS 2019 projects can also be found at the above link, entitled Formuláře/Forms. After completing the form, it can be automatically sent to the Faculty Grant Department for checking (sgs@damu.cz / sgs@famu.cz / sgs@hamu.cz). 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 the Final Report or any Revised Budget forms: 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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