Key note speaker, Sean McCarthy Dr. Sean McCarthy is a renowned European expert who has been active as a researcher, research group leader, scientific evaluator for 10 different EU R&D since 1980. His unique gift is to clearly and simply explain how to prepare a competitive project proposal step-by-step and succeed in the EU Research and Innovation Programs, such as Horizon 2020. This poster reflects only the author’s view and that the Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. Funded under: FP7 project CEITEC_ERA (Grant Agreement No. 621368) and Horizon 2020 project MEDGENET (Grant Agreement No. 6922988). GRANTS WEEK All you need to know about the research funding 11–13 October 2017 INBIT, Kamenice 34, Brno, Czech Republic www.grantsweek.muni.cz Wed 11 October Thu 12 October Fri 13 October   10:00 – 12:00 Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) CANCELLED 09:00 – 12:00 How to write a competitive H2020 proposal Building a successful H2020 proposal step-by-step Sean McCarthy, Key note speaker, Hyperion, Ireland 09:00 – 12:00 IPR in research projects IPR in Biomedicine, research projects and cooperation with business     Radoslav Trautmann, TTO, MU Pavel Loutocký, TTO, MU Kamil Paruch, researcher MU Ladislav Čoček, CEITEC Grant office 13:00 – 14:00 Programme INTER-EXCELLENCE Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports grants and good practice for the proposal preparation Jana Bystřická, MEYS 14:00 – 15:00 Rectorate MU, Big meeting room The profile of Successful Institution in H2020 Tackling the in-house challenges to increase participation and success rate of MU in EU research grant programmes Sean McCarthy, Key note speaker, Hyperion, Ireland CLOSED SESSION Entry by invitation only 13:00 – 14:30 Ethics in research at MU and in H2020 projects MU Research Ethics Committee and ethical issues in H2020 projects Veronika Smítková, Legal office, MU Eva Hillerová/ Veronika Korittová TC AV ČR 14:30 – 17:00 Czech Science Foundation Grants (GAČR) Grants for basic research, good practice and biggest challenges in project implementation    Jaroslav Koča, GAČR presidium, MU Marie Kohoutová, GAČR Martin Kreidl, evaluator, MU Jiří Fajkus, evaluator, MU Vítězslav Bryja, grant holder, MU Klára Šeďová, grant holder MU Roman Švaříček, grant holder, MU 15:00 – 16:30 Topical issues in Bioethics Addressing current issues in Bioethics and its impact Marek Vácha, Charles University