(SGS) financially supports the realization of research and artistic-research projects of students of the doctoral study programme or master’s study programme carried out at JAMU.

The output of the project must be a professional publication (e.g. a monograph, an article in a professional journal, a chapter in a collective monograph), and projects of artistic research are also supported, the output of which is an artistic work (e.g. a theatre production, an audiovisual work, an artistic-pedagogical project, a composition of a musical composition, an interpretation of a musical composition in a major concert performance, a recording of a sound recording, a musical-directorial output) and documentation and reflection of its creation.

The competition is announced by 15 November each year and the deadline for project proposals is usually mid-January.

As a rule, one-year projects are supported, but in exceptional and justified cases, projects with a longer duration can be supported for a maximum of three years. The subsidy for the implementation of projects is between CZK 1.5-2 million annually.

The assessment of the project proposal is based on its originality and expected contribution to the advancement of knowledge, the professional level and concept and methodology of the solution, the appropriateness of the objectives to the professional qualities and previous experience of the proposer, the adequacy of the requirements for financial support and the appropriateness of the time of the solution.