We would like to invite you to a seminar on the new "VES 2027" competition, which is primarily intended for grant department staff and project proposers. The seminar will take place in a hybrid form on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to...
Thank you for your cooperation this year. We wish you a peaceful Christmas holiday, good health, happiness, energy, and success in 2026!
For projects ending on December 31, 2025, investigator submits a investigator Project Report" documenting all the facts required by the funding provider. Instructions for completing the Final Report can be found in the appendix to this article (see Appendix: Instructions for completing the Final Report for...
Projects that have been approved for more than 1 year are evaluated annually through the Health Research Agency's Expert Advisory Panels (Panels) ČR (AZV) in the form of Project Milestone Reports. These are brief summaries of the individual objectives achieved over...
The European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) has published the results of its first Joint Transnational Call (JTC 2025) focused on the preclinical development of therapies for rare diseases: Pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules...
We have prepared this year's second issue of the ČR Health Research Agency newsletter, which summarizes the most important events of the past six months. We have seen record interest in the VES 2026/J competition – the number of project proposals submitted has increased by almost 20%, with support...
The Ministry of Health (hereinafter referred to as "MZD") publishes on December 10, 2025, in accordance with Act No. 130/2002 Coll., on support for research, experimental development, and innovation from public funds and on amendments to certain acts, the following December 2025, in accordance with Act No. 130/2002 Coll., on the support of research, experimental development, and innovation from public funds and on amendments to certain related acts (Act on the Support of Research, Experimental Development, and Innovation), in...
On December 9, 2025, the Minister of Health Awards for Medical Research and Development were ceremoniously presented at the Pražská křižovatka church. The awards were received by the research teams behind the ten highest-rated projects supported by the ČR Health Research Agency ČR AZV ČR) and successfully completed in...
The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY), which aims to create a European research and innovation ecosystem prepared for future health crises caused by infectious diseases, will launch a joint transnational call entitled "Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics..." in early January 2026.
At the end of November, more than a hundred experts from across Europe gathered in Prague for the first joint conference of the European Partnership for Personalized Medicine (EP PerMed) and the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (ICPerMed). The opening address was given by Chair AZV ČR