Course detail
Research Project and Its Management
FSI-9VPR Acad. year: 2025/2026 Both semester
The course will provide students a systematic introduction to the preparation of their own research project. Students will learn the structure of the project, its language, form and process of its evaluation. An emphasis is placed on the importance of the proposal of the research project, which is to coherently and clearly convince the reviewer of the existence of a quality research plan, appropriate competencies, work plan and financial budget. After finishing this course, students will be able to prepare a project proposal designed for support from the side of grant agencies of their choice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
The basic knowledge of methodologies of scientific work.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Conditions for an exam:
- active participation in seminars,
- elaboration of tasks and the preparation of project proposal – basic research project,
- the final evaluation of the exam is based on the evaluation of the submitted project.
Attendance at lectures is required and controlled – a maximum of two excused absences per semester are tolerated. Missed lessons can be compensated by individual consultations. In a case of long-term absence, the compensation of missed lessons is under the decision of the subject guarantor.
Aims
Graduates students will be able to write a high-quality research project proposal that fulfil the projects requirements of the grant agencies.
- Ability to understand the basic concepts based on process of R&D support from public funds.
- Ability to structure a project proposal.
- Ability to determine a clear aim of the project according to the SMART method.
- Ability to establish budget, deliverables and project schedule.
- Ability to understand the system of public support for R&D in the Czech Republic and abroad.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme D-KPI-P: Design and Process Engineering, Doctoral, recommended course
Type of course unit
Lecture
20 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
- The project proposal and its importance.
- Content of the project proposal.
- Life cycle of the project.
- Systematic review.
- Strategy and objectives of the project.
- Project budget and research planning.
- Specific research project.
- Information Register of R&D results.
- Methodology for Evaluating Research Organisations M17+.
- Types of results according to M17 +, how to add to IS.
- Scientific identifiers (SCOPUS, Publons, GoogleScholar).
- Journal categorization (Q1-Q4), AIS vs IF.
- Types of projects and their submission.
- Interim and final reports.