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Four out of four CU research projects succeed in ERC CZ competition

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announced the results of its public competition in research, development and innovation ie. ERC CZ research on Wednesday, 3 July 2024. The competition, which provides robust financial support for promising and innovative projects was held for the eighth time.

For Charles University, this year’s inception proved to be a great success: all four projects put forward by CU researchers received backing.

The projects, researchers, and respective faculties are as follows:

Associate Professor Pavla Brennan Kearns (née Čermáková), Second Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, Mild conduct disorder as a target for cognitive reserve enhancement (Mírná porucha chování jako terč pro posílení kognitivní rezervy)

Professor Lucie Doležalová, Faculty of Arts, Innovation and inertia: The end of medieval scribes (Inovace a setrvačnost: Konec středověkých písařů)

Associate Professor Stanislav Nagy, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Geometric multivariate and non-Euclidean statistics (Geometrická vícerozměrná a ne-euklidovská statistika)

Pavel Veselý, PhD, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Robust stream algorithms versus adaptive adversaries (Robustní proudové algoritmy versus adaptivní protivníci)

You can find the full list of projects awarded here or visit the following webpage to learn more about ERC CZ in general.

Congratulations to all of the recipients and best of luck to each of them in their research!