“Thanks to the Cool Chemistry program, I have let my students see the mystery and beauty of chemistry, hidden in everyday parts of our lives.”
Mgr. Veronika Fialová
Start-up Grants
Each year, we award a maximum of one prestigious start-up grant to a young scientist with experience gained abroad so that they can establish their own research group back in the Czech Republic. The new research group is given 3 years of support worth a total of 6 million CZK.
These start-up grants motivate top young scientists who have been working abroad to return to the Czech Republic and establish their own research groups at a Czech research institute. Each research group receives CZK 2 million per year from the Foundation. Another CZK 0.7 million per year, as well as lab space and equipment, is provided to the research group by the host institution. Research groups supported by the Experientia Foundation start-up grant have already been established at the Faculty of Science of Charles University, the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague and the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc. “We are delighted that these research groups are attracting other young scientists and generating new achievements for Czech science,” says Hana Dvořáková, founder of the Experientia Foundation.
FAQ
We have received positive responses from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Palacký University in Olomouc, the Charles University Faculty of Science in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, the Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, and the University of Pardubice. It is, however, possible to contact other universities and research institutions as well.
Yes. Not only is it possible, it is also desirable. However, the teaching hours cannot exceed five hours per week.
Yes, you may. The only thing you may not use the grant for is the purchase of long-term assets, i.e. equipment (or other tangible assets) costing more than CZK 80,000 and software (or other intangible assets) costing more than CZK 60,000.
Yes, you may.
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Our research groups:
2025–2027 Athanasios Markos:
Palacký University Olomouc
2024–2026 Ondřej Kováč:
Palacký University Olomouc
2021–2023 Petr Kovaříček:
University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
2019–2021 Ondřej Baszczyňski:
Charles University Faculty of Science in Prague
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What they said about us
“To me, Yale symbolizes prestige. It’s one of the world’s leading universities. And thanks to the Experientia Foundation, I will now be able to spend a whole year there.”
Ing. Karolína Vaňková, Ph.D.
“Thanks to the Experientia Foundation grant, I have been able to work in one of the most advanced workplaces in Japan, with a team from all over the world.”
Mgr. Dominik Madea, Ph.D.
“I am delighted to be able to fulfil the underlying aim of the Experientia Foundation – bringing back experience and interesting topics from abroad and using them within Czech science.”
Mgr. Ondřej Kováč, Ph.D.