Back4Future in numbers

Important numbers and dates regarding the Back4Future project.

Project news

What's going on under the project?

Info on important milestones.


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under Grant                          Agreement No 763685.

Back4Future objectives


Enhanced international exchange of scientists

• Increased international visibility by publications in top-class journals

• Improved ability to acquire funds from highly competitive sources, both nationally and internationally

• Enhanced cross-disciplinary research, especially bridging nano-science and biology

• Education/Motivation of next-generation young scientists

• Strengthened co-operation in research and development with industry at the regional, national and international level


Back4Future long-term vision

CEITEC will become one of the world’s leading hubs, supporting Life-improving Nano-industry by developing unique research-to-market lines of advanced nanomaterials and integrated nanodevices and nano-systems with applications ranging from optics and electronics to life sciences.

News and Events

26.09.2018

25. 9. 2018 - The City of Brno officialy signed the financial support to the Back4Future project on CEITEC, aimed on the creation of new Junior Reseach Groups. Read more (in Czech) in the related…
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26.07.2018

22. - 27. 2018International Conference on Nanoscience + Technology was be held in Brno in 22 – 27 July 2018, and CEITEC BUT was one of the organizers, with our project coordinator Tomáš Šikola…
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02.07.2018

24. 11. 2017Project Back4Future held a "Workshop and roundtable with industry" on 24th November 2017.There were introduced possibilities brought by the project to our region and which could help to…
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02.07.2018

21.- 25. 10. 2017The school focused on fundamentals of optical response of bulk materials and layered systems.More can be found here. 
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02.07.2018

6. 10. 2017More than 2000 adults and 300 children visited Ceitec MUNI, Ceitec VUT and MENDELU to participate on the Researchers' Night. Visitors were allowed to have a look around research labs,…
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02.07.2018

9. - 13. 10. 2017The Brno International Engineering Trade Fair 2017 featured the participation of CEITEC BUT in the presentation of the Brno University of Technology. Visitors could gain information…
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02.07.2018

9. 11. 2017The Institute of Physics of Materials has opened its door to public as a part of the Week of Science and Technology, the most extensive science festival in the Czech Republic.  …
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02.07.2018

28. 11. 2017The annual Christmas Workshop held by CEITEC took place in Observatory and Planetarium Brno on 28th November 2017. Besides presentations and scientific talks, including the…
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02.07.2018

30. 11. 2017CEITEC Nano Research Infrastructure invited all users to the 2nd CEITEC Nano User Meeting. Meeting took place in building C+S, Purkyňova 123, 612 00 Brno and included invited lectures,…
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02.07.2018

12. 1. 2018During the Open Day held in the physics and engineering laboratories on BUT, visitors were given informations about the project, CEITEC and the faculty, study programmes, etc. They were…
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