Scientific Board of CEITEC MU
Meeting
2023, March 9
Selected priority topics
2022/2023
Jiří Nantl
ISAB Evaluation
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CEITEC MU Evaluation 2022:
Structure of grades
ISAB Evaluation
 4 appeals received and communicated with the ISAB chair.
 Deputy director for science, scientific secretary organised meetings with
individual heads of reseach centres to discuss future steps regarding
research groups with grades 1 and 2. These working groups formulated
concrete recommendations that were presented to the director.
 Director‘s board was informed and consulted in January 2023.
 Individual meetings with group leaders graded 1 or 2, and with group
leaders who sent their appeals, were organised in February (March).
 High priority of a transparent procedure and uniform applied principles!
 Link to the proposal of the Strategic Plan amendment.
ISAB Evaluation
„In its 11 years of existence CEITEC MU evolved as one of the leading life
science institutes in Europe.“
 Recommendations:
 Development of an overarching strategy that brings various research domains
closer to each other.
 Publication strategy: quality over quantity + not require first author paper before
PhD defence.
 Grant strategy: more ERC applications.
 HR strategy: acknowledgement of an excellent HR Strategy (HR Excellence in
Research Award), followed by specific Recruitment policy, Career system, Gender
equality plan, etc. CEITEC should pay attention to support non-czech GLs in their
access to students.
 HR strategy: ratio between junior and senior GLs (incl. definition and promotion
procedure).
 Anonymous evaluation of the administration by researchers, and better integration
of administrative employees and researchers.
 To have a more active TT policy that scouts for results with application potential.
NIVB and other NPO projects
Program for Supporting Excellent Research in Priority Areas of
Healthcare – EXCELES
CEITEC MU is involved in the projects:
- National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology (NIVB) (3 research
groups);
- National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) (5 research groups);
- National Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (CarDia)
(1 core facility).
Recruitment of new group leaders
Two calls for the position of RGL from 2022 remain still
open, however two excellent candidates have already been
selected. As their acceptance is determined by awarding a
prestigious grant (Dioscuri, ERC).
At the end of 2022, a new call for the position of RGL in
virology or bacteriology was announced. This position is
related to the establishment of a new research group within the
NPO Exceles project - National Institute of Virology and
Bacteriology. The call is still open. The selected candidate will be
installed in the position in 2023.
HR Excellence in Research (HRS4R)
Onboarding system established in 2021 was further developed specifically
for group leaders and CF heads. A specific onboarding plan has been
prepared and is being implemented.
Leadership policy – pilot implementation of the leadership assessment
interviews (1Q 2023), accompanied with the training offer of „Leadership
Academy“ to support competencies of leaders in academia.
Wage analysis is under preparation. For 2023, we will implement gender
pay gap analysis as well using LOGIB methodology (in cooperation with
MPSV). These two analysis will be used for formulation of the intended
Wage policy.
Strategic Plan 2021-2028
Amendment
Jiří Nantl
Strategic Plan 2021-2028 Amendment
New paragraph:
„CEITEC MU will, in particular on the basis of independent scientific
evaluation by ISAB, aim to ensure the international competitiveness of
research groups at the institute. CEITEC MU will, following each
evaluation by ISAB, reconsider the position of senior research groups that
are relatively underperforming within the institute as reported by ISAB
evaluation (below grade 3 of the Evaluation of Research Excellence at
CEITEC MU methodology). “
General debate