TACR - Biodiversity partnership Call 2026
The sixth and final international call for proposals from the European Partnership for Biodiversity, Call 2026: “Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences, and future trajectories – BiodivFuture,” focuses on supporting research that focuses on the future of biodiversity and novel ecosystems, in line with global sustainability goals.
📌ABOUT THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
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Call Topics: (Czech teams may participate in all three thematic areas, and the topics may be freely combined within the project.) |
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| Total TA ČR allocation for Czech participants: | 1 000 000 EUR |
| Maximum amount of funding per project: | 170 000 EUR |
| Maximum funding per project: | 80% |
📅 IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
| 20.10.2026 | Faculty deadline for announcing the intention and for personnel costs |
| 27.10.2026 | Faculty deadline for budget review |
| 3.11.2026 | Submitting the proposal to ISEP and initiating the electronic approval process |
| 10.11.2026, 12:00 CET | Deadline for submitting the pre-proposal at the international level and sending all required attachments to TAČR |
| 16.4.2027, 12:00 CEST | Deadline for submitting the full proposal at the international level |
| Project start date | no earlier than December 2027 and no later than April 2028 |
⚠️ Important note: This call for proposals consists of two phases. In the first phase, a pre-proposal is submitted at the international level; however, the complete TA CR Application Form must be submitted to TAČR already at this stage.
TA CR Call for proposals Conditions for Czech Applicants International Call
📝 HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
- Please inform the Project Support Office of your intention to submit a proposal as soon as possible (even if you are involved as a co-applicant or as a team member in a project submitted by another MU faculty)
- You can use the budget preparation worksheet to help you create your budget
- The proposal must be submitted by the project coordinator via the international electronic system, and at the same time, the required attachments for the Czech participant must be sent to TAČR via the data box.
- Each proposal must be entered into ISEP before submission, and the cover sheet must be approved there.
- Follow the Methodology for the planning of personnel costs when planning personnel costs. No later than 14 days before the deadline send a list of the people in the project team that you plan to include in the project proposal to the Personnel Officer. Through the secretary of the institute, you will be provided the salary range that you can plan for each employee.
- Knowledge security – if the project concerns a risky field or you will be cooperating with an institution from selected risky countries, you must fill in the Security tab in ISEP no later than 14 days before the competition deadline and submit it to the MU security manager for review.
- Ethics - if a project requires approval by an ethics committee, you must complete the "Ethics" tab in ISEP and submit it to the ethics committee for review.
- The Affidavit of the Director of the Institute on co‐financing of non‐investments (Annex No. 1b)
📞 CONTACTS:
| Economics, substantive review, submission | Ing. Tereza Johnová |
| Personnel Costs | Ing. Eva Žufanová |
| Review of results with CTT | Mgr. Hana Půstová |
| Legal Consultations | Mgr. Radim Kunc |