Significance of project coordination for Czech participation in the FPs is increasing

The satisfactory use of the possibilities for coordination of projects aimed at reducing the persistent gaps in research and innovation performance (widening projects), the relative success in gaining ERC grants, and the higher success in coordinating larger-scale research and innovation projects (RIA and IA projects) are the key factors that distinguish the Czech Republic from most other widening countries in the HE programme, and, on the contrary, bring it closer to countries with higher research and innovation potential.

The project coordination is becoming a key aspect of the Czech participation in the FPs. While in FP7 Czech research teams and individual researchers participated in FP projects rather as members of research consortia or as coordinators of individually oriented projects, the end of the H2020 programme and especially the current situation of the HE programme show that..........................................................full version of the article is here.

Daniel Frank, TC Prague, January 28, 2024