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RETURN GRANT COMPETITION

Applicants in the Return Grant Competition may apply for support under a return grant, which will help ensure that an interruption in the continuity of a research career due to a career break does not result in a significant limitation or even termination of the research career of the employee concerned.

An application for the Return Grant Competition may be submitted by the researcher who meets the following conditions:  the applicant is a doctoral student or a holder of a Ph.D. degree (or an equivalent thereof), and the applicant is on a career break, or no more than 12 months have elapsed since the end of the career break until the date of submission of the application.

A career break is defined as a period of at least 180 calendar days during which the researcher could not perform research and development activities to the full extent due to maternity or parental leave, long-term care for a close person, long-term illness.

Application opening date:    1 March 2026
Application closing date:     30 April 2026 by 12:00 noon

CALL for the 1st round

The principles of the system for providing support for funding return grant projects at the Prague University of Economics and Business  are specified in Rector’s Directive 1/2026 Grant Regulations  and its Annex Rules for Applicants – Return Grant Competition.

Projet application form – Return Grant Application

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