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GAČR Postdoc Individual Fellowship – Outgoing

GACR PIF EN

What is the GA ČR PIF OUT?

The goal of the POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP group of projects is to enable outstanding early-career scientists (of any nationality)”, in the Czech Republic o explore their own research ideas through a long-term fellowship abroad (730 days) combined with the completion of the Project at his/her own institution in the Czech Republic (365 days).

Who can apply for the GA ČR PIF OUT?

The POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP is a single-investigator project, and the Investigator is expected to work on this POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP exclusively.
Applicant up to 4 years from Ph.D. defence (30 Sep 2021 – 30 Sep 2025); excluding maternity leave and parental leave, sick leave for long-term sickness, and other long-term legal impediments to work; evidence should be provided.

Why apply for the GA ČR PIF OUT?

  • It is a prestigious junior grant, which provides financial support for a long-term research internship abroad (730 days) in combination with the completion of a project at a Czech institution (365 days).
  • Funding for personnel, travel, consumables and services costs for the implementation of the project at a Czech institution, as well financial resources for increasing the living costs for researcher's stay abroad for a period of 2 years.

When to apply for the GA ČR PIF OUT?

Thu 3 Apr 2025 - GA ČR deadline

     IMPORTANT INTERNAL DEADLINES
  • Tue 25 Feb 2025 - inform us about your intention to apply and your choice of evaluation panel on projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz
  • Tue 4 Mar 2025 - budget for checking
  • Tue 18 Mar 2025 - formal check of whole proposal except part C1 (the project description)
  • Thu 27 Mar 2025 - formal check of part C1 (structure – mandatory items)
  • Mon 31 Mar 2025 - internal deadline - submission of proposals
  • Wed 3 Apr 2024 - GA ČR deadline
     


    GRIS application link: www.gris.cz    
    gacr.cz - the upper right corner of the page    


  Please inform the Project Office about your intention to apply.  
  Do not hesitate to contact us anytime for consulting, discussion or help.  

How to apply for the GA ČR PIF OUT?

  1. Find and read guidelines::
  2. Find and contact an excellent supervisor at a foreign research institution, discuss your potential research project with him/her and ask him/her for institutional support.
  3. Ask the foreign supervisor to express support for your internship and to confirm his/her willingness to host you in his/her laboratory (Letter of Intent).
  4. Inform the Project office about your intention to apply (send an email with the type of project and Evaluation Panel choice to projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz) (by Tue 25 Feb 2025)
  5. Contact the Project Office and arrange an individual meeting by sending an e-mail to (projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz). We are prepared to help you with compiling the budget of your project (by Tue 4 Mar 2025).
  6. Prepare the off-line parts of your project proposal:
    • Part C1: justification of project proposal (up to 10 pages font size 11, single spacing, 6 MB).
    • Part D1: CV of the applicant (up to 2 pages; font size 11, single spacing, 1 MB).
  7. Complete all parts of your project proposal in the GRIS application:
    • Part A: basic identification data, abstract (1100 characters), aims of the project (300 characters), keywords, field classification.
    • Part B: total funding, breakdown of financial items, incl. justification, detailed structure of personnel costs.
    • Part C2: expected project result.
    • Part D2: bibliography of the applicant.
    • Part D2: other achieved results.
    • Part E: information on other projects of the applicant and co-applicants.
  8. Send your budget for checking (projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz). To do this, send your auxiliary calculation spreadsheet (provided by the Project Office upon request) and a draft proposal version (generated by GRIS) already containing the budget justification section (part B) (by Tue 4 Mar 2025).
  9. For IOCB official approval please complete form in the electronic project proposal approval system. Please complete this only after your budget has been approved by the Project Office.
  10. Send a complete draft proposal (PDF generated by GRIS) for a formal check of its content (Part C1 - need not be complete at this stage) by Tue 18 Mar 2025.
  11. Send a Part C1 or complete draft proposal (PDF generated by GRIS) for a formal check of content by Thu 27 Mar 2025.
  12. Finalise your project proposal:
    • Do an error check (top right-hand corner – if error-free, the button report chyb [error report] will change to finalizovat [finalize]).
    • By clicking finalizovat, generate the final project proposal named _CZ_f.pdf. Using the icon Uložit [save], save the final PDF in GRIS.
    • Send this PDF without any further modification to projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz (by Mon 31 March 2025) .
    • After generating the final PDF version, the project proposal MUST NOT be modified or opened in the GRIS application – breach of the electronic seal is a valid reason for excluding the proposal from the tender.
    • The final proposal will be submitted by the Project Office to GA ČR via the data box. Wait for our message confirming submission and for further instructions. We will require your cooperation with a check of the electronic seal.
  13. The project proposal will be submitted to GAČR through the data box system by the final deadline of Thu 3 Apr 2025 – will be taken care of by the Project Office. The Statutory declaration will be submitted by the Project Office.

Final results of the evaluation will be announced by 28 Nov 2025.
The project implementation must start on within the period 1 Jan – 1 Oct 2026.