Joint workshops ****************************************************************************************** * Important Dates for Call 2025 ****************************************************************************************** Call notice to be published: 14/01/2025 Submission deadline: 31/03/2025 – 23:59 CET Eligibility check: 30/04/2025 Academic evaluation: 16/06/2025 ****************************************************************************************** * Aim ****************************************************************************************** CENTRAL-Workshops are networking projects for groups of researcher of the CENTRAL universi initiate new collaboration (incl. innovative teaching/training for young researchers) or t existing collaboration. Open to all disciplines! ****************************************************************************************** * Supported Activities ****************************************************************************************** CENTRAL-Workshop projects will fund one or two, 2-3 day meetings at one of the involved CE universities (or two, if two meetings will be held). Execution period: 01/09/2025 – 31/08/2026 ****************************************************************************************** * Funding ****************************************************************************************** • In 2025 up to 8 projects may be funded. • Costs for travelling and accommodation: will be covered by the sending institutions.  Please be advised that travel costs might change until the workshop takes place (plan conservatively) This will be taken into account during the review of the applications  • Costs for catering, rental costs for of seminar room: will be covered by hosting institu • Funding regulations of each institution shall apply.  ****************************************************************************************** * Project Team ****************************************************************************************** Each project team shall comprise groups of researchers of at least three CENTRAL universit group of researchers preferentially consists of 2-4 researchers of one CENTRAL university disciplinary groups are possible) and has to include at least one established researcher ( least 5 years of research experience), who will also act as group leader of its university one PhD-student. ****************************************************************************************** * Application ****************************************************************************************** Applications have to be submitted before deadline via e-mail tocentral-network(zavinac)cun [ MAIL "central-network(zavinac)cuni.cz"] using the application form [ URL "CSPEN-44-versi central_workshops_2025_application_form.pdf"]  Applications submitted after deadline will for evaluation. Applicants can be any established researcher (at least 5 years of postdoct experience) of any academic discipline, employed at any university of the CENTRAL network. ****************************************************************************************** * Evaluation Procedure ****************************************************************************************** Assessment of applications implies a formal check to verify the eligibility (done by the C coordination unit) and a quality assessment against the following selection criteria:  • Academic quality of project (maximum 20 points)  • Feasibility of plan (maximum 20 points)  • Quality of team (including junior researcher and PhD students (maximum 30 points)  • Potential for further collaboration (incl. future externally funded project) (maximum 30   Each application will be awarded up to 100 points in the quality assessment. To be conside proposals must score at least 60 points in total and at least half of the maximum points i selection criteria.  Joint workshops supported in previous years can be found here [ URL "https://www.central-n opportunities/joint-workshops/"]