Project department

About Us

Our Project Office focuses on providing project support for scientific ideas developed by researchers from individual laboratories of our institute. In practice, we apply knowledge, skills, tools, and technologies to meet the requirements of project calls at the national, international, and European levels.

Services for Project Applicants

  • Searching for suitable project calls based on requests from principal investigators and the current offers of funding agencies
  • Reviewing call documentation and extracting key information (including communication with funding agencies via Helpdesks)
  • Ensuring mandatory university-level annexes and providing assistance with other required documents
  • Assistance and review of project applications, support with selected project sections of a general nature, and budget preparation
  • Submission of project proposals via the official data mailbox system
  • Proactive identification of suitable project calls
  • Support in consortium building (partner search, networking); facilitation of communication with companies

Support During Project Implementation

  • Communication with the Economic and Legal Departments of MENDELU
  • Ensuring signatures on contracts, amendments, and financial drawdowns (communication with Helpdesks)
  • Coordination of projects at the faculty level
  • Assistance with preparation of documentation related to intellectual property protection prior to submission via the MENDELU Technology Transfer Office (CTT)

People and Contacts

Head of the Project Office

Mgr. Dagmar Hegerová, Ph.D.
European and International Projects
Phone: +420 545 133 009
E-mail: dagmar.hegerova@mendelu.cz

Junior Project Manager

Ing. Anna Jánová, Ph.D.
National and International Projects
Phone: +420 545 133 009
E-mail: anna.janova@mendelu.cz

Achievements

  • 2023–2027: GAČR Junior Star – Hybrid biocompatible nanocatalysts for extracellular bioorthogonal activation of prodrugs, GAČR 23-04740M
  • 2022–2025: H2020 Hungry EcoCities: A New Pathway to Sustainable Innovation in Agriculture, team member
  • 2022: TAČR TREND FW01010202 – Research and development of innovative solutions in laboratory diagnostics
  • 2021–2024: AZV – Ferritins as tools for enzyme-directed prodrug activation, AZV NU21J-08-00043, Principal Investigator
  • 2020–2023: TAČR TREND FW01010052 – Development of new laboratory tests for the diagnosis of inflammation, sepsis, and cardiovascular diseases based on chemiluminescent analysis on automated platforms
  • 2019–2022: H2020 GREENER – InteGRated systems for Effective ENvironmEntal Remediation, team member
  • 2018–2022: Towards the Understanding of Metal–Tumor Metabolism, ERC Starting Grant, ERC-2017-STG
  • 2018–2022: CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007314 – Multidisciplinary research to increase the application potential of nanomaterials in agricultural practice, team member
  • 2016–2017: H2020-SMEInst – Selenium nanoparticles as a non-antibiotic alternative in the treatment of bovine mastitis, Principal Investigator, Seal of Excellence
  • 2015–2016: H2020-JTI-IMI2 – Ultra-Fast Molecular Filovirus Diagnostics (FILODIAG), IMI2-2014-02-05, team member
  • 2012–2014: OPVK – Partner network of the center of excellent bionanotechnological research, NanoBioMetalNet CZ.1.07/2.4.00/31.0023

Useful Information and Links

Project Cover Sheet (PLP)

When preparing a project proposal, each applicant or co-applicant is required to submit a completed Project Cover Sheet (PLP) no later than one week before the project call deadline, unless otherwise specified by the Project Office. Completion of this form is a prerequisite for submitting a project at MENDELU.

The preferred method of submission is the online PLP form.

The online PLP may be completed by any team member; it does not have to be the principal investigator. This person must then update the section “Responsible person / Principal investigator” with the correct applicant’s name. After submission, the applicant will receive an email requesting approval of the PLP via the Verso system.

Funding Sources:
The standard funding source used is 239/1101, for which non-eligible costs must be selected (use of this source is confirmed by the signature of the Institute Head).

Document Templates

Financial Documentation

Legal Documentation

All contracts (except for main contracts with public funding providers such as TAČR, GAČR, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, or EU funding bodies) must be approved by the MENDELU Legal Department prior to signature. Legal review of documents is arranged by the principal investigators via pravni@mendelu.cz.

If you are unsure whether a contract or document requires legal review, please do not hesitate to contact the Project Office of the Faculty of Agronomy.

Contract templates must always be adapted to the specific project and funding provider in accordance with the General Project Conditions.