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Seminar III - NFPL152
Title: Seminar III
Guaranteed by: Department of Condensed Matter Physics (32-KFKL)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 1
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/1, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jana Kalbáčová Vejpravová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jana Kalbáčová Vejpravová, Ph.D.
Annotation
The Seminar III provides introduction into the important aspects of the future carrier in the research and academic institutions. Also, the course provides an overview of the research funding possibilities and highlights current non- scientific topics, such as work and gender balance. First, the approach on how to build a successful scientific carrier from the very beginning will be discussed. Next, the funding strategies, grant schemes and important aspects of the grant applications will be presented.
Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (02.02.2022)
Course completion requirements

The condition for completing the course is successfully passing the credit examination according to the requirements

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (12.05.2022)
Literature

Students will be given short readings/listening/watching from open resources on the weekly basis.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (02.02.2022)
Requirements to the exam

The credit for Seminar III is based on students’ active participation during the semester. Students have to complete the exercises defined by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (03.02.2022)
Syllabus

Successful scientific carrier - meaning, approach, ingredients.

Basics of research funding - national/EU strategies, funding bodies, grant schemes; composition of research grants, peer review.

Specific criteria in biology, chemistry and physics; facing interdisciplinary demands; role models (discussion with invited guests at different levels of carrier).

Exercise (team work); example: an outline of a multidisciplinary research proposal; presentation and defense.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this seminar, students will understand selected topics in contemporary natural sciences and gain insight into the principles of a successful scientific career, including motivation, professional conduct, and long-term development. They will recognize discipline-specific criteria in biology, chemistry, and physics, and appreciate the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary research. Students will develop skills in working with scientific literature and scientific communication by preparing, presenting, and defending a multidisciplinary research idea, project or own work.

Last update: Kalbáčová Vejpravová Jana, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (12.01.2026)
 
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