Internal grant agency (InGA)
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
LF Accelerate
Call 2023
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PROGRAM
This funding program is designed to assess the application potential of research results and achieve a
significant shift towards clinical practice. It applies the principles of the highly successful SPARK
Stanford Program.
ELIGIBILITY
• The applicant must be an employee of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University (engaged
in research), at least 0.5 employment contract under the faculty.
• It is a project of applied research or experimental development according to the Frascati
manual definition.
• The project proposal addresses an unmet clinical need and has the potential for application in
clinical practice.
• The project will accelerate the subject to the next Technology Readiness Level, TRL.
• Planned activities are not the subject of another project.
CALL OPEN
September 6th, 2022 – October 10th, 2022
PROJECT APPLICATION
The application must include:
a) ISEP electronic project proposal form
• Project summary, the aim of the project;
• Existing unmet clinical needs; intended end users (clinical impact, patient benefit);
• Technology description and innovation objectives; technology readiness level (TRL) start
position and target TRL;
• Uniqueness and novelty of the solution; non-obvious, surprising features; previous
publications; intellectual property rights in the project;
• Existing solutions; competitive landscape; proposed competitive advantage;
• Potential partners and their interest in the project results; preliminary feedback;
• Future product and anticipated regulatory pathway (important distinguishing features,
indication, price estimate, regulatory considerations);
• Quarterly activities, objectives, and results;
• Project team;
• List of annexes (list of all the relevant annexes uploaded to the ISEP system dedicated
Document tab);
• Financial budget (indicated in CZK), financial budget justification.
b) Annexes according to the nature of the project - Informed Consent Form, Statement of the
Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, or the Committee for the Protection of
Laboratory Animals, Authorization for special activities (GMO handling, etc.)
c) CV of the principal investigator (max. 1 page)
d) 1-minute video to introduce the development aim of the project and the team (zip-file format)
HOW TO APPLY
The applicant must submit the project proposal via the ISEP system. All the relevant annexes must be
uploaded to the ISEP system dedicated Documents tab.
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FUNDING
The total amount allocated for this call is CZK 1,500,000, with up to CZK 500,000 per project for up to
2 years to support applied medical research.
ELIGIBLE COSTS
Personnel costs (salaries, bonuses, other agreements on work activities of persons participating in
the project) may not exceed 25% of the entire project costs.
Other direct costs
• Material consumption
• Low-value tangible and intangible assets
• Costs for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) no invest
• Services
• Travel costs (meeting with partners)
Investment costs
• IPR costs
• Other investment costs
EVALUATION
Project proposals will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of the InGA board members
and external experts and selected for funding based on the compiled rankings. The InGA board decides
on the proposals for awarding financial support.
START OF FUNDED PROJECTS
January 1st, 2023
PROJECT MONITORING
The progress of projects selected for funding is reviewed quarterly in the ISEP system. Quarterly
checklists are submitted until the 14th day following the end of the relevant calendar quarter. The final
monitoring report must be submitted within 6 months after the end of the project implementation.
The Grant Office of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, in cooperation with the Office for
Research and Quality of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, ensures the formal and factual
control of the submitted monitoring reports. The InGA board approves the final monitoring report.
MANDATORY ACHIEVEMENTS OF FUNDED PROJECTS
• at least one result according to the definition of results (RIV), or a result of type O, "other
results," dedicated mainly to the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
• interaction with at least one commercial partner (written feedback on the project received, or
e.g. Letter of Intent, Confidentiality Agreement, Material Transfer Agreement)
• submission of at least one application for follow-up funding (external and internal schemes)
• preparation of a non-confidential marketing presentation of the project and its publication via
appropriate promotional channels
MORE INFORMATION
Office for Research and Quality, Grant Office
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
Kamenice 5
625 00 Brno
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Ing. Karolina Kašparová
karolina.kasparova@med.muni.cz
549 49 3782
CALL ANNEXES
Annex n. 1: Quarterly checklist
Annex n. 2: Final monitoring report
Annex n. 3: Evaluation form