zahlavi CZ
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Your gateway to an exciting research career
doc. Lenka Zajíčková, Ph.D.  (MU) – personal experience
Reviewers have quite short time for their own evaluation
and they have to find a consensus within the limited time of Brussels meeting
The proposal has to clearly emphasize important messages
•Excellence of the researcher,
•Excellence of the host,
•Significance of the research topic and its novelty.
Choose the research work that will allow to
•demonstrate its importance to the reviewers that are not expert in this particular field –
advantage of topics with some general applicability (fundamentals of our existence, health,
environment, ...)
•leave a space for transfer of knowledge, i.e. your further training (importance of the host
expertise and equipment, complementarity with your expertise)
•provide conceived arguments why the stay is important for your career development

zahlavi CZ
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Your gateway to an exciting research career
doc. Lenka Zajíčková, Ph.D.  (MU) – personal experience
Do not omit any point that is mentioned in evaluation criteria. (Young) researcher do not like to
discuss, e.g.
•work management and work plan,
•risk assessment, contingency plan,
•measures for communication and results dissemination.
Seek help of people from project support at your and host institution, ask your (older) colleagues
for ideas, formulations.
The quality of the researchers and the host are “measurable” parameters
but the metrics of different experts can vary a lot.
•Evaluate critically your achievements. Explain why they are valuable.
•Publish something in widely respected journals.
•If you recently finished PhD provide even the month.
•Explain any gaps in your CV. Think carefully, there are other reasons besides official parental
leave or military service!