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AMU Project Competition

PROJECT COMPETITION FOR 2025

Filip Malý, in charge of the agenda of the Vice-Rector for Development, is announcing the AMU Project Competition as of 20 September 2024, the rules of which are defined by Rector’s Decree No. 15/2023, with the deadline for the submission of electronic applications being 29 October 2024 (2:00 pm).

The competition is intended for academics, researchers, and post-doctoral students in financial support of research activities leading to the development of research and/or artistic research output.

CONDITIONS OF THE GRANT COMPETITION IN 2025:

  • For 2025, the competition is open for research projects with total project term of 1–3 years. The maximum project period for standard projects is three years (the fourth year, intended for the publication of the results, may follow the project period. Grants can be used only for editorial/publishing and similar costs during the fourth year). Junior projects have a maximum project period of two years.
  • The financial backing of the competition depends on the amount of institutional support for long-term concept development of research organisations.
  • The project results should primarily be an output that can be included in the Register of Information on Results (RIV) under the current Methodology for the Evaluation of Research Organisations’ Results.
  • Applicants shall submit grant applications using the required form to Petra Horká (petra.horka@famu.cz) in electronic format before or on the set deadline.
  • For projects whose output in the form of book publication is planned for release through Nakladatelství AMU (AMU Publishing), the applicant shall apply with the Head of NAMU Jan Heller (jan.heller@amu.cz) for the relevant budget to be prepared by the publishing house at least one week prior to the submission of the application. If the release is planned through an external publisher, it is possible to plan in the project only the costs of covering the expected loss of the publisher. Detailed information is available in the relevant Decree.
  • The project will be initially evaluated by the FAMU Grant Committee and the AMU Grant Committee will make the final decision; the FAMU GC evaluation is not binding on the AMU GC.

We recommend discussing your project plans in terms of content and methodology with Vice-Dean Jakub Korda (jakub.korda@famu.cz) sufficiently in advance before the application submission deadline. With regard to the preparation of the project budget, or if you have other questions on how to complete the forms, contact the Faculty grant methodologist Petra Horká (petra.horka@famu.cz). The Faculty Grant Committee will not recommend any applications showing formal or concept shortcomings for approval.

SCHEDULE OF THE COMPETITION:

  • Competition call: 20 September 2024
  • Information meeting with applicants on Faculty level: Room U7, 11 Oct, 9:30 am
  • Deadline for the submission of electronic applications: 29 October 2024 (2:00 pm)
  • Meeting of the FAMU Grant Committee: publication of the decision on approval / non approval / approval with budget cuts: by 14 February 2025


Information and rules for approved projects:

  • Having completed the project, researchers shall submit the final report in electronic format using the required form by 31 January of the following year, providing a comprehensible project cost accounts and physical results of the project and/or, if applicable, justifying any deviations from the initial project plan.

  • Researchers under multiple-year grants shall submit project status reports in electronic form for each project year elapsed by 15 February of the following year.
  • Invitations to events supported as part of the projects (workshops, conferences, etc.) should be sent to Ms Hana Šťastná, PR Manager, AMU (hana.stastna@amu.cz) no later than 14 days prior to the event.
  • Project output: The project result is the output that that can be included in the Register of Information on Results (“RIV”) under the current Methodology for the Evaluation of Research Organisations’ Results (the “Methodology”). Ion the event of a delay in the certification of non-publishing results under the current Methodology, the researcher shall describe the status of the certification process in the final report.

If the project output is:

a) a technical book to be published through NAMU, the final project year is intended for its editorial and graphic completion and printing. A completed published book (an e-book or copy) must be attached to the final report. If the book is not published at the regular date prior to the end of the project, the researcher must apply for an extension of the project before it ends (see article 13 above) and attach the manuscript of the book in electronic form and NAMU’s statement on the status of and schedule for the publication of the book to the final report.

b) a technical book to be published through an external publishing house, a copy or manuscript of it must be attached to the final report along with a confirmation from a specialised publishing house to the effect that they received the manuscript and plan on releasing it within two years of the issue of the confirmation, and that the manuscript is at least at the stage of editing and/or review. The researcher is obligated to promptly inform the Faculty employee in charge about the publication of the book, submit the published book in electronic or printed form, and provide all the required information for the output to be registered in the RIV.

c) a technical article that has not been published yet, the final report must be accompanied by a manuscript and a notice regarding the ongoing stage of the review procedure. The article should be published within one year from project completion. The researcher is obligated to promptly inform the Faculty employee in charge about the publication of the article, submit the published text in electronic or printed form, and provide all the required information for the output to be registered in the RIV.

  • Dedication of project outputs: ‘Tato studie/publikace/kapitola vznikla v rámci projektu „xxx“, který byl podpořen z prostředků MŠMT poskytnutých Akademii múzických umění v Praze na dlouhodobý koncepční rozvoj v roce xxxx. // This study/publication/ chapter is the outcome of the project "xxx" that was supported by The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports – Institutional Support for Longterm Development of Research Organizations – Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in xxxx’. It is necessary to always state the author’s affiliation with the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

DOCUMENTS:

Rector’s Decree No. 15/2023, competition call and schedule, application form:

https://www.amu.cz/en/science-and-research/grant-competitions-amu/project-competition-amu/?