The Academy Assembly, the Academy of Science´s highest body responsible for the highest priority decisions related to the ASCR, held its XXXIX meeting on December 16, 2011. Among invited guests were Petr Fiala, the Prime Minister´s Chief Science Advisor; Karel Pospíšil, Head of Board of Public Applied Research Institutions; Václav Pačes, President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic; Rudolf Zahradník, Honorary President of the ASCR; Helena Illnerová, former President of the ASCR; Václav Hampl, Rector of Charles University of Prague; Přemysl Sobotka, First Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and Vladimír Haasz, Vice-Chairperson of the R&D Council of the Czech Republic, and others. The main agenda item of this meeting was discussion the results of the Evaluation of Academy Instituties. and Luděk Svoboda.
The Marie Curie Actions opened its call for the individual fellowships (International Outgoing Fellowships; International Incoming Fellowships and Intra-European Fellowships). Those fellowships are open to experienced researchers (with a Ph.D. degree or four years of research experience) who desire to pursue their research projects in another country (be it within or outside Europe). Researchers from any field of research, nationality or gender are invited to submit their application by August 16, 2012. and Anna Mittnerová.