Project contributed by the Institute awarded a Czech Science Foundation prize

The prize of the chairwoman of the Czech Science Foundation 2019 was awarded to five researchers of the best basic research projects completed last year. Jiří Bruthans of the Faculty of Science, Charles University received an award for the project titled “Effect of gravity-induced stress on sandstone erosion: physical and numerical modelling”. Co-applicants of this project were Michal Filippi of the Institute of Geology of the CAS and Jana Schweigstillová of the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS. The winning projects were decided by the Presidium of the Czech Science Foundation among proposals by the relevant subject area commissions. This year, 5 projects were awarded (in the fields of chemistry, medicine, geology, zoology and sociology) of a total of 448 projects. The results of the awarded geological project were presented, for example, in the journals Geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Earth-Science Reviews and Geology (including the title page). Congratulations on this success!
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