Internal guidelines for ERC Synergy Grants 2026

These are internal guidelines for submission of ERC Synergy Grants (ERC SyG) project proposals for the 2026 call with deadline 5 November 2025 – for proposals of projects that would be carried out at the Faculty of Science, Charles University (CU), if selected for funding. See also:
Faculty information about the ERC SyG call 2026 including key information and links
Faculty information about the ERC SyG call 2026 including key information and links – in Czech

According to Rector’s Directive n. 23/2025 (in Czech), at least 1 month before the relevant deadline, i.e., by 5 October 2025:

• An agreement must be reached between the applicant (Principal Investigator, PI), the relevant department and the faculty management on the conditions under which the project will be carried out if successful in the ERC competition. This agreement must be approved by the Dean Advisory Board (Kolegium děkana).
• A preliminary version of the full proposal must be sent to the University’s rectorate via the project department of the faculty. It is expected that it will be a draft version and that the PI will further improve the proposal during the last month before the deadline – however, it must be obvious even from the draft that the proposal will be of high quality.

Without fulfilling these conditions, the rectorate will not issue the “Commitment of the Host Institution” which is a mandatory attachment of the application.

Therefore, PIs who plan to submit a project proposal to the current call are kindly asked to:

• By 15 September 2025, send (at ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz) the basic information about the proposal (names and Host Institutions of all PIs and who is the Corresponding PI), draft abstract, draft CV and Track record of the PI from the Faculty of Science CU, and in an ideal case also early draft of the Research Proposal Part I (formerly Extended Synopsis).
• By 24 September 2025, send (at ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz) the written agreement on the conditions of project implementation between the PI from the Faculty of Science CU, the head of the department, and the vice-dean of the section, where the project will be carried out if successful.
  The Project Management Department will provide a template for the agreement and suggestions on what to include. The vice-dean for project activities will moderate discussions on this agreement when necessary.
• Based on the above-mentioned agreement and information about the proposal, the Dean Advisory Board (Kolegium děkana) will decide on their support for the submission of the proposal.
• By 2 October 2025 send (at ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz) the preliminary version of the full proposal, i.e., Part B1 and Part B2, to be sent to the rectorate.
  It is understood that this will be a “work-in-progress” draft to be improved and polished during the last month – it just needs to show that the proposal will be of good quantity.
• By 14 October 2025 send (at ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz) the budget and its justification – or at least the part of the PI from the Faculty of Science CU – to be checked.
  The Project Management Department will provide recommendations for budget preparation.
• In the administrative part (Part A) of the proposal on the Funding & Tenders Port, fill in:
  • Your organisation: UNIVERZITA KARLOVA
  • Short name: CU
  • PIC: 999923434
  • Main Host Institution Contact: Tomáš Palatý, tomas.palaty@natur.cuni.cz
    Title: Mr
    Gender: Male
    Position in org.: Horizon Europe officer
    Department: Project Management Department, Faculty of Science
    Street: Albertov 6
    Town: Prague 2
    Postcode: 128 00
    Country: Czechia
    Website: https://natur.cuni.cz/en
    Phone: +420 221951119
  • Contact Persons: 
    Ludmila Součková, ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz
    Martina Holíková, martina.holikova@natur.cuni.cz
    Adéla Jiroudková, adela.jiroudkova@ruk.cuni.cz
    Veronika Syrovátková, veronika.syrovatkova@ruk.cuni.cz
  • Does the organization have a Gender Equality Plan (GEP)?: Yes

The final proposals are to be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal by the PIs themselves.

If you have any questions during the project preparation, please, don’t hesitate to contact the Project Management Department (Ludmila Součková, ludmila.souckova@natur.cuni.cz).

Information published by Ludmila Součková on 11. 7. 2025.

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