Allowed and excluded call topics can be found in the international "Call text" document of the relevant European Health Partnerships calls.

In case of any uncertainties, it is recommended to consult the project consortium coordinator as well as other partners or to contact the call secretariat/coordinator of the respective partnership directly. Contact details for the call secretariat can be found in the international document "Call text".

The possible start of the project is defined by the international conditions in the "Call text" document and must comply with the legal deadlines set out in Chapter 7.2 of the Conditions of Participation. The start and end date of the project depends on the agreement of the whole project consortium and must be identical. In the event that this is not agreed in the first round of the call, it may be adjusted in the second round of the call if the project progresses to this stage.

Yes, an organisation/institution can submit more than one project to the call. There is no limit to the number of project proposals submitted under the call - for both legal entities and natural persons.

Yes, in this case the "co-applicant" sheets are left blank.

If the consortium does not include a company, this Affidavit shall not be sent.

You must indicate in the item that it is irrelevant to you or that you are not completing it, so that it is obvious to the AZV ČR you have not forgotten to complete this item or have deliberately omitted it.

The application form is one of the national mandatory annexes to be submitted for the national formal eligibility check. It is therefore to be completed in the Czech language. Exceptions are the sections where it is directly stated that it has to be filled in English.

Where a maximum number of characters is specified, this limit must be respected. If not specified, the text is not limited in number of characters.

Yes, you also need to fill in the panel on the first tab "Basic data". However, the inclusion in one of the panels only needs to be filled in if the project will go through to the second round of the call (full proposal).

In the event that your classification is found to be inadequate during the national formal eligibility check, you will be invited by official letter to modify the classification if the project proceeds to Round 2.

The general objective of the project can be taken from what is stated in the pre-proposal or full proposal. However, it should also be clear from the general objective what the specific contribution of the Czech partner will be. The same applies to the expected results of the project. It is not necessary to indicate a specific number of results, but the overall results that you aim to achieve and what results you as the Czech partner will contribute to.

Consortium Coordinator sends a pre or full proposal via the international electronic system signed by all consortium partners.

Czech partner (or Czech coordinator of the project consortium), who is the lead Czech applicant according to the Application form (i.e. the Czech partner listed in the pre-proposal, or full proposal), sends to the data box of AZV ČR Application form completed for himself and for other possible Czech co-applicants, the Affidavit of the legal entity, the Affidavit of the research organisation (if relevant) and the Affidavit on the composition of the consortium (if one of the Czech co-applicants is a company).

Czech partner, which according to the Application form is only co-applicant, sends only the Affidavit of Legal Entity and the Affidavit of Research Organisation (if applicable) to the data box of AZV ČR .

There is no need to sign an Affidavit or Application Form. The signature replaces the actual sending from the data box to the data box of AZV ČR.

The date of submission of pre-proposals or full proposals and national mandatory annexes is the same, it can be found in the international "Call text" document of each call published on the official website of the respective EP in the field of health.

The application form does not need to be signed, just filled in and sent via the applicant's data box to the data box of AZV ČR. The international pre-proposal has to be signed (the main PI, i.e. the Czech partner, signs for the Czech side).

The affidavits do not need to be signed, the signature is replaced by sending via data box.

If the applicant's ID number is the same, one Affidavit of Legal Entity and one Affidavit of Research Organisation may be submitted for all projects in one call together, but the Application Form must be sent separately for each project.

In the event that a document needs to be signed (e.g. the Affidavit of Co-financing), then this power of attorney is relevant.

If you are not the coordinator of the project consortium, you only need to be registered in the electronic system to have access as a Czech project partner. The pre-proposal or full proposal, which the project consortium coordinator will enter into the electronic system, does not need to be sent to AZV ČR AZV , as theČR AZV will have access to it. Therefore, AZV ČR requires only the Application form and the relevant Affidavit to be sent.

Each partner country sets its own national conditions. TheČR does not require a pre-eligibility form. However, it is necessary to send the obligatory annexes, i.e. the Affidavit and Application form for Round 1 and Round 2 of the Call, respectively, by the deadline.

The application form is a national mandatory annex. Therefore, this form is not filled in by foreign partners, only by Czech participants. In the pre-proposal or full proposal the Czech partner acts as the Czech partner and in the Application form as the main applicant. In the case of a national no further cooperation is established with other institutions/organisations (i.e. co-applicants), the fields related to the co-applicant must be left blank in the Application form.

A research team from a medical faculty is eligible to submit a project, but they submit the project on behalf of a legal entity (IČO), i.e. the medical faculty or university.

Czech applicants in the call can be research organisations and enterprises. If the organisation is listed on the currently valid list of research organisations maintained by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports: http://www.msmt.cz/vyzkum-a-vyvoj-2/vyzkumne-organizace, it is eligible to submit a project as a research organisation. Institutions that do not meet the definition of a research organisation are then eligible as an enterprise, regardless of the type of legal entity.

According to the national eligibility rules, direct funding of patient organisations by the founder (the Ministry of Health) is not allowed, so it is not an eligible partner. However, AZV possibility for patient organisations to receive direct financial support if they participate in research with clearly defined objectives. In this respect, some joint transnational calls allow for a central funding mechanism that allows patient organisations to draw on funding.

The definition of ECRs is based on national conditions, which are also mentioned in the international documents of the calls concerned, if relevant.

In this case, these are national level collaborators who will be listed in the Application Form as co-applicants, because you as Czech partner / lead applicant, you will share part of the national funds (as you plan) with the collaborators. However, they will not be listed in the pre-proposal or full proposal, only you as the Czech (lead) partner will be listed there.

It depends on the activities carried out by each institution in relation to the project work. If it is a research activity, they should be involved as co-contractors, but if it is a smaller scale activity, e.g. one-off data analysis, it can be handled by a service from the bidder's budget. 

Only Czech entities need to fill in the Application form. If you will be acting as the main applicant / Czech partner in a consortium project, please fill in the tabs related to the applicant. If you will be working with other Czech participants in the project, then you will also need to fill in the tabs related to the co-applicants.

There is no minimum time limit. Of course, it must not be zero hours and the hours should be set at a level that corresponds to the work of the project. This applies to both the applicant and the co-applicant(s).

The national budget allocation for the call is EUR 500 000, but the maximum support per project is EUR 250 000. The budget allocation and the maximum amount per project may vary in relation to future calls. It is therefore important to monitor the national website ofČR AZV .

The national provider does not specify the exact procedure for rounding. However, it is preferable to add up the budget in CZK and then convert to Euros and round off.

When filling in the form, use the current exchange rate, in case of project financing, the funds will be provided by conversion according to the daily exchange rate of the CNB on the day of the deadline for submission of full proposals.

Indirect costs are calculated as 25 % of the direct eligible costs, i.e. 25 % of the sum of personnel, investment (if relevant) and operating costs. A more detailed description of direct eligible costs can be found in the Methodology: European Partnerships for Health: Methodology_2.-Working-version_FINAL.pdf.

In relation to the European Partnerships in Health, theČR does not limit the amount of personal costs for the project. However, project costs must be justified and directly related to the project issue.

This may be OON, more information on personal costs can be found in the document Methodology: European Partnerships in Health, the updated version of which is available on the website of AZV ČR.

In Round 1, the costs do not need to be justified in the Application Form. If the project proceeds to Round 2, at this stage it will be required to complete and submit an updated Application formin which we will ask for the budget to be filled in again including justification.

The costs are described in more detail in the Methodology: European Partnerships in Health, which can be downloaded from the website of AZV ČR.

The correct option is that the employee has extra remuneration as an additional form of remuneration within the employment contract/agreement for the project. Personal costs are described in more detail in the Methodology, which is available for download on the website ofČR AZV .

The self-employed person is usually a supplier of services or works, so it does not fall under personal expenses, but under the purchase of services and subcontracts.

The activities described fall into this category. Outsourcing this type of services is not entirely desirable in projects - these activities can best be performed by the recipient, as the recipient has the easiest access to the data and can usually optimally evaluate the significance of the individual research data. Only after the beneficiary has realised that these activities represent a heavy administrative or staff burden for him/her should he/she proceed to outsourcing.

In the case of these costs, they are services ("other direct costs") at the value of the fare per diems. It is recommended to describe these costs in the pre-proposal or full proposal. If the project proceeds to Round 2, we will further require a written justification of the project costs in the updated Application Form, where the costs can be specified.

For more information on the budget and the breakdown of costs into categories, please refer to the document Methodology: European Partnerships in Health, which can be downloaded fromČR AZV website.

Below you will find the charge for each cost category.

The internal rules of the respective organisation respecting Czech laws concerning the purchase of services or subcontracts are sufficient.