Science and Research
TA CR - deadlines (reports)
Please deliver the documents to be sent via data box, together with the form (yellow request form "košilka" available here) signed by the supervisor and the UP investigator 3 days before the deadline for approval by the Faculty of Science management or call Silvie Šavrňáková for individual arrangement.
- Deadline for submitting partial reports is always 30 January of the year following the year for which the report is submitted.
- Deadline for submitting final reports is no later than 30 days after the end of the project.
- Reports on the result implementation by 31 July (applies to all programmes, except Beta).
The system will notify the project owner to the submission of the report in Tasks, the form is then available on the project homepage under the Report Overview tab. For complete information, please refer to the Project Partial and Final Report Submission Instructions, available on the ISTA homepage. Reports will be sent via the UP OL data box.
Ministry of Health publishes ERA4Health partnership pilot call
Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic published the ERA4Health partnership pilot call for clinical trials: 'Fostering Pragmatic Comparative-Effectiveness Trials in Non-communicable Diseases' (EffecTrial)'. The call aims to:
- Support randomized, interventional and pragmatic "comparative-effectiveness" studies in multiple countries
- Enable transnational collaboration between clinical/public health research teams conducting comparative effectiveness studies in multiple countries.
Project proposals should cover all 4 of the following topics:
- Be a pragmatic "comparative effectiveness trials" designed as a randomized intervention trial.
- Compare the use of currently approved health interventions either with each other or with the current standard of care.
- Take into account health interventions that may include, but are not limited to: diagnostic, screening, preventive and curative interventions. Interventions can be pharmacological and non-pharmacological practices such as nutrition and/or lifestyle, surgical interventions, prognostic methods, use of medical devices, e-health, as well as other health interventions.
- These interventions need to be of high relevance to the public only in the areas of these specific diseases (which are equally important):
- Cardiovascular disease;
- Metabolic disorders;
- Nutrition and lifestyle-related diseases;
- Non-communicable respiratory diseases.
Clinical trials initiated by investigators from multiple countries should primarily focus on at least one of these topics or a combination of them.
Duration of the project: 48 months + 1 year (i.e. the project can be extended for one more year, but without the possibility to apply for additional funding during this period).
Deadlines for submission of project proposals:
Pre-proposals: 28. 1. 2025
Full proposals: 17. 6. 2025
Deadline for announcement of results: October 2025
Detailed information about this call can be found on the website of the Czech Health Research Council. If case of interest, please contact lubica.korcanova@upol.cz.
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science announces its already 19th year of the programme. This prestigious project aims to highlight the key role of women in the scientific world and overcome the prejudices that still hold them back.
A total of 600,000 CZK will again be distributed among three talented female scientists who can apply for the programme from 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 at www.forwomeninscience.com.
International and Non-university Affairs
Mandatory reporting of mobilities
It is the responsibility of every outgoing student to report his/her mobility. Always report your intention to go and the duration of your mobility to Mrs. Marie Raková (marie.rakova@upol.cz) from the International section of the Student Affairs Office. You will also find new information about traineeships, which must be reported as well.
Information about foreign students who will come for an internship must also be sent to Mrs. Raková in advance by the department to which they are to come.
Records of foreign guests
It is the responsibility of the department to register foreign guests. If you have international guests visiting your department, please enter their information in the Portal.
Instructions:
- click on "All Applications" in your Portal
- click on the "Guest Admission" tile
- press the "+New" button and fill out the newly opened form.
Mobility scholarship
A student who goes on any mobility abroad for 30 days or more (study stay, research internship, work placement, summer school, etc.), can apply for a scholarship of CZK 5,000 for each mobility. The request must be submitted before departure. Details here.
Fulbright Scholarships
The Fulbright Commission has announced the following two programmes for the 2025-2026 academic year:
Scholarship for postgraduate studies with a deadline on 1 February 2025. Detailed information here.
The scholarship is intended for students after completing a bachelor's programme and before completing a doctoral programme and is intended for research stays.
Summer Institutes of American Studies with a deadline on 5 January 2025. Detailed information here.
Suitable applicants are university teachers, heads of departments, curriculum specialists, and authors of university (or secondary school) textbooks focusing on American studies, international relations, and related fields who are sufficiently motivated and erudite and whose goal is to incorporate new knowledge on a given topic into their future teaching and professional work.
Student Affairs
Student Affairs Office operation
The Student Affairs Office is open until 19 December 2024 according to standard office hours. The Student Affairs Office will be closed from 20 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.
Registration for courses – summer semester 2024/2025
The registration for courses in the summer semester of the academic year 2024/2025 for all study programmes at the Faculty of Science takes place from 21 January to 24 February 2025. Detailed schedule is available, as usual, on the website.
Winter English language course
The Department of Foreign Languages of the UP Faculty of Science organizes a winter intensive English language course for students of doctoral study programmes (preparation for the mandatory VCJ/PGSAJ exam, a "mock" exam, successful students will be considered to have passed the exam).
The course will be held from 13 to 16 January 2025 in the building of the Faculty of Science, 17 listopadu 12 street. To participate in the course, please register with Lucie Vaňková at lucie.vankova@upol.cz, by 6 January 2025.
Student grant competition
The Rector of Palacký University Olomouc announces the 16th year of the student grant competition at UP.
The aim of the competition is to support projects implemented by students of Doctoral or Master’s degree programs financed by funds for specific university research. The student project investigator can be a student of doctoral study program at UP, where UP is the teaching workplace, or a UP academic. Other members of the research team may be PhD or MSc students or academic, scientific, research and development staff.
Applications are only submitted electronically, through the UP OBD portal, until 16:00 on 16 January 2025.
The rules of the competition are set out in the Rector's Directive No. B3-13/7-SR (úplné znění) (in Czech).
The specific terms and conditions of the competition and further information can be found in this document.
Online confirmation of study
You can print your confirmation of study online directly from your Portal (not STAG).
Go to Portal - Electronic forms - Confirmation of study (online with signature) - Print.
Organization and Maintenance
Chrismtas operation at the Holice campus
From Friday 20 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025, gates 2 and 3 at the faculty's Holice campus will be closed. To enter and exit the premises, use the main gate No. 1 from Šlechtitelů street.
At that time, all buildings will be locked by the EKV system and entry will be allowed only to persons who have access to the building set on their electronic employee cards.
On the days off granted by the Dean and Rector during working hours, the buildings will not be coded, but only locked by the EKV system. On other days, the buildings will be locked and coded.
The HVAC performance in the buildings will be reduced to a minimum and where operation permits, the HVAC will be shut down. The temperature in all buildings will also be temporarily reduced.
Important contacts:
Maintenance Services hotlines - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Landine MS: 585 634 966
- Landline (extension): 4966
- Mobile phone: 739 544 869
Calls to these lines are automatically redirected to the mobile phone of the Holice Campus Maintenance Services technician on duty.
Call the emergency lines to:
- Notify of accidents and breakdowns – electricity, water, heating and other technologies of the Holice campus buildings
- Notify of emergencies at the Holice campus
- Notify of other incidents that cannot be delayed and may cause damage to health or property
Human Resources and Payroll Department
The HR and Payroll Department will be open for employees until 20 December 11:00, after the New Year from 6 January 2025. If personal consultation is not necessary, use internal mail to hand over documents to the department – box no. 6 on the 1st floor in the corridor behind the gatehouse. Thank you for respecting this guideline.
The tax returns will be signed by the employees with the assistance of the payroll accountants on dates selected in the reservation system. Employees will receive detailed instructions in Czech and English at the beginning of January. The Financial Administration uses forms for tax return exclusively in the Czech language, foreign employees will have an English translation of the form available only for basic orientation. A personal consultation to sign the tax return in English will be provided by the Human Resources and Payroll Department within its own capacity.
File service – end of the year operation
On 20 December 2024 the file service at Envelopa will be open from 9:00 to 10:00, and in Holice from 10:30 to 11:30. Regular and registered mail will be last picked up from the mailboxes at Envelopa at 11:45 and at Holice at 11:15. Mail delivered after this deadline will not be sent until 6 January 2025.
Faculty operation before the end of the year
The main building (Envelopa) and the buildings in the Holice campus will be closed from 21 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. The buildings will be guarded by an external security service. Report any accidents and defects to the service staff, who will then pass them on to the building management emergency service.
The VLD building (17. listopadu 50) and the SLO building (17. listopadu 50a) will be closed from 21 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. During this period, entry will only be allowed on employee cards.
Canteens, bistros
University canteen and FreshUP bistros will have shortened opening hours during December and January.
Charging station
The electric car charging station installed by Veolia Energie ČR, a.s. has been launched in the Envelopa campus (behind the UP Faculty of Science building). The station is visible in the Polyfazer application, which must be installed on a mobile phone. All information about the respective station is then provided in the application, such as power, occupancy status, electricity price, etc.
Public lighting in Olomouc - Holice
This year, the Maintenance Services of the Faculty of Science in Holice campus finished a complete modernization of public lighting throughout the entire campus premises, where more than fifty columns with public lighting fixtures have been installed.
The old sodium lamps were gradually replaced with modern and efficient LED lamps. These lamps from the manufacturer Elektro-Lumen will not only reduce electricity consumption by more than 2/3, but also bring additional benefits such as reduction of light smog thanks to special reflector design (certification "Dark sky approved"), and reduction of light intensity by 50% between 22:00 and 04:00.
Another great benefit is the suppression of blue light on main roads and the complete filtering of blue light thanks to the Amber LED light chip on the lamps in the park with a very interesting biotope with a pond and rich fauna, where blue light after dark is completely undesirable.
Miscellaneous
Ondřej Michálek's book launch
Light of Bethlehem
The flame taken from the eternal fire that burns in the cave beneath the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, is a symbol of peace, love, hope and friendship. On Tuesday, 17 December, the Archbishop of Olomouc, Josef Nuzík, will personally bring it to the University and present it to the Rector, Martin Procházka, during a pre-Christmas meeting with the University's employees.
You can pick up a Bethlehem light from the lantern located in the passage of the Armory on the bibliobox across from the gatehouse and the entrance to the Coffee Library, during the times listed here.
Memorial place
On Friday, 20 December 2024, from 12:00 to 20:00, a university memorial place will be set up in the premises of the UP Faculty of Arts (in the courtyard of Křížkovského 10) to commemorate the tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in December 2023.
Winter season in Karlov
Do you like the winter season in the mountains? Are you looking forward to skiing and snow? Then you should know that the season is currently scheduled to start on the slopes of Karlov pod Pradědem on 7 December. For accommodation in this picturesque village, use the faculty's recreation centre, which is located a short distance from the slopes. If you make arrangements with friends or family and there are at least 12 of you, it is possible to book the entire facility! More information at karlov.upol.cz.
Snowshoe rental
Akademik sport centre offers snowshoe rental - pick up by personal arrangement (asc@upol.cz; 58 563 6448, 6450, 6451).
The next faculty Newsletter will be published on Monday, 13 January 2025.