II. year of the START-UP 2022 grant competition

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The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ostrava (FM UO) and the Director of the University Hospital Ostrava (UH Ostrava) announce

II. year of the START-UP grant competition for the years 2023-2025.

The START-UP grant competition is announced in the following 6 scientific fields of medicine:

  • Oncology and haematooncology
  • Neurosciences
  • Information technology, robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality in medicine
  • Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
  • Surgical specialties with a preference for miniinvasive surgery
  • Epidemiology

The solution period of the START-UP grant is set for a period of 12 - 36 months with the start date of the project 1. 1. 2023.

The START-UP grant will be financed from the resources of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ostrava and the University Hospital in Ostrava up to a total amount of CZK 3,000,000.

The main START-UP grant applicant must meet the following requirements:

  • He is an academic or researcher
  • He holds a Ph.D. at the time of application
  • Under the age of 40, he has shown excellent results in his field and is involved in international cooperation
  • At the time of submitting the project proposal, he is not an employee of FM UO or UH Ostrava

Competition schedule:

Announcement of the competition: 1. 1. 2022

Competition deadline: Registration for the competition is possible from 1. 2. 2022 to 15. 3. 2022 (24:00), via the electronic form, to the competition address or by mail to the address: Department of Science -research activity, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava-Vítkovice.

Evaluation period: 15. 3. - 1. 10. 2022

Announcement of results: 1. 10. 2022

Commencement of project solutions: 1. 1. 2023


More information about the competition soubor pdf 0,18 MB


Updated: 31. 01. 2022