Team led by Dr. Z. Franta will collaborate on the project within the OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation call
Colleagues from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Medical Biology led by Dr. Zdeněk Franta will participate as partners in the project Biology of Hyaluronic Acid within the framework of the OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation call coordinated by BC CAS, in collaboration with Contipro. Congratulations!
ERC-CZ awarded to Dr. V. Kubelka
The Faculty of Science of JU will host another ERC-CZ project, this time under the leadership of Dr. Vojtěch Kubelka. Congratulations!
Prof. Polívka will collaborate on a project within the OP JAK Excellent Research call
Colleagues from the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry led by Prof. Tomáš Polívka will participate as partners in the Photomachines project within the framework of the OP JAK Excellent research coordinated by the MBU in Třeboň. Congratulations!
Ongoing evaluation of the ERC CZ program
The public competition for ERC CZ program projects was announced six times, 30 basic research projects were supported within the program.Biological sciences, chemistry and mathematics have the highest representation in the focus of projects.The main contribution of the program is the achievement of a number of original findings, which are presented in the international scientific community in the form of conference papers and, above all, articles in professional journals.A direct economic benefit can be seen in the education of young scientific and technical workers at a world-class level.
By comparing the ERC CZ program with the GA ČR Junior Grants and Grant Projects of Excellence in Basic Research EXPRO, which are similar in type, the ERC CZ program is competitive in terms of various evaluation parameters.It is fully comparable to the EXPRO program, which aims to support research teams led by a top internationally recognized scientific personality or a young scientist with potential for excellence.The results of the ERC CZ program have the highest citation response and average percentile among the compared programs.
The ERC CZ program aims to involve specific Czech research facilities in the European (international) research area.Demonstration and measurement of cooperation takes place with the help of foreign scientists in solving ERC CZ projects and their co-authorship of the results.The USA has the most – 70 collaborations and Germany – 67 collaborations.
Due to the multidisciplinarity of the projects, the solution teams have a different number of workers with the same structure.The teams are made up of senior and junior researchers.On average, 7 junior workers or students were involved in one project.Considering the supported projects, it is about 200 young scientists.The program clearly contributed to the development of human resources in research.
Interest in obtaining an ERC grant within the Czech scientific community is growing.The number of submitted projects and their quality is growing.In comparison, the quality of projects measured by the number of successfully evaluated projects is growing faster than the number of submitted projects.
The ERC CZ program stimulates scientists to submit projects with a motivational tool in the form of the obligation of the researcher to submit an adequately modified project proposal to the ERC call no later than two years after the start of project funding from national sources.With this motivational tool, it increases the quality and number of submitted project proposals.The Czech Republic still lags behind compared to other countries.
The motivational effect and financial support provided within the ERC CZ program is proving to be very effective and beneficial.The program enables the development of some methods and techniques that were more financially demanding and could not be implemented within standard projects.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers who have a PhD and want to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and cross-industry mobility.The closest deadline is September 13, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.The JU deadline is September 5, 2023 12:00 p.m.If you are interested, please contact project support: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
EIC Transition Open Call
EIC Transition Open is a funding system for projects in any area of science, technology or application, as well as challenge-focused funding in specific strategic areas.Deadline is April 12, 2023 and September 27, 2023. If interested, please contact the project department.
Demonstration of climate resilience solutions in support of the implementation of the Adaptation to Climate Change Mission
HORIZON-MISS-CLIMA-01: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions to build resilience towards health risks caused by the effects of climate change. The deadline is Wed 20 September 2023 17:00. Please inform the Project Support about your intention to apply.
Demonstration of climate mitigation and resilience solutions in support of the implementation of the Adaptation to Climate Change, Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 and A Soil Deal for Europe Missions
HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-OCEAN-SOIL-01: Mission Climate adaptation, Mission Ocean & waters and Mission Soil Deal for Europe – Joint demonstration of an integrated approach to increasing landscape water retention capacity at regional scale. The deadline is 20 September 2023 17:00. Please inform the Projekt Support about your intention to apply.
Caring for significant parts of nature and landscape - Environmental Operational Program
A new call for Caring for significant parts of nature and landscape has been announced.The call is aimed at strengthening the protection and preservation of nature, biological diversity and green infrastructure.The deadline is June 30, 2023. If you are interested, please contact the project department.
The Development and Projects Department has moved to temporary premises in Building B, 1st floor, room 13 (former BC dormitory). There is a bell at the entrance to the building.
Michaela Fencková from the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia became a member of the prestigious multidisciplinary international network of scientists FKNE. Read more: https://fenskavlinetwork.org/press-release-fkne2023/
01/06/2023
Peter Nguyen's group has elucidated the role of sequence repeats in the location of ribosomal DNA in butterfly genomes. This helps us to understand the mechanisms of genome reorganisation during evolution and the emergence of new species. Full article: https://academic.oup.com/.../10.1093/gbe/evad090/7179266...
18/05/2023
Michaela Fencková has won the L´Oreal Women in Science Award for her work on fruit flies. Photo: L´Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Source: https://vedavyzkum.cz/z-domova/z-domova/17-rocnik-l-oreal-unesco-pro-zeny-ve-vede-zna-tri-nove-vitezne-projekty?fbclid=IwAR0bG66szOWPTviMlnheXZIVHbpNDwGmZq-HVcv7Jcx9Qv1RfbV9nSB4qJc
27/03/2023
Parasite of the month: Varroa destructor Alena Bruce Krejčí in Trends in Parasitology.
Congratulations to our students who won the following awards this semester: 🏆 DEAN´s AWARD - Mgr. Václav Brabec "In silico and functional analysis of clock component timeless-m" defended in the field of EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 🏆 RECTOR´s AWARD - Mgr. Mgr. Monika Hrubá for outstanding results in her studies in the follow-up Master's degree programme N1501 BIOLOGY
24/02/2023
Congratulations to this year's GAJU student grant winners, 9 out of 11 awarded grant proposals from the Faculty of Science are from our Integrative Biology PhD program 🥳.
Provision of the Dean of FSci USB D121 of 1.6.2023 on setting the amount of fees for habilitation and professorship appointment procedures
This Provision stipulates the amount and method of payment for administrative acts associated with the provision of habilitation and professorship appointment procedures at FSci USB.
The amount of the fee for the administrative provision of the habilitation procedure is set at CZK 15,000.
The amount of the fee for the administrative provision of the professorship appointment procedure is set at CZK 15,000.
The fee is to be payed no later than 2 weeks before the set date of the public discussion of the habilitation or professorship appointment procedure before the Scientific Board of FSci USB.
The fee is to be payed in cash at the Cashier’s office of USB or via bank account transfer.
The applicant is to submit a copy of proof of payment no later than two weeks before the set date of the meeting of the Scientific Board of FSci USB to the Department of Science and Research of the Dean's Office of FSci USB.
The fee is non-refundable.
The Dean has the right to reduce or waive the administration fee for the habilitation procedure or professorship appointment procedure.
This Provision shall enter into force on 1.6.2023.
This Provision cancels the fees set by the Provision of the Dean No. 109 of 26.1.2022.
České Budějovice 1.6.2023
prof. RNDr. František Vácha, Ph.D. Dean of the Faculty of Science USB
Branišovská 1645/31a, 370 05 České Budějovice Tel. 387 776 201 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Branišovská 1645/31a, 370 05 České Budějovice Tel. 387 776 201 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
