#JUNIORSTAR
Dr. Michal Šimek from our faculty won a prestigious #JUNIORSTAR grant from @gacr.cz! Starting in 2027, project #RADFUN will develop innovative radical reactions to modify #biomolecules and prepare novel #antibiotics and anticancer therapeutics. 🧪✨ Congratulations!
October 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Dr Rodrigo Polo from our team won a prestigious #JUNIORSTAR grant from Czech Science Foundation! His project combines soil mechanics with physics-informed #AI to study how soils handle millions of cyclic loads in transport infrastructure. 🧪 🛣️ #geotechnics #civilengineering
October 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
☕ How do you get a GA ČR Junior Star grant?

At our RMA Breakfast, Jakub Drápal (Charles Uni) shared insights on research vision, time planning & bridging his Junior Star project with an ERC proposal.

💡 Ambition + strategy = success
#JuniorStar #GACR #CENTREPEACE #ResearchFunding

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Inspiration for young scientists: the RMA Breakfast with Jakub Drápal
How to get the prestigious GA ČR Junior Star grant? Jakub Drápal shares his experience, advice and tips for future applicants.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
With my new postdoc, Dr. Danushka Tennakoon, who will focus on deciphering a species complex in #Laboulbeniales and describing #microfungi associated with forest plants in Czechia. Welcome Danu! #LFEE #TeamLaboul #JuniorStar 🇱🇰
May 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
My almost-complete group in #Czechia. Very very proud supervisor! #LuminaQuaeruntur #JuniorStar #LFEE
March 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Just drove my new PhD student Brianna Santamaria and all her belongings from Belgium to Czechia. An intense and tiring 11-hour drive, but we made it.

Welcome to the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, Brianna! #LFEE #JuniorStar
February 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM