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AZV a webinar on the BE READY partnership call

In connection with the announcement of the transnational call Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases, the BE READY partnership will organize AZV , which will take place on February 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. The aim of the webinar is to provide information on the conditions for Czech applicants to participate in the call, the required attachments, and other documents. The webinar is intended primarily for the scientific community and...

Publication of the first transnational call of the BE READY partnership (European Partnership on Pandemic Preparedness): "Advancing knowledge of host and pathogens dynamics to better combat emerging diseases"

On January 20, 2026, the Ministry of Health (hereinafter referred to as "MZD") published, 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...

We invite you to a seminar on the new "VES 2027" competition

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...

Guidelines for preparing Partial Reports for 2025

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 AZV ČR Newsletter has been published

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...

Publication of the second joint transnational call of the ERDERA (European Rare Diseases Research Alliance) partnership: "Resolving unsolved cases in rare genetic and non-genetic diseases"

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...

Europe took stock of 10 years of personalized medicine in Prague

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