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Farewell to the project Intercultural Dimensions in Philological Ph.D. Programmes

After more than four years of implementation, the joint project "Intercultural Dimensions in Philological Doctoral Programmes" of seven philological institutes of the Faculty of Arts of MU has come to an end.

The project, funded by the Operational Programme Research, Development and Education, has been running at the Faculty of Arts since 1 September 2017. The aim of the project was to innovate, modernise and internationalise 10 doctoral programmes, to create shared seminars across programmes in the framework of the conversion from disciplines to programmes and to obtain accreditation. The project also included integrating student internships at contracted foreign universities into the curriculum and increasing the competitiveness of graduates in the labour market.

Although the final report has not yet been approved by the funder, from our point of view we can say that the project objectives have been achieved. It was possible to innovate 11 Ph.D. programmes, to introduce interdisciplinary shared courses, to promote international cooperation in 13 foreign universities and to support 5 excellent students by implementing up to six months of internship abroad.

The project was affected by COVID and anti-pandemic measures. Travel and trips abroad were restricted, which complicated the implementation of the last activity of the project, the student internship. Thanks to the fact that the project was extended by one year, this objective was also met. All 5 students completed the internship abroad and despite more or less problems with travel they evaluated the internship as beneficial.

The supported students are very grateful that they did not give up the activity, but words of thanks also go to the whole project implementation team and all the dean's offices for providing facilities and consultation.

More information about the project is available at phdnetwork.phil.muni.cz.

Open Calls

• do 8. 7. 2022 Ministry of Culture NPO: Support for research projects on the status of the artist and internationalisation
• do 11. 7. 2022 Ministry of Culture NOP: Support for creative learning projects
• 19. 5. 2022 - 13. 7. 2022 TACR DELTA 2
• 25. 5. 2022 – 13. 7. 2022 Ministry of Agriculture - Applied Research Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture for the period 2017-2025, ZEMĚ
• do 25. 7. 2022 DIOSCURI Program
• 2. 6. 2022 - 27. 7. 2022 TACR THÉTA
• 12. 5. 2022 - 14. 9. 2022 MSCA PF
• Continuous open calls GAČR LA with FWF, DFG and NSF

Forthcoming Calls

• TACR Prostředí pro život program

Workshops/Events

• 20. - 23. 7. 2022 - Mendel Genetics Conference
• 7. 9. 2022 - 1st membership meeting CZARMA
• 19. -20. 9. 2022 GRANTSWEEK Hybrid conference Programme and registration

Important Infornation

• P JAC approved by the European Commission - The European Commission on June 9, 2022 officially approved the Johannes Amos Comenius Programme (P JAC). In the period 2021–2027, 90 billion crowns are earmarked to support research, development and education. We will inform you about relevant calls for FF MU.

• On 18th May, the Government of the Czech Republic approved a new programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic called SIGMA, which will support applied research and innovation projects. The announcement of the first public competitions is scheduled for the end of this year within the budget possibilities. The main objective of the programme is to support applied research and innovation leading to the creation of new results applicable in practice, to address the challenges and needs of society and the economy and to support the solution of systemic measures of the research and innovation environment. Basic information about this programme can be found on the TACR website.

• Applications for financial support for excellent research at the Faculty of Arts
  Those who are developing excellent research projects, as well as those who are working on projects with a high participation rate, can apply for financial support. Project promoters who involve full-time PhD students can also apply for support. Please structure your application clearly (short annotation of the project to be undertaken, project framework, what you intend to use the money for, expected date of project implementation) in an email attachment to Ing. Bc. Marketa Jurášová jurasova@phil.muni.cz by 8th July 2022. Applications will be evaluated by 15th July 2022.
  Clarifications to the entry:
  1. Support for top grants (e.g. Horizon Europa. ERC Synergy, ERC Starting, GA ČR EXPRO)
  2. Involvement of PhD students in projects - please indicate in which grant the academic has PhD students involved and do they have some form of employment relationship (full-time, part-time or full-time) - indicate name, form of employment and size of employment
  3. Support for co-funding of application projects (here it is mainly about co-funding on TACR projects or other projects that have financial participation).

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Issue of the next newsletter

Our regular newsletter will not be published during the summer holidays. You can expect the next issue at the end of August and the beginning of September.

Contacts

The R&D department can be contacted at the joint email veda@phil.muni.cz or you can contact a specific clerk/manager according to her agenda.