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GAMU - Research Support Programme
Supporting the integration of post-career scientists into
MU research teams – CAREER RESTART
Call 2024
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Table of Contents
Objective of support................................................................................................................................... 2
Qualification criteria ................................................................................................................................... 2
Submission of a proposal .......................................................................................................................... 2
Evaluation criteria ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Funding rules............................................................................................................................................. 3
Grant implementation and final report ....................................................................................................... 4
Download links and documents................................................................................................................. 4
Contact ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Objective of support
The aim is to create conditions for the integration of researchers into research teams at Masaryk
University after a career break, for example due to parental leave. This category will facilitate and
accelerate the return of young talented scientists to a productive scientific career and thus increase the
percentage of their representation in independent/senior scientific positions.
Qualification criteria
An eligible applicant is a researcher:
• whose career has been interrupted, for example due to parental leave;
• Primarily one whose last employer before career interruption was MU and whose cumulative time at
MU was at least 0.5 FTE (Ph.D. studies are equivatelnt 0.6 FTE);
• Proof of completed Ph.D. studies;
• He/she is the author (first, corresponding, or otherwise significant - depending on the specifics of the
field) of at least one scientific publication indexed in a journal belonging to the first quartile of the
field according to the impact factor in Web of Science or comparable scientific performance in fields
whose domain is not Web of Science-indexed publishing.
• He/she has a minimum of 0.5 FTE when returning to MU after a career break (the grant does not
cover salary)
• Return to work after 15 October 2022
Submission of a proposal
The proposal form in pdf format, including all attachments, must be uploaded to Project Manager
Informational Systém (PMIS) under one reference number - project proposal and statement by the
head of the department - no later than the closing date of the competition. The submitted files will
be submitted for evaluation. The proposal is submitted after approval of the cover sheet at the respective
economic unit.
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Design documentation (machine-readable pdf):
• Form prescribed for the CAREER RESTART competition
• A statement from the head of the workplace where the project will be implemented on the integration
of the proposer into the workplace, his/her potential for workplace development and potential for
career development
Evaluation criteria
The submitted application will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
Criterion Weight in %
The applicant's potential to achieve independence and leadership in research 50
Applicant's contribution to the host site 50
Funding rules
Annual budget: 500 thousand CZK/calendar year
Duration of funding: 2 years
Allocation: CZK 5 million, 10 grants are expected to be awarded
Eligible costs
• Personal costs
− salary supplement (salary component 642 - GAMU project allowance)
− Reward
• Other costs (e.g. consumables, services, domestic and foreign travel, etc.) - up to a maximum of
40% of the budget
• Additional costs or expenses (projects may include a share of the common operating costs
corresponding to the SPN coefficient for the economic centre in a given year according to the MU
Guidelines for the application of overheads to projects, as amended from time to time)
Ineligible costs
• Scholarships
• Small tangible and intangible assets
• Investments
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The use of the subsidy must comply with the rules for the use of institutional support. The amount of
financial support approved for a given calendar year will be allocated to the specific economic centre by
way of an adjustment to the institutional support schedule.
The unspent amount for a given year of settlement may be transferred to the Special Purpose Vehicle
Fund (SPVF) up to a maximum of 5% of the amount awarded for that year. For the SPVF, if the funds
are not used in the following year, the beneficiary is obliged to repay the unused funds. It is not possible
to create a SPVF in the last year of the solution.
The economic and administrative background of the projects will be identical to the economic and
administrative background of the sites where the scientist and his/her team are or will be based, and
these will also bear the common operating costs of the project. The technical and administrative
coordination of the project will be the responsibility of the project investigator.
Grant implementation and final report
The grant investigator has a minimum of half-time employment at MU for the duration of the
implementation.
The final report, including the approved final report guide, must be uploaded to PMIS within 60 days of
project completion. The report shall report on the integration of the investigator into the department,
his/her contribution to the development of the department and to the career development of the
investigator.
Part of the end of the project is the realization of the final public lecture (the final public lecture will be part
of the final GAMU conference, which is held in the last quarter of each calendar year).
Download links and documents
Guidelines
GAMU website
PMIS
Forms
Contact
Grant office
RMU Research Department
Žerotínovo nám. 9
Brno 601 77
Iveta Nazarčuk
nazarcuk@rect.muni.cz
+420 549 49 3864