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Masaryk University Faculty of Law Instruction No. 1/2024
Supporting the internationalisation of academics
(as amended with effect from 1 January 2024)
Pursuant to Section 28(1) of Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and
on Amendments and Additions to Other Acts (the Higher Education Act), as amended
(hereinafter referred to as the "Higher Education Act"), I issue this instruction:
(1) A full-time academic staff member at the MU Faculty of Law may receive financial
support for
a. active participation in a foreign conference,
b. building or developing international scientific networks,
c. participation in teaching programmes at foreign universities.
(2) A part-time academic staff member at the MU Faculty of Law may receive support
in particularly justified cases after prior approval by the Dean of the MU Faculty of
Law.
(3) Support must be requested to the Vice Dean for International and External
Relations via IS MUNI at least 14 days before the date of registration for the
conference and at least 30 days before the planned trip.
(4) The support will be provided to academic staff up to a maximum of CZK 500
thousand. CZK.
(5) The application for support must be accompanied by a projected budget for the
trip, at least in terms of meals, possibly reduced meals, accommodation, fares
(including mode of transport) and other costs (e.g. conference fee, etc.). The most
cost-effective way of using the aid should be chosen.
(6) If it is possible to choose another form of travel support (e.g. Erasmus, specific
research or project), the staff member is obliged to use this other form or to
indicate why another form is not possible.
(7) If the teacher has received support in previous years and the conditions for
granting support have not been met, support will not be granted in 2024. The
academic staff member must indicate this in the application. In the case of a
publication obligation, confirmation from the conference organiser or journal editor
that the paper has been accepted for publication will also suffice.
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(8) Support for active participation in a foreign conference is a maximum of CZK
18,000. This support can be granted for a scientific or pedagogical conference
abroad (outside the Slovak Republic), where the researcher actively presents a
paper that will be printed in the proceedings or in a journal. The paper or coauthorship
of the paper must be reported in the MUNI IS exclusively for the PrF
MU.
(9) Support for building or developing international scientific networks is
limited to a maximum of CZK 25,000. This support can be provided for building or
developing international scientific networks outside of exclusively Czech-Slovak
networks in the form of active participation in a foreign event outside the Slovak
Republic (international expert committee, expert working group meeting, etc.).
Membership in an international network must be reported in the MUNI IS
exclusively for PrF MU. A detailed report on the participation will be written by the
staff member and sent to the Vice Dean for International and External Relations
within the deadline for submission of the mission report. The report includes
information on opportunities and possibilities for other staff members of PrF MU to
join the network.
(10) Support for participation in programmes at foreign universities is a
maximum of CZK 25,000. This support can be granted for the active involvement
of the staff member in teaching for a minimum of 8 teaching hours at a foreign
university outside the Erasmus+ partner countries. The staff member must specify
in the application at least the programme, the title of the course and the title of
the lectures. The teaching must be reported in the MUNI IS exclusively for the MU
Faculty of Science. The staff member shall write a detailed report on the teaching
and stay at the foreign university and send it to the Vice Dean for International
and External Relations by the deadline for submission of the report on the business
trip. The report includes information on opportunities and possibilities for other
staff members of the MU Faculty of Foreign Affairs to participate in teaching.
(11) In cases where there is significant faculty representation, the Dean may increase
the support on the proposal of the Vice-Dean.
(12) The interpretation of the instruction is entrusted to the Vice-Dean for Foreign and
External Relations.
In Brno, 25. January 2024 Martin Škop, v. r.,
Dean
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