Our mission is science and research

State-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge technologies and international cooperation. This is what research at MU is all about.

We are dedicated to establishing the right priorities, committed to securing sufficient funding and fully aware of the ethical and social implications of our research results.

We provide our scientists with
excellent working conditions

Grant Support

We offer project support across international, national and internal grant schemes to our researchers. We inform them, organize practical seminars, offer consultations or assistance in the preparation of the design and subsequent implementation of the project.sign and subsequent implementation of the project.

IMPROVE

Grant Agency of MU

Even Masaryk University opens its grant calls. The Grant Agency of Masaryk University includes not only the support of scientists, but also the support for student research projects and scientific conferences. It also includes the MUNI Award for excellent researchers from abroad while offering sufficient financial support and facility.

GAMU

Scientometrics Support

We conduct bibliometric services using specialized analytical tools and various data sources. We use metrics responsibly. Our services are available to all Masaryk University units and also other research organizations. Following the individual requirements, we deliver analyses paying respect to specifics of particular research area.

OUR SERVICES

We Develop Doctoral Studies

We offer a wide range of opportunities for their development throughout the university.

Ph.D. at MUNI

We Communicate Science

We communicate the work of our scientists to both the general and professional public.

@MUNI_Science

Research at MU and coronavirus

Despite the closure of the MU Headquarters building, the Research Office staff is accessible via phone and e-mail: contacts. Individual project agendas are fully secured - the Research Office will immediately forward all current news to its contacts at individual economic centers.

It is not yet possible to estimate the impact of measures on project implementation - the situation is continuously evolving. Please do not contact the provider individually - contact the Research Office so that the university can act uniformly.

GAMU projects - news is published in News on GAMU website. GAMU will do its best to help you within the limits allowed by the rules on the use of institutional support, respectively support for specific research.

To be informed, we recommend to follow providers’ websites and social networks - the situation is constantly evolving, so it is not possible to now compile a permanently valid summary of providers' responses.

You can read fresh coronavirus news here, internal information can be found here.

“Science is no longer a matter of an individual but requires collaboration of experts from various disciplines, institutions, often even continents. Masaryk University offers quality facilities and opportunities for its scientists as well as for scientists from abroad and thus it creates good conditions for continuous development of knowledge. The diversity and freedom of science, responsible world-class research, societal engagement, and cooperation are values that our university honors and promotes.”
Šárka Pospíšilová
Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies

Support from the International Scientific Advisory Board

The International Scientific Advisory Board provides us with very welcome feedback. The ISAB helps MU establish research priorities, develop scientific strategies and boost international cooperation.

International Scientific Advisory Board

We focus on areas we excel in

We set the pace for settlement research

Masaryk University's cutting-edge equipment and state-of-the-art laboratories at the Department of Archaeology and Museology Interdisciplinary centre are frequented by both Czech and international archaeologists. The department's crucial importance for history and culture studies is evidenced by the fact that MU is also the seat of the oldest UNESCO Chair on Museology and World Heritage in the world.

We are dedicated to fighting cyber threat

Cybersecurity research conducted at the Institute of Computer Science focuses on critical issues addressed by both the Sustainable Development Strategy of the Czech Republic and the European Secure Societies challenge. And thanks in part to the MU Faculty of Law, Czech Republic is a world leader in cybersecurity legislation.

We issue expert opinions for vegetation and habitat research

The four-volume monograph Vegetation of the Czech Republic is just one of the results achieved by the Department of Botany and Zoology. We also issue expert opinions utilized by the European Environment Agency to improve the European habitat classification system.

We have results.
Find out more.

Our scientists have achieved success at national and international levels. In addition to issuing a wide range of significant scientific publications, we regularly organize seminars and lectures on science and research conducted at MU.

Grants

Publications

Research in practice

We share our technologies and facilities

Access to central laboratories equipped with unique instruments is provided to other university units as well as other academic workplaces and even private companies.

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We shape the scientific environment
for the better

We conduct research in accordance with international ethics standards

We promote open access to research publications

We help define best practices in research

We participate in key infrastructures

MU Research infrastructures are an important pillar of research and innovation systems.

Their significance is emphasized by our participation in 15 projects listed in the Czech National Roadmap for Large RDI Infrastructures.

Nine of these projects are also part of research infrastructures of pan-European interest included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) for 2016.

About the projects