PI Forum Brno #8: Financing Your Research

Financing research is getting harder every year. This PI Forum is not about writing another grant, but about open discussion on how to move in the funding system and survive the grant jungle in 2026. We will also show and discuss real data on changes in Czech funding, success rates, and project costs.

7. 4. 2026 od 17.30 | CEITEC MU, Brno

Registration is open

What?

An informal space for meeting, networking, and sharing of experience among Principal Investigators working in Czechia, open to all those who hold an independent research group leader position in any scientific field, regardless of age, experience, institution, or nationality.

When and where?

7 April 2026 from 5:30 p.m.

CEITEC MU, room 211 (Kamenice 5, Brno-Bohunice)

OUR GUESTS

Norbert Werner

Veronika Mikitová

Štěpánka Vaňáčová

Petr Baldrian

Programme

5:30–5:40 p.m.	Opening words
5:40–7:00 p.m.	Discussion Norbert Werner, group leader, astrophysicist with experience from NASA collaborations and large international projects (MUNI) Veronika Mikitová, expert in ERC grants and other European funding schemes (Rectorate MUNI) Štěpánka Vaňáčová, group leader and EMBO member (CEITEC) Petr Baldrian, senior scientist (Institute of Microbiology CAS) and former director of the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR) Moderated by Jakub Harnoš, group leader, developmental biologist (MUNI)
From 7:00 p.m.	Open discussion, networking, drinks and refreshments