The European Research Council together with the Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Charles University and the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants (common initiative of Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences) are organising this event to explain the rules for participation, the proposal structure and the evaluation process of the proposals submitted to the ERC within the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. It is intended for future ERC applicants, leading representatives of universities and research organisations as well as project managers.
 

Agenda

09:30 – 09:40 | Opening remarks
 

Milena Králíčková

Rector, Charles University

Eva Zažímalová

President, Czech Academy of Sciences

09:40 – 10:00 | ERC activities, outcomes and novelties related to the Work Programme 2023 and 2024

Alice Valkárová

European Research Council Scientific Council member

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 Physics, Charles University

10:30 – 10:50 | ERC grants: rules for participation and proposal structure

Lyudmyla Tysyachna

ERC National Contact Point, Technology Centre CAS
 

10.50–11.20 Discussion

11:20 – 12:30 | Lunch break

12:30 – 13:20 | ERC evaluation process – scientific aspects

Michal Hocek

Member of the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Faculty of Science, Charles University

13:20 – 14:00 | ERC evaluation process – technical aspects

Jana Šiftová

ERC Scientific Officer

14:00 – 14:30 | Discussion

14:30 – 14:45 | Short break

14:45 – 16:15 | How to write a competitive ERC proposal?

Presentations by successful applicants followed by a panel discussion

Panellists

Ondřej Dušek

ERC grantee, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

Alena Zíková

ERC grantee, Biology Centre of the CAS

Matthew Rampley,

ERC Grantee, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Adéla Jiroudková

Institutional support for ERC applicants, Charles University

Ladislav Čoček

Institutional support for ERC applicants, Masaryk University

Moderator
 

Pavel Jelínek

Member of the Expert Group for supporting ERC applicants, Institute of Physics of the CAS

16:15 – 16:30 | Final discussion and closing of the event