ELIXIR CZ is based on project funding at both the national and European level. An overview of this funding is listed below.
ELIXIR IMPACT: Czech-Swiss Partnership for Integration of Molecular, Pathogen and Clinical Data with Artificial Intelligence Technologies
- Project code: 8k0502
Programme / Call: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports — Czech-Swiss Research Infrastructure Initiative (call 8k2502)
Time frame: January 2026 – December 2028
Total project budget: 69 464 294 CZK
The ELIXIR IMPACT project aims to significantly enhance the use of biological data in artificial intelligence and address critical challenges in personalised medicine and public health. By establishing a strategic Czech-Swiss partnership between ELIXIR CZ and ELIXIR Switzerland (SIB), the project will create a robust platform integrating molecular, metabolic, and clinical data with state-of-the-art AI technologies. Special emphasis is placed on methods and tools for data interoperability, secure sharing of sensitive information in compliance with GDPR, and the application of AI in clinical and biomedical research.
Coordinating institution: IOCB Prague
Czech partners: Masaryk University, Institute of Molecular Genetics CAS, University of South Bohemia, Palacký University Olomouc, UCT Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague
Swiss partner: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne
Operational Programme Johannes Amos Comenius (OP JAK) 2021–2027
- Call: Open Science II, no. 02_24_030
Registration number: CZ.02.01.01/00/24_030/0015041
Time frame: 1 October 2025 – 31 December 2028
Total project budget: 840 320 568 CZK
Open Science II supports the construction of the National Data Infrastructure (NDI) and the implementation of the EOSC initiative in the Czech Republic. It focuses on the development and creation of domain repositories, the FAIRification of data, interoperability, tool development, education, and communication. The project will create 16 new domain repositories and innovate 6 existing ones. IOCB Prague participates in the Bio/Health/Food thematic cluster, which builds repository infrastructure for the management, sharing, and reuse of biological, chemical, and clinical research data in accordance with FAIR principles.
Coordinating institution: Charles University
IOCB Prague role: Project partner — Thematic Cluster Bio/Health/Food (KA2)
Other partners: Masaryk University, CESNET, Palacký University Olomouc, University of West Bohemia, Brno University of Technology, Institute of Physics CAS, J. Heyrovský Institute, Institute of Sociology CAS, Institute of Czech Literature CAS, VSB-TUO (IT4Innovations)
Czech Republic
- ID: LM2023055
Time frame: 1.1.2023 – 31.12.2026
Total budget: 226 176 000 CZK
- ID: LM2018131
Time frame: 1.1.2020 – 31.12.2022
Total budget: 146 845 000 CZK
- ID: LM2015047
Period: 1.1.2016 – 31.12.2019
Amount granted: 118 042 000 CZK
Czech National Infrastructure for Biological data (ELIXIR CZ)
The aim of the project is to ensure that the data generated by other infrastructures meets the FAIR principles which means that the data is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. To this end, ELIXIR CZ provides hardware and software resources and specific architectures according to the nature of the processed data. This unique technical solution is primarily fulfilled by e-infrastructures responsible for advanced IT solutions, building data storage, access to data and computing capacities.
Horizon Europe — Research Infrastructures
- ID: 101131096
Time frame: 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2027
Total project budget: € 4,000,000 EUR
Budget for IOCB Prague: € 130 937 EUR
Project partners: 38 institutes in 25 countries across Europe
IOCB Prague role: Co-leader of WP4
ELIXIR-STEERS ensures that ELIXIR continues to operate as a world-class Research Infrastructure and enables wider participation in computational life science research. It focuses on the provision of software and workflows to life scientists, maximising productivity in research, and minimising consequent energy usage. It will create a toolkit for robust, reproducible, and green software and workflows; enable cross-border data analysis across the European Research Area; and strengthen ELIXIR Nodes through training, capacity building, and international partnerships.
Czech Republic
- ID: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_015/0008210
Time frame: 1.3.2024 – 31.12.2026
Project partners: CESNET z.s.p.o., Masaryk University
Budget: 94 249 999 CZK
ELIXIR CZ: Capacity extension
Brief description: The project aims to renew and further develop the ELIXIR CZ infrastructure to address current life sciences challenges in strategic thematic areas through five key activities that will have a positive impact on infrastructure users and the wider research community.
Horizon 2020
- ID: 871075
Time frame: 1.2.2020 – 31.7.2023
Budget: 162 522 EUR
ELIXIR-CONVERGE
This international project focuses on the standardization of life science data management across Europe. To achieve this complex goal, a unique data management toolkit dedicated to life scientists will be developed within the project. The toolkit will help to ensure that more research data is in the public domain, which will give scientists access to more data. This will allow them to discover new insights into the challenges facing society, such as food security and health in old age, and help to stimulate innovation in biomedicine and biotechnology.
Horizon 2020
- ID: 676559
Time frame: 1.2.2020 – 31.1.2023
Budget: 803 750 EUR
ELIXIR-EXCELERATE
The EXCELERATE project helped ELIXIR to coordinate and extend national and international data resources to ensure the delivery of world-leading life-science data services. It supported a pan-European training program, anchored in national infrastructure, to increase bioinformatics capacity and competency. It also provided efficiencies in management and operation throughout the infrastructure, which was distributed among 17 countries.
Czech Republic
- ID: 16_013/0001777_01
Time frame: 1.5.2017 – 30.4.2021
Total budget: 65 111 100 CZK
ELIXIR CZ: Capacity Building
This project strengthened the infrastructure with several thousand computing cores, resulting in up to two petabytes of storage capacity. This allowed for the direct extension of several excellent databases and tools developed by ELIXIR CZ, such as RepeatExplorer, Dolbico, DNATCO, MotiveValidator, ValidatorDB or SecStructureAnnotator. These services became an integral part of the international ELIXIR ecosystem, and are fully available to all life science researchers.
ELIXIR Staff/Knowledge Exchange
The aim of the ELIXIR Staff Exchange programme are to strengthen the links between ELIXIR Nodes, facilitate capacity building in ELIXIR Nodes and support the exchange of best practices in bioinformatics service provision.
ELIXIR CZ Internal Projects
ELIXIR CZ internal projects are short, 1-year long projects that enhance the ELIXIR CZ infrastructure. The projects are funded from the ELIXIR CZ budget and only ELIXIR CZ consortium partners can apply for it. Topics of interest are set by ELIXIR CZ Board.
