The Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) has announced its calls for proposals of projects in basic research with the start date in 2026. Deadline is 3. 4. 2024.
ATTENTION: the EARLIER INTERNAL DEADLINE for the Faculty of Science is 25. 3. 2025.
Please, follow carefully the binding internal guidelines,
the guidelines are published internally, you need to log-in to be able to open the link:
Internal guidelines for submission of GA CR project proposals 2026
Contact point for GA CR at the Faculty of Science: Romana Hogenová.
Faculty webpage on GA CR (link to submission tool GRIS, video tutorials).
- GA CR information about the announced calls (in English), links to call documentation in English for the individual calls are given in the overview of open calls below.
- Overview of types of GA CR grants (in English).
- Overview of current GA CR calls (in Czech).
- All GA CR call documents in English.
- GA CR organise (in 2 repetitions, in Czech) a seminar for applicants:
► 28. 2. 2025 (starting 11:00): Online and National Library of Technology, Technická 6, Prague 6
► 5. 3. 2025 (starting 10:00): Online and Masaryk University, Komenského náměstí 2, Brno
Invitation and links for registration (in Czech).
Note: GA CR does not plan to open a call for proposals of EXPRO projects in 2025. A call for EXPRO project proposals is planned to open in 2026.
Calls for the following types of projects are open:
- Standard projects
- These are the main tool of support of basic research in Czechia. There is no restriction regarding the length of the research career of the applicant (researcher – principal investigator).
- Project duration is 2–3 years (usual duration is 3 years).
- Project is carried out by a single investigator or by research team from one or more institutions.
- Standard projects: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Standard projects call documentation in English: Call document. Things to watch for.
- Junior STAR projects
- These should provide early career researchers with an opportunity to achieve scientific independence including a possibility to build their own research groups that would bring new topics to science in Czechia.
- The project duration is 5 years.
- Maximal grant amount is CZK 25 million for the whole duration of the project.
- The principal investigator has to meet the condition that on 30 September of the year of the call, no more than 8 years have elapsed since obtaining their PhD.
- The principal investigator must have significant international scientific experience.
- Project is carried out by one investigator or by a team of investigators from one research organisation.
- Junior STAR projects: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Junior STAR projects call documentation in English: Call document. Things to watch for.
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Incoming
- These should enable researchers from abroad to start research career at a Czech research organisation, or Czech researchers to return to Czechia from abroad.
- The project duration is 3 years at an institution in Czechia.
- The principal investigator must have received their PhD no more than 4 years ago.
- The principal investigator must have spent at least 2 of the last 3 years at an institution abroad (e.g., as a doctoral student or a member of research staff).
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Incoming: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Incoming – call documentation in English: Call document. Things to Watch For.
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Outgoing
- These should enable researchers currently in Czechia to go on a 2-year fellowship abroad, followed by a mandatory 1-year return phase in Czechia.
- Project duration is 3 years, of which first 2 years take place at an institution abroad and the final year at an institution in Czechia.
- The principal investigator must have received their PhD no more than 4 years ago.
- The principal investigator must be currently active at an institution in Czechia.
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Outgoing: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Postdoc Individual Fellowships – Outgoing – call documentation in English: Call document. Things to Watch For.
- Restart Grants
- These should enable female and male scientists to restart their careers after a break due to parental leave or caring for a dependent person.
- Project duration can be 2–4 years, depending on the selected workload of the principal investigator.
- The principal investigator must have less than 2 years ago concluded a career break lasting 1–5 years and related to the care of a child or another dependent person.
- Students and technical staff can participate in a project.
- Restart Grants: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Restart Grants call documentation in English: Call document. Things to Watch For.
- International projects
- Projects carried out in collaboration with researchers from one of the partner countries.
- Project duration is 2 or 3 years.
- Bilateral international projects
- Evaluation is carried out by the GA CR and the partner agency abroad.
- Bilateral international projects: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- Bilateral international projects call documentation in English: Call document. Things to watch for.
- The call is announced with the following grant agencies:
- Taiwan – National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
- South Korea – National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- International projects based on the “Lead Agency” principle, GA CR is the Lead Agency
- Scientific evaluation of proposals is carried out by GA CR.
- GACR Lead Agency 2026: Call announcement and documentation (in Czech).
- GACR Lead Agency 2026 call documentation in English: Call document. Things to watch for.
- The call is announced with the following grant agencies:
- Austria – Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Germany – German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Poland – National Science Centre (NCN)
- Slovenia – Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)
- Switzerland – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- Luxembourg – Nation Research Fund (FNR)
- Croatia – Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
- International projects based on the “Lead Agency” principle, GA CR is just a partner, continuous calls
- Scientific evaluation of proposals is carried out by the cooperating agency abroad.
- GA CR partner agency: overview of continuous calls (in Czech).
- Terms and Conditions for International Grant Projects Evaluated by Lead Agency – 2026 (in English)
- Calls are announced with the following grant agencies:
- USA – National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Austria – Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Germany – German Research Foundation (DFG)
- International projects based on the “Lead Agency” principle, GA CR is just a partner, calls with deadlines
- Scientific evaluation of proposals is carried out by the cooperating agency abroad.
- Calls are announced with the following grant agencies:
- Croatia – Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ), Faculty news about this call.
- Luxembourg – Nation Research Fund (FNR), Faculty news about this call.
- Switzerland – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Faculty news about this call.
News published by Ludmila Součková on 26. 2. 2025.
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