Take a look at what the year 2023 brought in the field of research and development at the Faculty of Medicine MU. What awaits us in 2024? Take a short look back at the past year.
The faculty submitted a total of 250 new project applications.
102 new projects of internal, national and international schemes were launched.
53 applications were submitted to the Czech Health Research Council:
A total of 11 projects were supported, with a total of 68 788 000 CZK allocated.
We have started the implementation of the Central European Advanced Therapy and Immunotherapy Centre (CREATIC) project, supported by the Teaming for Excellence call of the Horizon Europe programme. The European Commission grant, supplemented by national co-financing, in the total amount of approximately EUR 35 million, will enable the establishment of a research centre for the development of cell and gene therapies aimed at the treatment of paediatric and adult patients with selected rare diseases.
Academics from LF MU have been involved in dozens of international projects under Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, NIH, Wellcome Trust, Erasmus+, Interreg, etc.
In 2023, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic will support 7 projects of applicants from LF MU.
The LF MU Internal Grant Agency supported a total of 17 new projects:
Tereza Váňová succeeded in the MU Career Restart Grant Agency's call to support the return to scientific career after a break caused by e.g. parental leave.
The Fund for Support of Excellent Publications supported 68 publications by first or corresponding authors from FM MU, classified in the Q1 and Q2 categories of Web of Science for a total of 4 800 000 CZK.
565 articles were published in a journal with impact factor:
*Data valid on 31. 1. 2024
results from FM MU authors received the highest possible evaluation in Module 1.
At the Department of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Department of Histology and Embryology, Department of Biology, Department of Anatomy, and 1st Department of Neurology 7 new research groups were established.
In total, there are 26 research groups established at the FM MU.
In 8 areas, the following were appointed:
There were 41 new Ph.D. graduates in 10 Doctoral degree programmes.
In April, the first spin-off company of LF MU MilkyWay be Well was founded.
Thanks to the Bořil family's cooperation with the Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics, eHealth tools are being developed to improve mental health in the work environment and prevent mental illness. This application received an honorable mention in the Czech DIGI@MED Award.
A team of researchers from the same institute has also developed an app to support the mental health of cancer patients, MOUMindCare.
After 2 years of receiving the HR Excellence in Research Award (HR Award), a self-assessment was conducted in the form of an Internal Review and revision of the Action Plan. The European Commission appreciated the thorough and systematic implementation and implementation of the FM MU HR strategy.
The HR Award Action Plan now contains 99 unique measures for the years 2021 - 2026. After its revision, 3 new areas were added - the Safe Faculty, Supporting Faculty Social Engagement, and Implementation of the Outcomes of the International Evaluation of Research and Doctoral Studies.
Also this year, scientists from MED MUNI received many awards and recorded significant achievements in their research activities.
The list of all achievements would take several pages, so you can read more here.
We have many new milestones and exciting challenges ahead of us. Among other things, we are looking forward to the implementation of the first-ever international ERC Proof of Concept grant, which was awarded to Adam Williamson from the ICRC LF MU and FNUSA in January 2024.
Thank you for your tireless work and we look forward to working with you and what 2024 will bring.
At the breakfast event hosted by Tomáš Kašpárek on Monday, October 7, the special guests were Jaroslav Štěrba and Regina Demlová, two key figures from the CREATIC Centre of Excellence at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University.
On September 10, we gathered for the first post-summer breakfast at the University Campus Library with Stjepan Uldrijan and Tomáš Kašpárek. One of the main topics was applied research and its support at the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University.