• H2020 – A complete overview of open and upcoming calls is available on the portal Funding & tender opportunities.
  
  

• EEA and Norway Grants – deadlines for submission of applications: 10^th February 2021 (Mobility projects to be submitted by institutions), 17^th February 2021 (Institutional cooperation projects), 17^th June 2021 (Bilateral Relations)

• Fulbright Scholarship for Postgraduate Study (visiting research student) - with the deadline for submission of applications on 1st February 2021

• AKTION Scholarships and projects (Austria) - deadlines for submission of applications: 15^th March 2021 (semester scholarships and short-term research scholarships for students), 15^th March 2021 (scholarships for university teachers - 1 to 3 months research and lecture stays, stays for preparation of habilitation thesis), 15^th April 2021 (scholarships for university teachers - 1 month research and lecture stays); see information and deadlines for submission of project proposals HERE

• DAAD Scholarships (Germany) – see information about scholarships and deadlines HERE

• Visegrad Fund (Visegrad Grants, Visegrad+ Grants, Strategic Grants) with the deadline for submission of applications on 1^st February 2021

• Visegrad Scholarship Program with the deadline on 15^th March 2021
  
  

• Canon Foundation Research Fellowships (Japan) with the deadline for submission of applications on 15 February 2021

European Research Council (ERC)

There are currently no open calls but all mono-beneficiary ERC calls (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced Grants, Proof of Concept) are expected to be launched in 2021 and 2022, but their opening and closing dates will be shifted so that the first calls will be launched only in January 2021. The Scientific Council expects the call schedule to be back to the usual opening and closing timeframes by mid-2022.

Expected calls opening (subject to adoption of Horizon Europe and ERC Work Programme 2021): 12/01/2021 Starting Grants (deadline 09/03/2021), 21/01/2021 Consolidator Grants (deadline 20/04/2021), 20/05/2021 Advanced Grants (deadline 31/08/2021), 14/01/2021 Proof of Concept (deadline 16/03/2021, 17/06/2021, 20/10/2021)

Successful Projects:

• GAČR standardní – prof. Petr Klán - Flavonoids as a unique class of carbon monoxide photoreleasable molecules

Submitted proposals:

• COST Action: doc. Branislav Vrana - Water Quality Challenges in a Changing Environment (CHAlleNGE)

• COST Action: dr. Lisa Melymuk - Towards the implementation of INdoor DUST quality as indicator of HEALTHy buildings (InDustHealth Network)

Other:

• "ERC Classes" - Watch our series of instructional videos, called 'ERC Classes', that explain in an entertaining, practical way all you need to know about the application and evaluation process. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtv6FnsXqnXAYRk6HCErwMxwML0ZKoMcy

T5:

Pípal, M., Legradi, J., Smutná, M., Kočí, T., Priebojová, J., Bláhová, L., … Hilscherová, K., Neurobehavioral effects of cyanobacterial biomass field extracts on zebrafish embryos and potential role of retinoids. (2020) Aquatic Toxicology, doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105613

Q1:

Bošković, N., Brandstätter-Scherr, K., Sedláček, P., Bílková, Z., Bielská, L., & Hofman, J., Adsorption of epoxiconazole and tebuconazole in twenty different agricultural soils in relation to their properties. (2020) Chemosphere, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127637

Markova, K., Chmelova, K., Marques, S. M., Carpentier, P., Bednar, D., Damborsky, J., & Marek, M., Decoding the intricate network of molecular interactions of a hyperstable engineered biocatalyst. (2020) Chemical Science, doi.org/10.1039/D0SC03367G

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Researchers' Night 2020 at RECETOX

Did you not have time to look at what RECETOX has prepared for this year's Researchers' Night? You can find all our videos at the following links:

• Toxicology in three dimensions
• FireExpo
• The air will not slip between scientists' fingers

The complete content of the Researchers' Night will be available until 31 December 2020 and you can watch it HERE.
We would like to thank all the participants in the shooting and look forward to the next year.

Save the date:

• RECETOX Christmas Gathering 2020 (online), 18th December, 1:00 pm 

Seminar series:

• RECETOX Seminar series (Tuesdays, 9:00 am) online venue.
  Detailed program is on the seminar website.
  
  
• Seminar Series for bachelor and master students E1000 a E1200 (Wednesdays, 1:00 pm) online venue.
  Detailed program is on the seminar website.
  
  
• Seminar Series for bachelor and master students E3000 a E3200 (Thursdays, 11:00 am) online venue.
  Detailed program is on the seminar website.

Currently, we have these open vacancies

• Analyst (data analyst/bioinformaticist)
• Head of IT department

We would be grateful for sharing them as well, or if you already know about a great candidate for one or few of the positions, feel free to recommend them to us by sending their CV to rcx-hr@recetox.muni.cz

We welcome new colleagues to the centre and wish them a lot of work success!