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The Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) () is an educational and research institution in
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. It is a centre specialising in
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and
nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...
research. CEITEC was founded by a group of Brno universities (
Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...
, Brno University of Technology,
Mendel University Mendel University in Brno () is located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded on 24 July 1919 on the basis of the former Tábor Academy. It now consists of five faculties and one institute - the Faculty of AgriSciences, Faculty of Forestry an ...
, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno) and research institutes ( Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine) and supported by both the
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and the city of Brno. Within CEITEC, a number of laboratories were built with instrumentation and facilities. CEITEC is member of EU-LIFE, an alliance of leading life sciences research centres in
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Research Areas

CEITEC was the first scientific centre in the Czech Republic to integrate research and development in the field of life sciences, advanced materials and technologies to such an extent. The project is based on the interdisciplinary study of seven research areas which allows to study objects of living and inanimate nature at all available levels of complexity. The knowledge and experience of scientists from the six research institutes involved is divided into various research groups according to their expertise. Of the total, the majority are under
Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...
, whereas the rest under the Brno University of Technology, the Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, the Institute of Physics of ASCR, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and the
Mendel University Mendel University in Brno () is located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded on 24 July 1919 on the basis of the former Tábor Academy. It now consists of five faculties and one institute - the Faculty of AgriSciences, Faculty of Forestry an ...
.


CEITEC Masaryk University

CEITEC Masaryk University (CEITEC MU) is an independent university institute that was established at Masaryk University as a part of CEITEC consortium. CEITEC MU is a part of the research infrastructure that was built in 2014 at the University Campus in Brno–Bohunice and it provides equipment and conditions for basic and applied research, especially in the field of life sciences. The centre employs scientists from many countries, who conduct their research in areas of structural biology; genomics and proteomics of plant systems; molecular medicine and neuroscience.


CEITEC Brno University of Technology

CEITEC Brno University of Technology is part of CEITEC's "scientific centre of excellence". Since 2016, it forms a key component of research infrastructure with facilities and conditions for both basic and applied research in advanced nanotechnology and micro-technology and advanced materials. There are two research areas at CEITEC BUT where a total of 12 research groups dealing with ceramic materials, cybernetics for material science, advanced polymer materials or smart nano-devices, experimental bio-photonics, preparation and characterisation of nanostructures, development of methods of analysis and measurement, as well as characterisation of materials and advanced coatings. Both research programs offer the possibility of
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study. In 2018, tw
ERC grants
are launched at CEITEC BUT, one of which focuses on more efficient treatment of cancer, and the other deals with the development of new technologies of spectroscopy and microscopy. An important achievement is also the acquisition of FET Open projects and the solution of two Teaming in the first phase.


Core Facility

CEITEC offers access to 12 shared laboratories equipped with instrumentation in the field of life sciences, nanotechnology and advanced materials. Advanced instrumentation, funded by national and European projects, is available to both internal and external academic and corporate users from both the Czech Republic and abroad. Most of CEITEC's shared laboratories are part of the Czech Republic's Big Infrastructures for Research, Experimental Development and Innovation for the years 2016 to 2022. Various opportunities for open access and its financing, services and expertise.


CEITEC Nano

Research Infrastructure CEITEC Nano at the CEITEC BUT campus under Palackého vrch provides facilities, backgrounds and methods for research and development of nanotechnologies and advanced materials. The research infrastructure is concentrated in shared laboratories - Nanostructure Preparation Laboratories (cleanliness class 100, area 356 m2), Nanostructure Characterisation Laboratories (class 100 000, area 1 337 m2) and Structural Analysis Laboratories (class 100 000, area 300 m2). These laboratories in a dust-free, high-purity environment offer complete processes for the preparation and characterisation of nano-objects, up to sub-nanometer levels. The research infrastructure has been in operation since 2016 and is one of the largest clean laboratory facilities in the Czech Republic.


Selected grants

Currently, CEITEC has four holders of the ERC grant. It also focuses on the acquisition of international institutional projects (especially H2020), which help to increase the competitiveness of both scientists and the institute itself.


Financing

Originally, the source of funding for the Center of Scientific Excellence CEITEC was the European Regional Development Fund, which was drawn from the Operational Program Research and Development for Innovation, Priority Axis 1 - European Centres of Excellence. The total budget of the CEITEC project amounts to 5.24 billion
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. Currently, the CEITEC consortium does not have a common budget, each of the CEITECs has its own.


References

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