Czech Science Foundation (GA CR): calls planned to open in 2025

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The Czech Science Foundation (GA CR) announced preliminary information about calls supporting basic research that are planned to open in 2025. Calls announcement is planned ca. in mid-February 2025.

GA CR organise (in 2 repetitions, in Czech) a seminar for applicants in this year’s calls:
► 28. 2. 2025 (starting 11:00): Online and National Library of Technology, Technická 2710/6, Prague 6
► 5. 3. 2025 (starting 10:00): Online and Masaryk University, Komenského náměstí 2, Brno
Invitation and links for registration (in Czech).

ATTENTION: For GA CR calls, binding internal guidelines and earlier internal deadlines for the Faculty of Science will be announced – please, follow the funding opportunities news.

• GA CR about the planned calls (in Czech).
• Overview of types of GA CR grants (in English).
• Overview of current GA CR calls (in Czech).

In 2025, GA CR plans to open calls for proposals of the following types of projects:

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.

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.

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 – 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.

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.

International projects

• Projects carried out in collaboration with researchers from one of the partner countries.
• Project duration is 2 or 3 years.
• Calls evaluated by GA CR will open in mid-February. Calls evaluated by the partner funding agency abroad (“Lead Agency” type of calls) open throughout the year.
• Calls for proposals with partners from the following countries are planned in 2025:
  • Taiwan – National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
  • South Korea – National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  • Austria – Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  • Germany – German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Poland – National Science Centre (NCN)
  • Slovenia – Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS)
    Faculty news about the current call.
  • Switzerland – Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Luxembourg – Nation Research Fund (FNR)
    Faculty news about the current call.
  • USA – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Croatia – Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
    Faculty news about the current call.

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.

Contact person for GA CR at the Faculty of Science: Romana Hogenová.

News published by Ludmila Součková on 28. 1. 2025.
Updated 11. 2. 2025 (link to seminar for applicants).

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