National Information Day on ERC grants
National Information Day on ERC grants
Technology Centre Prague in cooperation with Charles University and Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants (common initiative of Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences)
are pleased to invite you to the
National Information Day on ERC grants
The event aims to explain the raison d’être of the European Research Council (ERC) grants as well as the rules for participation, proposal structure and evaluation process according to the 2024 ERC Work Programme. The Information Day is focused on Czechia-based future ERC applicants, project managers and administrators as well as high-level representatives of Czech universities and research organisations that wish to learn more about ERC projects.
Date: 15 November 2023, 9.30 – 16.30
Format: on-site
Venue: Vlastenecký sál, Charles University (Ovocný trh 5, Prague 1)
PROGRAMME
09.00–09.30
Registration on-site
09.30–09.35
Welcome
Lyudmyla Tysyachna, ERC NCP, Technology Centre Prague
09.35–10.00
Recent ERC activities and novelties related to the ERC Work Programme 2024
Alice Valkárová, member, ERC Scientific Council
10.00–10.30
Philosophy of the ERC as an opportunity for science in the Czech Republic
Zdeněk Strakoš, Coordinator of the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants, Faculty of Mathematics and Charles University
10.30–10.50
ERC grants: rules for participation and proposal structure Lyudmyla Tysyachna, ERC NCP, Technology Centre Prague
10.50–11.20
Q&A
11.20–12.30
Lunch break
12.30–13.20
ERC evaluation process
Matthew Rampley, member of the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants, ERC AdG grantee and ERC panel member, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
13.20–13.40
Q&A
13.40–14.10
Institutional support to ERC applicants
Veronika Palečková, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Veronika Syrovátková, Rectorate of Charles University TBA
14.10–14.30
Q&A
14.30–14.45
Short break
14.45–16.15
“How to write a competitive ERC proposal?” – Presentations by ERC and ERC CZ grant holders followed by a panel discussion
Panellists:
Libor Barto, ERC CoG and ERC SyG, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Peter Fabian, ERC StG, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University,
Michal Holčapek, ERC AdG, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice,
Jan Hrček, ERC CoG, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Kateřina Rohlenová, ERC StG, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
Marek Stibal, ERC CZ, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Moderator: Mirjam Fried, member of the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
16.15–16.30
Final discussion and closing of the event
The event is held within the project CZERA – MS2103 supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
The information day will be held in English without translation. The participation is free of charge, registration is, however, required. The capacity is limited (first come, first served).
For more information about the programme please contact ERC NCP Lyudmyla Tysyachna (tysyachna@tc.cz).
The document can be found here.