CZECRIN is a national clinical research infrastructure network, connecting workplaces where academic clinical research takes place, and is coordinated by Masaryk University and the International Clinical Research Centre at the St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno.
The European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020 - Horizon 2020 (H2020) - sets the framework for EU support of research and innovation activities. It consists of 7 priorities, one of which is Excellent Science. It is this pillar of H2020 projects that financially supports projects in which the CZECRIN infrastructure, among others, participates. Involvement in projects funded under Horizon 2020 is a key indicator of success and international recognition of high expertise.
Within the H2020 projects, CZECRIN ranked first in the final evaluation of the number of participants within the involvement in the European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERIC), as the Czech national branch of ECRIN-ERIC. In addition, ECRIN-ERIC demonstrated the highest involvement among the ERICs participating in H2020 projects, with involvement in 47 projects, of which 16 projects involved Czech entities. These entities were involved in the 16 mentioned H2020 projects with a total of 24 participations. "This means that the Czech entity participated in almost 35% of the projects that ECRIN-ERIC acquired. ECRIN-ERIC has also proved its social utility by participating in European joint programs, in the case of Czech participation, it was specifically the project of the European Joint Programme for Rare Diseases (co-financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports). This is a very good result for both the European and national levels of ECRIN-ERIC/CZECRIN management,” the Technology Centre CAS states in its article (the article is available only in the Czech language). BBMRI is in second place in the number of participants.
Brno Ph.D. Competition Talent, which annually supports promising male and female natural sciences and engineering students, brought joy to the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University this year. Among the 25 selected students who received an extraordinary scholarship of CZK 360,000 for three years, six PhD students from this faculty succeeded.
Amidst the hustle and bustle and fatigue of the end of the year, there is an opportunity to pause, reflect on the achievements and step into the next year with gratitude and hope.
