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Restart Grants

 

GACR

 

What is the GA ČR Restart Grants?

Restart Grants (RG) provide support to excellent scientists while enabling them to restart their careers after a career break (for a minimum of 1 year) due to parental leave or caring for a dependent.

 

Who can apply for the GA ČR Restart Grants?

Researchers:

  • Max. 10 years since PhD (MD/RD is not counted), and the proposer must have defended his/her PhD thesis by the date of the competition announcement at the latest (PhD awarded between 12.2.2015 and 12.2.2025).
  • o max.2 years after a career break (i.e. a career break of at least 1 year due to parental leave or care of a dependent terminated later than 12.2.2023).

Only one applicant must be listed in the project proposal.

 

Why apply for the GA ČR Restart Grants?

  • Obtaining financial support for 2-4 years for an individual project (50-100% of the principal investigator), possibility of student`s and technician`s involvement.
  • Funding for personal and material costs, possibility to claim childcare costs.
  • Opportunity to extend the grant for up to 4 years with an aliquot reduction in FTE.

 

When to apply for the GA ČR Restart Grants?

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 Restart Grants?

  1. Find and read guidelines::
  2. 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)
  3. Prepare 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 and co-applicants; (up to 2 pages/person; font size 11, single spacing, 1 MB).
  4. 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 cassificatiod.
    • Part B: total funding, breakdown of financial items, incl. justification, detailed structure of personnel costs.
    • Part C2: expected project results.
    • Part D2: bibliography of the applicant.
    • Part D2: other achieved results.
    • Part E: information on other projects of the applicant and co-applicants.
  5. 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).
  6. 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.
  7. Send a complete draft proposal (PDF generated by GRIS) for a formal check of its content by Tue 18 Mar 2025.
  8. Send a Part C1 or complete draft proposal (PDF generated by GRIS) for a formal check of content by Thu 27 Mar 2025.
  9. IOCB internal deadline for sending the final GRIS-generated PDF version of the project By Mon 31 March 2025.
  10. 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.
    • 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.
  11. The project proposal will be submitted to GAČR through the data box systém 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 1 Jan 2026.

 

IOCB

 

IOCB participation (0) in GAČR RESTART Grants: