Dean's Award for authors of prestigious scientific publications

The Dean of the Faculty of Science will award the authors and author groups of teaching and popular science texts, monographs and original scientific publications for 2025 (in accordance with internal regulation PrF-B-19/07-UZ02). Submitting the publication will be possible from 16 September 2025. The publication (publication set) is submitted by the author via a web form on the Portal. You can find the application form here (in Czech). If the publication is already listed in OBD, it is possible to use automatic data loading from OBD when filling it out. The printed and signed application must be delivered by internal mail to the Department of Science and Research of the UP Faculty of Science to Bc. Barbora Krudencová no later than 22 October 2025.

Submitted publications must meet the following conditions:

• The scientific publication is in a professional journal with an IF value in the top 10%, including journals that belong to the same subject class (subject class on Web of Science) as the journal in which the publication appeared. The condition must be met for at least one subject class.
• The main or corresponding author is an employee of the UP Faculty of Science with at least 0,5 workload or a student of the FS UP.
• The prize will be awarded to members of the author group who have listed the UP Faculty of Science as their main workplace in the affiliation, i.e. have listed it in the first place.
• The publication was published in 2025. Works published in 2024 can also be submitted, if they were not submitted to the competition in the previous year.

Rector's Honorary Mention to doctoral students for a professional article

You can send nominations of doctoral students who, in your opinion, should be awarded the Rector's Honorary Mention for a professional article. The Honorary Mention is associated with a scholarship of CZK 10,000. The Honorary Mention is governed by the rules set out in the UP standard R-B-22-20. For each nomination, please fill out the Cover Sheet and attach the professional article in electronic form. Send your nominations by 31 October 2025, at the latest, to ondrej.babek@upol.cz. Later nominations will not be considered.

Werner von Siemens Award

For this year's Werner von Siemens Award it os possible to submit master's theses, doctoral dissertations and scientific papers or to nominate outstanding university teachers for recognition. Nominations are made through the academic institutions, and there is no limit to the number of nominations.

Submissions and nominations can be made until November 30, 2025, via the website www.cenasiemens.cz.

For master's and doctoral theses in technical and natural science fields, the requirement is a successful defense between 1. 12. 2023 and 30. 11. 2025.

Detailed conditions for scientific papers are specified in the official competition rules available on the website. All works may be written in Czech, Slovak or English, and there is no restriction on the number of works submitted by individual supervisors or advisors.

Mandatory reporting of mobilities

Every mobility, regardless of the source of funding and regardless of whether the student will receive credits for that, must be reported at least one month before its start to Mgr. Marie Raková at marie.rakova@upol.cz from the International section of the Student Affairs Office. Outgoing mobilities are primarily reported by students, incoming mobilities by the department. Details can be found on the faculty website.

Records of foreign guests

It is the responsibility of the department to register foreign guests. If you have international guests visiting your department, enter their information in the Portal as follows:

• click on "All Applications" in your Portal
• click on the "Guest Admission" tile
• press the "+New" button and fill out the newly opened form.

This procedure does not apply to student internships - these are reported as incoming mobility.

Mobility scholarship

A student who goes on any mobility abroad for 30 days or more (study stay, research internship, work placement, summer school, etc.), can apply for a scholarship of CZK 5,000 for each mobility. The request must be submitted before departure. Details here.

Fulbright scholarships for students, researchers, and lecturers to visit the USA for the 2026/2027 Academic Year

Applications for the 2026/2027 academic year are now open for all of the programs listed below:

The Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship is intended for study or research at the Master's or Ph.D. level in the United States for all fields except clinical medicine and MBA and LLM programs. You can apply for either the full program or a research stay of 4-9 months. There are two application deadlines (1 September for degree only and 1 February for research projects), and you must arrange for an appropriate invitation letter from the USA. The condition is a completed bachelor's degree by the deadline and good knowledge of English. Details here.

Fulbright scholarship for researchers and lecturers from the Czech Republic in all fields except clinical medicine

The requirements are a Ph.D. degree, previous successful research and/or teaching activity, good knowledge of English, a quality research project and an invitation from the USA. The regular application deadline is 1 November. The scholarship is awarded for a period of three to ten months, depending on the needs of the applicant and the project. Details here.

The Fulbright Scholarship for professionals from the Czech Republic is intended for stays of professional experts (for 3 to 10 months) intended for research, study and gaining further professional experience primarily in the following fields (not exclusively): the arts (including restoration and curatorial work), museum and gallery management, art collection management, architecture, urban planning, public administration and politics, creative writing, journalism. The stays are intended for experts in disciplines where the final degree of education is usually not a Ph.D. and where it is replaced by documented results of practical professional activity (artistic works, exhibitions, management of studios at art-type universities, publication activities in periodicals, work in public administration with long-term excellent results, etc.). The basic qualification requirements are a completed education of at least MA (Mgr.) and 7 years of professional experience with excellent results in the field in which the applicant is applying for the scholarship, at the time of the program deadline. The regular application deadline is 1 November 2025 for the following academic year. The requirements and selection process are identical to the program for lecturers and scientists. The scholarship is provided for a period of three to ten months, depending on the applicant's needs. More information here.

Fulbright-Masaryk scholarship for those representatives of the academic community in the Czech Republic who, in addition to their narrow professional focus, are also active in academic and public life (in the academic senate, in a non-profit organization, in local government, etc.). The scholarship for all fields (except clinical medicine) is awarded in three categories. They can be found on this website.

The Fulbright-Schuman scholarship is a European-American program for EU citizens (Ph.D. students, Ph.D. holders and education experts, including university administrators) to conduct research on EU issues and US-EU transatlantic relations. The program is administered by the Fulbright Commission in Belgium. Details, including application deadlines, can be found here.

Scholarship in Bavaria

Applications are currently being accepted for scholarships for a one-year study stay in Bavaria, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 3 years. The scholarship is intended to finance follow-up master's or doctoral studies at a Bavarian public university. The scholarship can also be awarded for a one-year study stay in Bavaria as part of doctoral studies at a Czech public university.

The deadline for submitting scholarship applications for the 2026/27 academic year is 1 December 2025. Further information is available on the website.

EMBL PhD Symposium

The 27th EMBL PhD Symposium is scheduled to take place from 25 to 27 November 2025, bringing together early career researchers and leading scientists for keynote lectures, panel discussions, and networking at EMBL Heidelberg (also available virtually). The event promotes scientific dialogue and exchange across the life sciences. Full details and registration information are available at this link.

Study confirmation

You do not need to go to the student affairs office to request a study confirmation but you can easily generate it yourself in your Portal. Go to Portal - STAG - My study - Course of study, timetable; in the section Documents select the “Electronic certificate of student status”. In the newly opened window choose the language of your confirmation and as a “Study interval” select “Academic year, calendar dates (formal end of term)”. The generated document is electronically signed, so it is not necessary to stamp or sign it by hand and should be sent only via email.

Student Affairs Office

The Student Affairs Office is open for students only during the office hours.

See the website. Please, do not enter the office outside of office hours.

Extraordinary scholarships for doctoral students for publishing activities

In 2025, the UP Faculty of Science will award one-time extraordinary scholarships to authors of prestigious publications from among the doctoral students studying in the standard period of study (i.e. students of 1st to 4th year). An extraordinary scholarship for publishing activity will be awarded to doctoral students who, in previous year, report a publication as the first or corresponding author with an affiliation to the UP Faculty of Science, in a journal registered in the first or second quartile of a given subject category (Q1 or Q2 in Subject Category, SC) according to Journal Citation Reports©. If a journal falls into more than one SC, the SC with the highest percentile will be counted. The publication must have a publication year of 2025 or be accepted for printing before submitting the application.

Applications can also be submitted for articles published in the second half of 2024, provided that the student did not receive a scholarship for the same output in 2024. A scholarship may only be awarded to an author once for a specific publication. One author may apply for a scholarship for more than one publication.

The printed scholarship applications (use the general request form) should be submitted to Mgr. Waleria Kmentová (in person or through the internal mail) no later than 31 October 2025. Scholarships will be paid out in one lump sum on the following payment date. The amount of the scholarship will depend on the number of applications received and the percentile of the journal's ranking in SC.

The scholarship application should contain:

• the student's name and surname
• e-mail address
• study programme and year of study
• the name, surname and e-mail address of the supervisor, the consent and signature of the supervisor if necessary
• a full citation, including the DOI, of the publication that is subject of the request
• confirmation of acceptance for printing in the case of publications in print
• printed full text (Pre-proof) of the publication.

Foreign students

The agenda of the foreign students at the Faculty of Science is currently divided as follows:
Mrs. Waleria Kmentová (waleria.kmentova@upol.cz): English doctoral study programmes, English Bachelor study programme Petroleum Engineering (PE).
Mrs. Marie Raková (marie.rakova@upol.cz): English Bachelor study programmes (except PE), English Master study programmes, Erasmus and other exchange programmes.

Start your scientific career abroad with the Experientia Foundation

Would you like to start your career in a prestigious laboratory anywhere in the world and work on your own project alongside leading chemists? The Experientia Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for international internships for young scientists under the age of 35 who have completed or are about to complete their PhD studies and have their own original project in the field of organic, bioorganic, or medicinal chemistry. Be inspired by the stories of successful scholarship recipients who have fulfilled their scientific dreams with us and traveled to places such as the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, the Weizmann Institute in Israel, or Yale University in the USA. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2026. For more information, visit the website.

Start a research group with a start-up grant of CZK 9 million

The Experientia Foundation announces another year of competition for a three-year start-up grant for young scientists in the field of organic, bioorganic, or medicinal chemistry, now worth CZK 9 million. Research groups supported by the Experientia Foundation have already been established at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague, the University of Chemistry and Technology, the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc, and the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno. If you have completed your PhD within the last seven years and have at least one year of experience abroad, send us your project to compete for the opportunity to establish your own research group. This year, the Experientia Foundation is increasing its grant by CZK 200,000 per year, which means that your research group will receive CZK 2.2 million in support each year. You will receive an additional CZK 800,000 per year from your host institution. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2026. More information can be found on the website.

Courses, Workshops and Webinars

The National Library of Technology (NTK) offers courses, workshops, and webinars in English on advanced searching, citing, and communicating about your research. If you are interested, fill in the registration form for each webinar you wish to attend. The instructions for connecting to the given webinar will be sent by email. Materials from previous webinars are freely available. Webinars are free of charge and open for everyone (i.e. NTK registration is not required). For details and schedule visit the library's website.

Travel orders

From 1 October 2025, it will be possible to request an advance payment in EUR in your travel order to be sent to your bank account. Detailed information can be found in the manual: Travel orders – wiki.upol.cz (in Czech).

Language courses

There are still places available in the new German course for intermediate level employees and doctoral students (see the complete course offer). The course takes place on Thursdays from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM in classroom LP 1.030 under the leadership of Mgr. Vladimír Severa. You can contact him by e-mail: vladimir.severa@upol.cz.

The modern FreshUP+ will replace the uneconomical evening operation of the canteen

Starting Monday, 20 October, the brand new university bistro FreshUP+ at the Josef Jařab dormitory will open and offer not only the classic FreshUP assortment, but also dinners (daily specials), pizza, pasta, and salads. FreshUP+ will have its own entrance from Šmeralova Street and will be open on weekdays from 2PM to 7:30PM. The adjacent main canteen will cease afternoon operations at 2:30PM. Details can be found on the SKM website.

The next faculty Newsletter will be published on Monday, 27 October 2025.