Announcement of the Student Grant Competition for 2026

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The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague announces the Student Grant Competition for the support of student research projects for 2026.

Submission of Projects:

Project proposals, together with the required attachments (student CV, project budget, supervisor’s statement for doctoral students / studio head’s statement for other students), must be submitted via the web application https://projekty.umprum.cz from 14 November 2025 to 15 December 2025, 23:59. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

For English speakers: Please contact the administrator, Eliška Nárožníková, directly.

Applicants log in to the system using their institutional username and password. Attachments requiring a signature (supervisor’s statement for doctoral students / project guarantor’s statement for master’s students) must be physically signed, scanned, and uploaded in the final section of the application.

Textual information to be entered into the system by applicants:

  • Project title

  • Short abstract (max. 200 words)

  • Basic student information (surname, first name, contact address, email, studio, field of study)

  • Information about co-investigators (if any)

  • Basic information about the project guarantor – to be completed by master’s students (the guarantor is also the principal investigator – a member of UMPRUM academic staff)

  • Basic information about the dissertation supervisor – to be completed by doctoral students

  • Project objectives and content (50–1000 words)

  • Description of methodology and work plan (50–1000 words)

  • Expected outputs and results for RIV – according to the Methodology for Evaluating Research and Development Outputs of the Research and Development Council (see documents “RIV – List of Outputs”)

  • Detailed budget commentary (following the required “Budget” attachment)

Attachments to be uploaded by applicants:

  • Short CV and overview of the student’s research and artistic activities over the last three years – required

  • Project budget – required

  • Statement of the project guarantor – master’s students (note: for diploma students, the guarantor is the supervisor of the diploma project) – required

  • Statement of the dissertation supervisor – doctoral students – required

  • Other attachments (e.g., visual documentation) – optional

The list of projects supported in 2026 will be published on the UMPRUM website by 15 February 2026. Selected applicants will also be informed electronically.

For further inquiries, please contact:
Ing. Eliška Nárožníková
eliska.naroznikova@umprum.cz

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