Projects for Institutional Development
INTEG-RNA (TWINNING)
A4L Actions
ORION
Integration of RNA Biology for Next-Generation Scientists
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Principal Investigator: Prof. Mary Anne O´Connell, Ph.D.
- Acronym: INTEG-RNA
- MU role in project: Coordinator
- Project partners: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), The University of Edinburgh, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Institut fur Molekulare Biologie gGmbH
- Project type: H2020-WIDESPREAD-05-2020
- Implementation period: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2023
- Budget: 899 985 €
- Project website: integrna.ceitec.cz
Project description: While there are ever-increasing interconnections and integration across CEITEC MU research programs as well as across different scientific fields in nearby faculties, most of the research is still performed within the boundaries of individual laboratories or research programmes. The CEITEC groups involved in this proposal have diverse research interests however they are all connected by the same fiber- RNA. The overarching aim of this project proposal is integration of these groups at the level of methodological approaches, research questions and training of young scientists. In addition, empowering excellence in science and training, research management and boosting institutional recognition will position CEITEC MU as an RNA excellent research cluster. We plan to achieve our aims through close collaborations in joint research, increased mobility of researchers, ESRs and research management staff and increase the impact through dissemination of the results at a local, national and international level. The Twinning partnerships will help create a synergistic environment enabling CEITEC MU to have the confidence and expertise to establish an excellence RNA cluster with a Europe-wide network and competitive technologies, while heading for the future of excellence.
Mgr. Bc. Michaela MusilováProject Manager
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| Email: | michaela.musilova@ceitec.muni.cz |
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Pavla PospíšilováProject Administrator
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| Email: | pavla.pospisilova@ceitec.muni.cz |
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Alliance for Life Sciences: From Strategies to Actions in Central and Eastern Europe
- Principal Investigator: MVDr. Zlatuše Novotná
- Acronym: A4L_ACTIONS
- MU role in project: Coordinator
- Project partners: International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital Brno (ICRC), Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAV), Medical University of Lodz (MUL), SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU MEDICINSKI FAKULTET (UZSM), University of Tartu (UT), Vilnius University (VU), Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS), University of Ljubljana (UL), Semmelweis University (SU), Medical University Sofia (MUS), University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest (UMFCD)
- Project type: H2020 (Societal Challenge 1 - Health, demographic change and wellbeing)
- Implementation period: 01.05.2021 - 30.04.2024
- Budget: 1 999 932,50 EUR
- Project website: alliance4life.eu
Project description:
Research and innovation (R&I) plays a pivotal role in addressing Europe’s societal challenges including ensuring health and wellbeing of the citizens. Differences still persist in R&I performance between countries despite significant investments. In the health sector, the R&I gap can profoundly affect the quality of health and life of European citizens. Continuing the success of Alliance4Life, the EU-funded A4L_ACTIONS project aims to tackle the health R&I gap by improving the culture, governance, recognition and innovation potential of the health research-performing institutions in the lower-performing Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. This will help increase their attractiveness and pave the way for collaborations with advanced European countries and create spillover effects in the whole CEE region.
The Alliance4Life is an established network of progressive health research institutions located in CEE and a source of successfully piloted good practice. By building upon results and impact achieved so far, the alliance will convert its recommendations and strategies into actions as follows:
- Culture fostering excellence: piloting peer-evaluation and assessment of institutional practice as a strategic management tool, professionalizing research administration;
- Recognition and trust towards CEE: attracting advanced partners to identified pockets of excellence, supporting scientific ideas originating in CEE, initiating new international projects and collaborations with industry;
- Career policy nurturing talent: training and networking next generation of leaders, upgrading institutional career systems;
- Impact on innovation: raising the competences of Technology Transfer specialists, creating industry relations platform linking academia and industry;
- Spill-over effects: sharing, inspiring, communicating with stakeholders and policy makers; using the established networks to gain advice, new collaborations and EU-wide impact.
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Ing. et Ing. Mariana Tesařová, MSc Project Manager| Phone: | +420 54949 8175 |
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| Email: | mariana.tesarova@ceitec.muni.cz |
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Pavla PospíšilováProject Administrator| Phone: | +420 54949 4747 |
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| Email: | pavla.pospisilova@ceitec.muni.cz |
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Open Responsible research and Innovation to further Outstanding kNowledge
- Principal Investigator: Ing. Kateřina Ornerová, Ph.D.
- Acronym: ORION
- Project coordinator: FUNDACIO CENTRE DE REGULACIO GENOMICA
- Project type: H2020 (Science with and for Society)
- Implementation period: 01. 05. 2017 - 30. 04. 2021
- Budget: 243 375.00 EUR
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Project website: https://www.orion-openscience.eu/ (international website)
http://openscience.ceitec.cz/about-project/ (institutional CEITEC website)
Project description: The ORION project aims to induce evidence-based institutional and cultural changes within the research community, including scientists, funders and other key stakeholders. Our long term vision is to embed Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles (ethics, gender, governance, open access, public engagement, and science education) in Research Funding and Performing Organisations (RFPOs). This will be achieved by initially carrying out an assessment exercise on Open Science awareness and practice in RFPOs and organising an open consultation among targeted stakeholders. We will then co-design and perform “co-creation experiments” with the different RRI actors. Our experiments will tackle three specific challenges of Open Science: 1. Opening up the research engine 2. Identifying risks and opportunities presented by disruptive technologies 3. Running citizen science (CS) in fundamental research By designing and implementing the experiments together with different stakeholders, we will apply the RRI principles to reflect on the scientific process and governance, and produce prototypes for current and future societal challenges. We will use these challenges as case studies to try out different co-design/co-creation methods with multiple stakeholders, and unusual blends, e.g. funders and citizens, or researchers, industry and citizens. We will identify drivers and barriers, interests and values, and in some cases produce “prototypes”, in the format of new projects, new research and funding frameworks, and perhaps even products. We will also generate new training programmes and modules, targeting young researchers as well as established scientists and professionals working in funding agencies, to raise knowledge about Open Science and RRI principles and practices, therefore enriching the current collections (e.g. RRI-Tools and FOSTER training platforms).
Project partners:
Ing. et Ing. Mariana Tesařová, MSc Project Manager
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| Email: | mariana.tesarova@ceitec.muni.cz |
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