Research & Artistic Activities Support
The University of Ostrava offers a varied portfolio of support services for research and artistic activities. On this page, you will find an overview of available services and key contacts.
Infrastructure
equipped with six RTX BlackWell cards, offering a total performance of approximately 720 FLOPS, is available to both students and staff. For more demanding computations, a systém with significantly higher peak performance and memory capacity is currently being considered.
The Institute of Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling also has a DGX Station system with a performance of around 80 TFLOPS, which is actively used for research and development by both staff and students as part of their theses and doctoral studies.
NAS System for Research Data
The University of Ostrava also provides staff with a centrally managed , which researchers can use to store work-in-progress files created as part of research projects or routine research activities. The following contact persons are available for requests to gain access to the system:
NAS contact persons
Software
Contact: Ing. Lukáš Straňák, MBA, LL.M.
Internal Grants
Internal grant calls create opportunities for the development of creative, research, and professional activities of academic staff, researchers, and students across the University of Ostrava. Their aim is to support the preparation of high-quality project proposals and to foster the development of academic staff, researchers and students engaged in creative and cultural activities.
At the same time, these calls help strengthen researchers’ competitiveness when applying for external grant schemes and promote mentoring, interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the personal and professional growth of members of the university community. Through its internal grant schemes, the University of Ostrava actively supports innovative ideas and creative activities.
Junior Star UO
The internal grant call aims to support junior researchers at the University of Ostrava interested in applying for an individual junior grant from external funding providers. This call is aimed at supporting personal growth and the creation of a high-quality project proposal that will pass formal review by an external funding provider and contribute to junior researchers' professional development. In addition to submitting a grant application as the principal investigator, the University of Ostrava also considers the requirement fulfilled if a junior researcher submits a grant application as a co-investigator (i.e., the lead researcher representing the University of Ostrava within the project team), provided that the application concerns a bilateral or multilateral grant involving partner institutions.
Excellence UO
The aim of the internal grant call is to support researchers at the University of Ostrava who are interested in submitting a revised application for an individual research grant from external funding. This call is designed to support the development of high-quality project proposals for external funding providers and will also contribute to the professional development of researchers. A mandatory prerequisite is that the applicant has already submitted a grant proposal in the role of principal investigator/supervisor (co-investigator/co-supervisor) which received a positive evaluation but was not funded, e.g., due to a lack of available resources.
Creative UO
The aim of this internal grant Call is to support researchers and students at the University of Ostrava in their creative and other activities, as well as in their personal development. The support is primarily targeted at the cultural and creative sectors. The call encourages leadership and mentoring activities engaging students and academic staff in projects aimed at increasing public awareness of the University´s creative and cultural pursuits.
NEOLAiA Citizen Science
Citizen Science is a research approach that actively involves ordinary citizens not as respondents or audience members, but as full-fledged members of a scientific team. The Citizen Science Programme, announced as part of the NEOLAiA alliance, helps the UO’s employees engage the general public in research activities while also promoting public awareness of the research conducted at the university.
Proof-of-Concept Vouchers
KTTC UO provides methodological support for the preparation and implementation of proof-of-concept projects aimed at validating the application potential of research findings and technologies in real-world settings. Subject to available funding, a continuous call is available, open to academic and research staff with project proposals suitable for verifying the transferability of scientific and research results into practice, or focused on initiating contractual and collaborative research conducted in cooperation with application-sector partners.
Expert Support
UO staff and students can také advantage of expert support provided by the University of Ostrava, particularly in the form of regular training events, consultations, and case-specific guidance.
Data Stewardship and Open Science
The University of Ostrava offers its staff and students a wide range of support in managing and sharing research data and other research results. Available resources include not only lectures, seminars and workshops focused on general information and practical tasks, but also direct involvement of Data Stewards in research activities and projects for hands-on assistance in data stewardship tasks. Read more
Knowledge and Technology Transfer
The University of Ostrava’s Knowledge and Technology Transfer Centre (KTTC UO) provides comprehensive support in the areas of protection, management, and commercialization of intellectual property and research results. In the area of inventions, it conducts patent searches, provides support in preparing and filing industrial property applications, and monitors the process of securing and maintaining legal protection. At the same time, KTTC UO serves as a central point of contact for the registration of technical solutions and supports the preparation of contractual documentation, including NDAs, license agreements, and partnership agreements.
Another significant part of its activities is supporting the creation of spin-off companies through consultations and methodological support focused, for example, on business plans, negotiations with investors, expert opinions, and incorporation documents. In the area of applying research results, KTTC UO develops cooperation with partners in the applied sector, supports technology licensing, and promotes the commercialization of research and development outcomes. Its activities also include educational and promotional initiatives in the fields of intellectual property, technology transfer, and the development of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. Read more
Scientometric Analyses
Expert support in the field of scientometrics designed primarily for university leadership, faculties and other departments, and also available to individual faculty members. This service includes analyses of publication activity, citation impact, research trends and collaborations. The analyses are based on Web of Science (InCites), the Register of Information on Results (RIV), and the national methodology for evaluating research organisations (Metodika 2025+).
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Good Research Practice and Mentoring
The University of Ostrava strives to maintain high standards of rigor and integrity in all aspects of research in accordance with the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. For everyone involved in science and research at the University of Ostrava, we have prepared a guide to best practices and an introduction to our career development system for researchers.
A Guide to Good Research Practice (EN) 
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Mentoring at the University of Ostrava:Career Development of Researchers (EN) 0,91 MB
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Updated: 07. 07. 2026
