Evaluation Panels are expert bodies of the Discipline Committees. The Panels prepare internal peer reviews of the submitted project proposals and prepare recommendations for the Discipline Committees meetings. The members of individual Panels are appointed by the Presidium generally for a two-year term with the possibility of two consecutive terms at maximum. GACR consists of 39 expert Panels.
Technical Sciences
(EFFECTIVE FROM 1. 4. 2025 – use for project proposals starting in 2026)
Panel specialisation
- Biomechanical engineering
- Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
- Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
- Acoustics and noise control (excl. architectural acoustics)
- Dynamics, vibration and vibration control
- Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation
- Solid mechanics
- Tribology
Panel specialisation
- Communications engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
- Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- Nanoelectronics
- Lasers and quantum electronics
- Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications
Panel specialisation
- Bioinformatic methods development
- Control engineering
- Simulation, modelling, and programming of mechatronics systems
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer vision and multimedia computation
- Data management and data science
- Distributed systems and algorithms
- Computer graphics
- Human-computer interaction
- Information modelling, management and ontologies
- Machine learning
- Software engineering
Panel specialisation
- Civil geotechnical engineering
- Structural dynamics
- Structural engineering
- Timber engineering
- Transport engineering
- Water resources engineering
- Architectural science and technology
- Building science, technologies and systems
- Transport planning
- Urban analysis and development
- Architectural engineering
Panel specialisation
- Reaction engineering and catalysis
- Bioprocess engineering
- Separation processes
- Fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
- Engineering thermodynamics and properties of matter
- Process systems engineering, modelling and control
- Particle technology and dispersed systems
- Processes in micro- and nanosystems
- Energy conversion and storage
- Water, food, and pharmaceutical process engineering
- Environmental technologies, waste processing and sustainability
Panel specialisation
- Metals and alloy materials
- Ceramics
- Glass
- Ceramic, metal and inorganic polymer composites
- Magnetic materials
- Superconducting materials
- Inorganic salt materials
- Refractory materials
- Cements and concretes
Panel specialisation
- Macromolecular materials
- Polymers and plastics
- Natural and synthetic fibers
- Polymer composites
- Biocomposites
- Biomaterials
- Biomimetic materials
- Organic adhesives and sealants
- Timber, pulp and paper
Panel specialisation
- Nanomaterials
- Functional materials
- Energy materials
- Advanced coatings
- Semiconductors
- Molecular materials for electronics
- Emergent materials
Technical Sciences
(VALID UNTIL 31.3.2025 – cannot be used in future project proposals)
- P101 Mechanical Engineering
- P102 Electrical Engineering and Electronic Engineering
- P103 Cybernetics , artificial intelligence and Information Processing
- P104 Construction Materials, Architecture and Civil Engineering
- P105 Structural Mechanics and Construction, Fluid Mechanics and Geotechnics
- P106 Technical Chemistry
- P107 Metallic Materials – Preparation and Properties
- P108 Materials Sciences and Engineering
Physical Sciences
(EFFECTIVE FROM 1. 4. 2025 – use for project proposals starting in 2026)
Panel specialisation
- Logic and foundations
- Algebra
- Number theory
- Algebraic and complex geometry
- Lie groups, Lie algebras
- Geometry and global analysis
- Topology
- Analysis
- Operator algebras and functional analysis
- Ordinary differential equations and dynamical systems (in the mathematical sense)
- Theoretical aspects of partial differential equations
- Mathematical physics
- Probability
- Mathematical statistics
- Generic statistical methodology and modelling
- Discrete mathematics and combinatorics
- Mathematical aspects of computer science
- Numerical analysis
- Mathematical aspects of scientific computing and data processing
- Optimisation and operational research, foundations of control theory
- Application of mathematics in sciences
- Application of mathematics in industry and society
- Operating systems
- Distributed systems, parallel computing
- Software engineering, programming languages and systems
- Theoretical computer science, formal methods, automata
- Security, privacy, cryptology, quantum cryptography
- Algorithms and complexity, distributed, parallel and network algorithms, algorithmic game theory
- Foundations of artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, natural language processing
- Computer graphics, multimedia
- Foundations of machine learning
- Foundations of scientific computing, simulation and modelling tools
- Foundations of bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, and natural computing
Panel specialisation
- Theory of fundamental interactions
- Phenomenology of fundamental interactions
- Experimental particle physics with accelerators
- Experimental particle physics without accelerators
- Classical and quantum physics of gravitational interactions, alternative theories of gravity
- Nuclear, hadron and heavy ion physics
- Nuclear and particle astrophysics
- Electromagnetism
- Atomic, molecular physics
- Ultra-cold atoms and molecules
- Quantum information
- Thermodynamics
- Non-linear physics
- Metrology and measurement
- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: steady states and dynamics
- Solar physics – the Sun, solar wind and heliosphere
- Solar and planetary systems, interplanetary matter
- Solar–terrestrial relations, Space weather
- Exoplanetary science, formation and characterization of extrasolar planets
- Astrochemistry and astrobiology
- Interstellar medium and star formation
- Stars – stellar physics, stellar systems
- Our galaxy
- Galaxies – formation, evolution, clusters
- Cosmology and large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy
- Relativistic astrophysics and compact objects
- Gravitational wave astronomy
- High-energy and particle astronomy
- Astronomical instrumentation and data, e.g. telescopes, detectors, techniques, archives, analyses
Panel specialisation
- Gas and plasma physics
- Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter, lattice dynamics
- Transport properties of condensed matter
- Electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures
- Physical properties of semiconductors and insulators
- Macroscopic quantum phenomena, e.g. superconductivity, superfluidity, quantum Hall effect
- Spintronics
- Magnetism and strongly correlated systems
- Condensed matter – beam interactions (photons, electrons, etc.)
- Nanophysics, e.g. nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanomagnetism, nanoelectromechanics
- Mesoscopic quantum physics and solid-state quantum technologies
- Fluid dynamics (physics)
- Surface science and nanostructures
- Thin films
- New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles
- Cold atomic and molecular condensates
- Interaction of high-power laser light with matter
- Plasma assisted surface modification
Panel specialisation
- Biophysics
- Physics of biological systems
- Computer simulations of biomolecules
- Physics of macromolecules
- Optics, non-linear optics and nano-optics
- Quantum optics
- Lasers, ultra-short lasers and laser physics
Panel specialisation
- Analytical chemistry, chemical theory
- Spectroscopic and spectrometric analytical techniques, and optical methods of analysis
- Analytical chemistry: molecular architecture and structure
- Analytical separation techniques
- Analytical chemistry: instrumentation
- Electrochemistry, electrodialysis, microfluidics, sensors
- Method development in analytical chemistry
- Analysis of chemical structure of materials
- Applications of machine learning and statistical analysis in analytical chemistry
- Molecular electronics
- Physical chemistry of soft matter (gels, colloids, liquid crystals), granular matter, liquids, glasses, defects
- Statistical physics: phase transitions, condensed matter systems, models of complex systems,
- interdisciplinary applications
- Physical chemistry
- Theoretical methods and approaches in spectroscopy
- Physical chemistry of interfaces
- Chemical physics
- Method development in physical chemistry
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Methodology of computer simulations of biomolecules, physical chemistry of biomolecules, biomacromolecular chemistry
- Chemical kinetics
- Theoretical and computational chemistry
- Radiation and Nuclear chemistry
- Photochemistry
- Characterisation methods of materials
- Structural properties of materials in terms of physical chemistry
- Solid state materials chemistry
- Surface modifications by self-assembly and other cold processes
- Ionic liquids
- Intelligent materials synthesis – self assembled materials
- Colloid chemistry
- Physical chemistry of macromolecules
Panel specialisation
- Chemical reactions – mechanisms and catalytic reactions
- Photochemistry – chemical transformations
- Coordination chemistry
- Biological chemistry and chemical biology – chemical transformations
- Homogeneous catalysis
- Macromolecular chemistry – synthesis and reactivity
- Polymer chemistry – chemical transformations
- Supramolecular chemistry – chemical transformations
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Organometallic chemistry
- Medicinal chemistry
Panel specialisation
- Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric composition, air pollution
- Meteorology, atmospheric physics and dynamics
- Climatology, palaeoclimatology and climate change
- Tectonophysics, physics of earth’s interior, seismology, core and mantle dynamics
- Physical geography, geomorphology, oceanography
- Earth observations from space/remote sensing
- Geomagnetism
- Ozone, upper atmosphere, ionosphere
- Hydrology, contaminant hydrology, soil hydrology, soil physics
- Cryosphere, dynamics of snow and ice cover, sea ice, permafrosts and ice sheets
- Planetary geophysics
Panel specialisation
- Biogeochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, environmental chemistry
- Mineralogy, petrology, igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology
- Geochemistry, cosmochemistry, crystal chemistry, isotope geochemistry, thermodynamics
- Geology, geotectonics, volcanology
- Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology
- Lithosphere dynamics
- Geological oceanography
- Sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, pedology, paleopedology, soil chemistry
- Palaeomagnetism
- Hydrogeology, environmental geology, soil contamination
- Planetary geology
Physical Sciences
(VALID UNTIL 31.3.2025 – cannot be used in future project proposals)
- P202 Mathematics and Computer Science
- P203 Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- P204 Condensed Matter and Material Physics, Plasma Physics and Low Temperature Physics
- P205 Biophysics, Macromolecular Physics and Optics
- P206 Analytical Chemistry – Chemical and Structural Analysis of Atomic, Molecular and (Bio)Molecular Systems
- P207 Chemical and Biochemical Transformations
- P208 Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
- P209 Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Physical Geography and Geophysics
- P210 Geochemistry, geology and mineralogy, hydrogeology
Medical and Biological Sciences
Panel specialisation
Biochemistry and cell biology:
- Analytical biochemistry
- Enzymes
- Glycobiology
- Proteomics and intermolecular interactions
- Structural biology (incl. Macromolecular modelling)
- Synthetic biology
- Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified (lipid biology, protein biology, DNA and RNA biology)
Medical biochemistry and metabolomics:
- Medical biochemistry – amino acids and metabolites
- Medical biochemistry – carbohydrates
- Medical biochemistry – inorganic elements and compounds
- Medical biochemistry – lipids
- Medical biochemistry – nucleic acids
- Medical biochemistry – proteins and peptides (incl. medical proteomics)
- Metabolic medicine
Genetics:
- Anthropological genetics
- Cell and nuclear division
- Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination)
- Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics)
- Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches)
- Gene mapping
- Genome structure and regulation
- Genomics
Clinical sciences:
- Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics and neurogenetics)
Medical biotechnology:
- Gene and molecular therapy
- Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
Bioinformatics and computational biology:
- Bioinformatic methods development
- Biological network analysis
- Computational ecology and phylogenetics
- Genomics and transcriptomics
- Proteomics and metabolomics
- Sequence analysis
- Statistical and quantitative genetic
- Translational and applied bioinformatics
Panel specialisation
Microbiology:
- Bacteriology
- Infectious agents
- Microbial genetics
- Virology
Medical microbiology:
- Medical bacteriology
- Medical infection agents (incl. prions)
- Medical mycology
- Medical parasitology
- Medical virology
Evolutionary biology:
- Host-parasite interactions
- Microbial taxonomy
Clinical sciences:
- Clinical microbiology
- Infectious diseases
Immunology:
- Allergy
- Applied immunology (incl. antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies)
- Autoimmunity
- Cellular imunology
- Humoural immunology and immunochemistry
- Immunogenetics (incl. genetic immunology)
- Innate immunity
- Transplantation imunology
- Tumour imunology
Industrial biotechnology:
- Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Fermentation
- Industrial microbiology (incl. biofeedstocks)
- Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
Panel specialisation
Biochemistry and cell biology:
- Cell development, proliferation and death
- Cell metabolism
- Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall)
- Protein trafficking
- Receptors and membrane biology
- Signal transduction
- Systems biology
Medical physiology:
- Cell physiology
Evolutionary biology:
- Biological adaptation
- Evolution of developmental systems
- Life histories
- Phylogeny and comparative analysis
- Speciation and extinction
- Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
Genetics:
- Molecular evolution
Medical biotechnology:
- Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells)
Reproductive medicine:
- Foetal development and medicine
- Reproduction
Panel specialisation
Oncology and carcinogenesis:
- Cancer cell biology
- Cancer diagnosis
- Cancer genetics
- Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy)
- Chemotherapy
- Haematological tumours
- Liquid biopsies
- Molecular targets
- Predictive and prognostic markers
- Radiation therapy
- Solid tumours
- Oncology and carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
Neurosciences:
- Autonomic nervous system
- Cellular nervous system (cellular and molecular neurobiology)
- Central nervous system
- Computational neuroscience
- Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
- Peripheral nervous system
- Sensory systems
- Neurosciences not otherwise specified (incl. neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, cognitive and behavioral neurosciences)
Biochemistry and cell biology:
- Cell neurochemistry
Genetics:
- Neurogenetics
Clinical sciences:
- Pain
- Psychiatry
Ophthalmology and optometry:
- Ophthalmology
- Vision science
Panel specialisation
Medical physiology:
- Human biophysics
- Systems physiology
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology:
- Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
- Haematology
- Respiratory diseases
Clinical sciences:
- Anaesthesiology
- Clinical chemistry (incl. diagnostics)
- Clinimetrics
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic radiography
- Emergency medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology and hepatology
- Nephrology and urology
- Nuclear medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Otorhinolaryngology (excl. hearing research)
- Pathology (excl. oral pathology)
- Radiology and organ imaging
- Rheumatology and arthritis
- Rural clinical health
- Sports medicine
- Surgery
- Venereology
Reproductive medicine:
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
Dentistry:
- Craniofacial biology
- Dental therapeutics, pharmacology and toxikology
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences:
- Basic pharmacology
- Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Pharmaceutical delivery technologies
- Pharmaceutical sciences
- Pharmacogenomics
- Toxicology (incl. clinical toxicology)
Medical biotechnology:
- Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
- Nanomedicine
- Nanotoxicology, health and safety
Social Sciences and Humanities
(EFFECTIVE FROM 1. 4. 2025 – use for project proposals starting in 2026)
Panel specialisation
- Metaphysics, ontology
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- History of philosophy
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophical anthropology
- Logics
- Aesthetics
- Contemporary philosophy
- Political and Social Philosophy
- Biblical Studies
- Fundamental, ecumenical and systematic theology
- Patrology, history of dogma, church history
- Practical and pastoral theology, liturgy
- General and comparative religious studies
- Studies in religious traditions
Panel specialisation
- General economics
- Economic history
- History of economic thought
- Econometrics and mathematical economics
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomic theory
- Applied microeconomics
- Public economics
- International economics
- Labour economics
- Economic development, technological change and growth
- Environment and resource economics
- Urban and regional economics
- Law and economics
- Health economics
- Economics of education
- Behavioral economics
- Industrial organization
Panel specialisation
- Business and commerce
- Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- Human resources and industrial relations
- Marketing
- Tourism
- Transportation, logistics and supply chains
- Financial markets and institutions
- Financial economics
- Financial econometrics
- Behavioral finance
- Corporate finance
- Accounting and auditing
- Public administration
- Operational research
Panel specialisation
Panel specialisation
- Classical archaeology
- Archaeology of prehistoric times and the Early Middle Ages
- Medieval and post-medieval archaeology
- Archaeology of the industrial period and archaeology of modernity
- Archaeometry
- Geoarchaeology
- Biological archaeology
- Egyptology
- History of the Ancient Near East
- History of antiquity
- Czech, European, Global and World history until 1780, History of Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
- Comparative history, colonial and postcolonial history
- Economic and social history
- Cultural history, historical anthropology
- Historiography, history of science, medicine and technology
- Women’s history, gender history
- Auxiliary historical sciences and historic geography
Panel specialisation
- General linguistics
- Phonetics and phonology
- Morphology and Syntax
- Semantics
- Stylistics and textual analysis
- Pragmatics and Discourse
- Lexicology and lexicography
- Dialectology
- Computational linguistics
- Corpus linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Comparative and typological linguistics
- Language acquisition
- Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics
- Literary theory
- Literary history
- Literary criticism
- Comparative literary studies
- Translation studies
- Textual criticism
- Book history
Panel specialisation
- General and Experimental Psychology
- Personality Psychology
- Methodology in Psychological, Educational and Kinanthropological Research
- Developmental Psychology
- Psychology of Work and Organization
- Social Psychology, Cross-cultural psychology
- Clinical Psychology, Psychology of Health, Psychotherapy
- Educational and School Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Ethology
- History of Education, Psychology and Kinanthropology
- General Pedagogy and Theory of Education
- Didactics and Curriculum Theory
- Special Education, Speech-language pathology
- Social Education and Comparative Education
- Education of Leisure Time and Lifelong Learning
- Developmental and Structural Kinanthropology
- Movement Diagnostics and Movement Behavior
Panel specialisation
- Political systems, public policies, governance
- Civil society
- Comparative politics, political institutions, political sociology
- Political theory
- Political and cultural geography
- Political philosophy, political thought
- International relations, global and supranational governance, humanitarian cooperation and development
- Security studies
- Area studies
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International law, EU law, law of other regional integration organizations
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Constitutional law, theory of state, legal systems
- Legal institutions, legal professions
- Comparative law, comparative legal studies
- Public law and Private law
- Law of information and communication technologies, personal data protection
- Theory of law, theory of law creation, legal policies
- History of juridical science
- Legal sociology and psychology
- Criminology
Panel specialisation
- Architectural history, theory and criticism
- Design history, theory and criticism
- Art history, theory and criticism
- Visual cultures
- Musicology and ethnomusicology
- Drama, theatre and performance studies
- Cinema studies, theory and criticism
- Digital and electronic media art
- Visual arts not elsewhere classified
- Digital humanities in relation to art
- Aesthetics in relation to art
Panel specialisation
- Czech and Czechoslovak history, Central European history
- Ethnology
- Historiography
- History of ideas and intellectual history
- History of everyday life
- History of memory and memory studies
- European history
- Global and transnational history
- Historical anthropology and ethnology
- Historical demography
- Historical sociology
- Social and economic history
- Comparative history, colonial and postcolonial history
- Historical anthropology
- Cultural history
- History of science
- World Modern and contemporary history
Social Sciences and Humanities
(VALID UNTIL 31.3.2025 – cannot be used in future project proposals)
- P401 Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies
- P402 Economic Sciences, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics (except Financial Econometrics), Quantitative Methods in Economics (except Operational Research)
- P403 Business and Management Science, Financial Econometrics and Operational Research
- P404 Sociology, Demography, Social Geography and Media Studies
- P405 Archeology and Pre-Modern History (until 1780)
- P406 Linguistics and Literature
- P407 Psychology, Pedagogy
- P408 Juridical Science and Political Science
- P409 Art Sciences
- P410 Modern History (since 1780) and Ethnology
Agricultural and Biological-environmental Sciences
(EFFECTIVE FROM 1. 4. 2025 – use for project proposals starting in 2026)
Panel specialisation
- Crop and pasture production
- Tree improvement
- Tree nutrition and physiology
- Horticultural production
- Plant biochemistry
- Plant cell and molecular biology
- Plant developmental and reproductive biology
- Plant pathology
- Plant physiology
Panel specialisation
- Animal production
- Fish pests and diseases
- Fish physiology and genetics
- Veterinary sciences
- Host-parasite interactions
- Animal cell and molecular biology
- Animal developmental and reproductive biology
- Animal diet and nutrition
- Animal immunology
- Animal neurobiology
- Animal physiological ecology
- Animal physiology – biophysics
- Animal physiology – cell
- Animal physiology – systems
- Animal structure and function
- Comparative physiology
Panel specialisation
- Beverage chemistry and beverage sensory science
- Food chemistry and food sensory science
- Food nutritional balance
- Food safety, traceability, certification and authenticity
- Food sustainability
- Bioavailability and ecotoxicology
- Environmental assessment and monitoring
- Environmental biogeochemistry
- Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified
Panel specialisation
- Agroforestry
- Forest biodiversity
- Forest ecosystems
- Forest health and pathology
- Forestry biomass and bioproducts
- Forestry fire management
- Forestry management and environment
- Palaeoecology
- Microbial ecology
- Global change biology
- Carbon sequestration science
- Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
- Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation
- Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified
- Ecosystem function
- Ecosystem services
- Fire ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Ecological applications not elsewhere classified
- Soil Sciences
Panel specialisation
- Behavioural ecology
- Community ecology
- Ecological physiology
- Freshwater ecology
- Marine and estuarine ecology
- Population ecology
- Terrestrial ecology
- Evolutionary ecology
- Conservation and biodiversity
Panel specialisation
- Animal systematics and taxonomy
- Biogeography and phylogeography
- Evolutionary impacts of climate change
- Phylogeny and comparative analysis
- Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy
- Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
- Mycology
- Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
- Animal behaviour
- Invertebrate biology
- Vertebrate biology
- Zoology not elsewhere classified
Agricultural and Biological-environmental Sciences
(VALID UNTIL 31.3.2025 – cannot be used in future project proposals)
- P501 Plant Physiology and Genetics, Plant Medicine
- P502 Animal Physiology and Genetics, Veterinary Medicine
- P503 Food science, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry
- P504 Landscape Management, Forestry and Soil Biology, Ecosystem Ecology
- P505 Animal and Plant Ecology
- P506 Botany and Zoology
Evaluation panel members wanted