Internal Competition – Publishing, app. deadline 5 Jan 2026

The Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Brno University of Technology (BUT), announces an internal competition aimed at supporting book publication. The competition is open to FFA BUT academic and research staff, students (enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programmes), FFA BUT alumni, and external applicants.

Key Dates:

  • Project submissions: 6 October 2025 – 5 January 2026 (online);
  • Project evaluations: 6–27 January 2026;
  • Announcement of results: by 31 January 2026;
  • Financial closure: in the first half of November 2026 (for one-year projects) and 2027 (for two-year projects), with specific dates provided annually by the faculty’s Economics Office.

The competition aims to support the publication of both printed and electronic works in the years 2026–2027.

The competition is open to academic and research staff, students enrolled in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programmes, FFA BUT alumni, and external applicants. Applicants must fulfil any previous commitments related to their publishing activities, unless otherwise agreed with Faculty management. Priority will be given to publications for which FFA BUT acts as a publisher or co-publisher. The principal recipient of funding shall be responsible for ensuring the academic quality of the manuscript, the high standard of the publication’s graphic design, the proper use of financial resources, and full compliance with labour and copyright regulations. All members of staff and students of the Faculty are required to state their affiliation with FFA BUT in the publication.

There is no upper funding limit for projects.

Priority will be given to:

  • Peer-reviewed monographs;
  • Art books;
  • Textbooks for FFA BUT courses.

If submissions in these categories are insufficient, other types of publications, including catalogues and experimental works, will also be considered.

The Vice-Dean for Publication Activity is available for consultations regarding application submissions and project details.

Application Process and Evaluation Criteria:

  • Applications must be submitted online at: https://forms.gle/oASXEJvC3pCWiLzs8. Use your BUTlogin and BUTpassword (in the format BUTlogin@vutbr.cz). If you encounter login issues, try opening the link in an anonymous browser window and sign in using the University credentials.
  • Applications must include a description of the publication, a list of contributors, a detailed project timeline, cost estimates, and information on the intended method of publication.
  • Applications will be reviewed by the Faculty's Editorial Board.
  • The evaluation criteria include adherence to competition guidelines, the manuscript's readiness for publication, the importance of the work for advancing FFA BUT's creative, research, and artistic endeavours, its potential to elevate the FFA BUT's excellence, its contribution to the Humanities and the Arts (FORD 6), cost feasibility, and the applicant's (or project team's) prior publishing experience.

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