Dean’s Directive No. 2/2013
STATUTE OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS OF MASARYK UNIVERSITY
DEAN’S AWARD
(as amended on 1 October 2013)
Section 1
Subject of regulation
This directive regulates the granting of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University (“FF
MU”) Dean’s Award.
Section 2
General provisions
Each academic year, the Dean of the FF MU, announces a competition for the Dean’s
Award of the FF MU (hereinafter referred to as the “Award”) in the category of the FF MU
Dean’s Award for Significant Creative Achievement. The Award may be granted to a
single candidate or several. The Award need not necessarily be granted. For this
category, an evaluation board is appointed according to the rules set out below. The
board shall submit a proposal for the Award to the Dean, based on the majority opinion
of its members. The Award shall be presented by the Dean at a formal academic
assembly or other significant occasion. Each of the awardees receives a diploma and a
financial bonus of CZK 40,000.
Section 3
Award for Significant Creative Achievement
The Award is intended for the FF MU employees and collectives. It is awarded for a work
created or published for the first time in the last two calendar years. An application for
the Award is understood as a proposal by the head of the department or institute of the
relevant faculty of which the proposed employee, or a representative of the proposed
collective, is a member. The proposal must include the competition work, its professional
characteristics, and evidence of its acclaim. The competition work must be the result of
creative activity at the FF MU unit, with the decisive participation of the FF MU staff. If
any previous Award has been granted, this fact must be stated in the proposal.
Applications are forwarded to the Dean by the heads of the units mentioned above,
before the closing deadline. Members of the evaluation board are members of the Dean’s
Committee for Science. The Vice Dean for Science is the chair of the committee.
Section 4
Final provisions
The financial requirements shall be governed by the relevant general rules. Compliance
with these guidelines is monitored by the Vice-Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.
Brno, 1 October 2013
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Dean