Running Projects

The Czech Science Foundation

The Impact of Impulsivity on Health Risk Behaviors Using the Gratification Paradigm (17-05791S)
Investigator: Steven Lawyer, Ph.D.
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12. 2019
Principle investigator: NIMH
Total budget NIMH: 5 300 000 CZK

Analytical Rumination Hypothesis Testing: Depression as a Functional Adaptation (17-09489S)
Investigator: doc. PhDr. Marek Preiss, Ph.D.
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12. 2019
Principle investigator: NIMH
Total budget NIMH: 3 462 000 CZK

Sexual Reactivity of Depressed Men to Visual Sexual Stimuli (17-11004S)
Investigator: Mgr. Kateřina Klapilová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 3 703 000 CZK

Valence of Dreams and Affective State upon Waking (17-14534S)
Investigator: Mgr. Lenka Martinec Nováková, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 5 141 000 CZK

Fear and Disgust and Their Role in Causation of Animal Phobias: A Neuropsychological Approach (17-15991S)
Investigator: RNDr. Eva Landová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 3 781 000 CZK

Manipulative and Dominance Strategies in Conflicts of Romantic Couples with Normal Personality Profil and with Avoidant Personality (17-16622S)
Investigator: Mgr. Jitka Lindová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 3 774 000 CZK

The Role of Gamma Synchronization in the Emergence of Conscious Experience (17-23718S)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D., FCMA
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 3 225 000 CZK

Dysfunctions of Attractor Networks in Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Translational Tests of Dynamic Systems Hypothesis (17-04047S)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D., FCMA
Principal investigator: Institute of Physiology of the CAS (prof. RNDr. Aleš Stuchlík, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget: 9 998 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 3 483 000 CZK

Effect of Lithium on Na+/K+-ATPase Activity and Functional Consequences of Oxidative Stress; from Animal Model to Bipolar Patients (17-07070S)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Novák, Ph.D.
Principal investigator: Institute of Physiology of the CAS (RNDr. Lenka Roubalová, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget: 7 491 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 3 231 000 CZK

Role of Sleep in Consolidation of Associations between Objects, Positions and a Time Sequence – Single Unit Activity in the Hippocampus and Neocortex (17-26002Y)
Investigator: RNDr. Eduard Kelemen, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 4 470 000 CZK

Investigating the Underlying Principles of Compulsive Online Pornography Consumption
(17-19348Y)
Investigator: Timothy Jason Wells, MSc., Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 4 468 000 CZK

Prevalence of High risk Symptoms for Psychosis and Their Relationship to Neurocognitive Performance and Daily Functioning in Population of Adolescents (18-03125S)
Investigator: PhDr. Mabel Virginia Rodriguez Manchola, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2018–31.12.2020
Total budget NIMH: 5 208 000 CZK

Cognitive Superaging (18-06199S)
Investigator: MUDr. Miloslav Kopeček, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2018–31.12.2020
Total budget NIMH: 4 503 000 CZK

Novel Model of Psychotic Relapses and Their Influence on Cognitive Deterioration, Structural and Functional Brain Changes (18-09296S)
Investigator: RNDr. Karel Valeš, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Project partners: Institute of Physiology of the CAS (prof. MUDr. Pavel Mareš DrSc.), Charles University, 3rd Medical Faculty (prof. MUDr. Romana Šlamberová, Ph.D.)
Duration: 1.1.2018–31.12.2020
Total budget: 12 644 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 6 695 000 CZK

Socio-economic Determinants of Premature Mortality Related to Alcohol and Tobacco Use – Spatially Integrated Approach (18-17564S)
Investigator: Mgr. Ladislav Kážmér
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2018–31.12.2020
Total Budget NIMH: 2 871 000 CZK

Electromagnetic Models of Animal Brains (18-16218S)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Páleníček, Ph.D.
Principal investigator: Brno University of Technology (prof. Dr. Ing. Zbyněk Raida)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2018–31.12.2020
Total bugnet: 7 240 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 3 811 000 CZK

Inter-individual Differences in Subjective Time (19-15728S)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 6 955 000 CZK

Aversive Response to Spiders and the Underlying Emotions (19-07164S)
Investigator: RNDr. Eva Landová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 8 690 000 CZK

The Stranger as a Symbol of Otherness – How Personality Influences Our Attitudes (19-10057S)
Investigator: doc. PhDr. Marek Preiss, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 4 282 000 CZK

Psychology of Male Intra-sexual Competition and Associated Neural Correlates (19-11822S )
Investigator: Mgr. Vít Třebický, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 6 482 000 CZK

Minority Stress in Non-heterosexuals in the Czech Republic (19-14801S)
Investigator: RNDr. Michal Pitoňák, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 3 414 000 CZK

Influence of Girls’ Expressiveness and Nonverbal Communication Towards Peers on Their Social Functioning During Ontogenesis (19-17540S)
Investigator: Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Lindová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 4 640 000 CZK

Specific Serotonin-dopamin Modulators and Their Potential in the Model of Induced Psychosis
(19-11332S)
Investigator: PharmDr. Jan Korábečný, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: University Hospital Hradec Králové (PharmDr. Ondřej Soukup, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget: 8 872 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 4 973 000 CZK

Czech Health Research Council

The Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Treatment of Depression and Brain Functional Changes Compared to Venlafaxine (15-29900A)
Investigator: doc. MUDr. Martin Bareš, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.5.2015–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 9 927 000 CZK  

Analysis of the Effect of Early Identification and Brief Intervention Aimed at Reducing the Health Harms Caused by Alcohol (16-31333A)
Investigator: PhDr. Ladislav Csémy
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 5 523 000 CZK

Diabetes and Pre-diabetes as Biological Risk Factors for Brain Atrophy and Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia (16-32791A)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Tomáš Hájek, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 8 984 000 CZK

Interactions of Intracellular Amyloid Beta and Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease (16-27611A)
Investigator: Ing. Zdenka Krištofiková, Ph.D.
Investigator: NIMH
Co-investigator-Partners: Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the CAS (prof. Ing. Jiří Homola, CSc., DSc.), Motol University Hospital (MUDr. Martin Vyhnálek, Ph.D.)
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget: 12 448 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 5 090 000 CZK

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression (16-31380A)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Novák, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 6 119 000 CZK

Improving Early Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder by Combining Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning (16-32696A)
Investigator: MUDr. Filip Španiel, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 10 300 000 CZK

Cognitive Impairment, Structural and Functional Brain Morphological Sequelae of Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment: Translational Study (16-29857A)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D. FCMA
Principal investigator: Charles University Prague, 3rd Medical Faculty (prof. MUDr. Tomáš Kozák, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partners: NIMH; University Hospital Královské Vinohrady (MUDr. Heidy Móciková, Ph.D.); Institute of Physiology of the CAS (doc. PharmDr. Hana Kubová, DrSc.)
Duration: 1.4.2016–31.12.2019
Total budget: 20 973 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 12 929 000 CZK

Linking Phenomenology and Neurobiology of Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia (17-32957A)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Pavel Mohr, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget NIMH: 13 269 000 CZK

The Interplay Between the Gut Microbiota and Brain Functions: Implication for Metabolome and
Metabolic Syndrome in Schizophrenia (17-31852A)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Páleníček, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Co-investigator-Partner: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the CAS
(RNDr. Kateřina Fliegerová, CSc.)
Duration: 1.4.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget: 13 553 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 10 163 000 CZK

Role of Frontotemporal Crosstalk in Cognitive Coordination and Flexibility Deficits in Schizophrenia: A Translational Study (17-30833A)
Investigator: Mgr. Tomáš Petrásek, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: Institute of Physiology of the CAS (prof. RNDr. Aleš Stuchlík, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget: 12 990 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 8 045 000 CZK

Developmental Dynamics of Clinical and Neurophysiological Features in Children and Adolescents at Genetic Risk of Bipolar Affective Disorder (17-32478A)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Novák, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: Motol University Hospital (MUDr. Michal Goetz, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget: 8 157 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 3 501 000 CZK

Causes of Assaultive Behavior among Patients with Psychosis (17-32445A)
Investigator: Tereza Příhodová, MA
Principle investigator: Charles University Prague, 1st Medical Faculty (doc. MUDr. Jan Vevera, Ph.D.)Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.4.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget: 7 848 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 2 123 000 CZK

Clinical and Neurobiological Predictors of Response to Ketamine: Towards Personalized Treatment of Depression (NV18-04-00260)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D. FCMA
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.5.2018–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 10 078 000 CZK

Sleep and Brain Changes Related to Memory Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment (NV18-07-00272)
Investigator: doc. MUDr. Aleš Bartoš, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.5.2018–31.12.2021
Total budget NIMH: 9 443 000 CZK

Overlap of Neurodegenerative Dementias and Their Clinic-pathological Correlations: A Prospectiveretrospective Multicentric Study (NV19-04-00090)
Investigator: doc. MUDr. Aleš Bartoš, Ph.D.
Principal investigator: Thomayer Hospital (doc. MUDr. Radoslav Matěj, Ph.D.)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH; University Hospital Olomouc (doc. MUDr. Kateřina Menšíková, Ph.D.); Hospital
 Na Homolce (MUDr. Jiří Keller, Ph.D.); General University Hospital in Prague (prof. MUDr. Jan Roth, CSc.)
Duration: 1.5.2019–31.12.2022
Total budget: 15 127 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 1 580 000 CZK

The Technology Agency of The Czech Republic

Application of Games in Virtual Environments Combined with Biofeedback for Interactive Training of Mindfulness (TJ01000010)
Investigator: Barbora Šouláková
Principle investigator: NIMH
Co-investigator-Partner: Xlab, s.r.o. (Caro Néstor Mauricio) 
Duration: 1.1.2018–30.11.2019
Total budget: 3 183 840 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 1 292 160 CZK

Virtual City - Serious Game Battery for Cognitive Training and Daily Activities Practice in Ecologically Valid Virtual Environement (Tl01000309)
Investigator: Mgr. et. Mgr. Iveta Fajnerová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Co-investigator-Partner: 3dsense, s. r. o. (Ing. Jan Hrdlička)
Duration: 1.3.2018–28.2.2021
Total budget: 9 704 706 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 4 261 706 CZK

Development of tools for predicting school success at pre-school age: the Cumulative Risk Index and Screening of Cognitive Functions Using Interactive Computer Games (TL02000561)
Investigator: RNDr. PhDr. Tereza Nekovářová, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Co-investigator-Partner: 3dsense, s. r. o. (Ing. Jan Hrdlička)
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2021
Total budget: 6 389 295 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 2 352 750 CZK

Application of research methods to design a system of services for psychedelic users (TJ02000156) Investigator: Mgr. Rita Kočárová
Principle investigator: NIMH 
Duration: 27.3.2019–31.1.2021
Total budget NIMH: 2 178 482 CZK

Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination

Development of an Effective Treatment Strategy for Methamphetamine Addiction (S-42-18) Investigator: PhDr. Ladislav Csémy
Principle investigator: NIMH 
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 583 000 CZK

The Ministry of the Interior of The Czech Republic

New Synthetic Drugs - Complex Interdisciplinary Research Centre (VI20172020056)
Investigator: MUDr. Tomáš Páleníček, PhD.
Principle investigator: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology (Ing. Martin Kuchař, Ph.D.)
Co-investigators-Partners: NIMH; Alfarma, s.r.o. (RNDr. Miroslav Flieger, CSc.)
Duration: 1.1.2017–31.12.2020
Total budget: 42 761 000 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 24 462 000 CZK

RSJ Foundation

Psychosocial Education for Children in Elementary Schools (NP-018-2018)
Investigator: Ing. Kamila Dvořáková, M.A., Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2018–30.6.2019
Total budget NIMH: 2 792 500 CZK

Gifted children and their psychological and emotional well-being (NP-002-2019)
Investigator: PhDr. Petr Winkler
Principle investigator: NIMH 
Duration: 1.3.2019–1.6.2019
Total budget NIMH: 120 000 CZK

Psychosocial Education for Children in Elementary Schools (NP-038-2019)
Investigator: PhDr. Petr Winkler
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.10.2019–31.8.2020
Total budget NIMH: 2 535 228 CZK

The Ministry of Health of The Czech Republic

Conceptual developemnt of research organization 2019 (RVO-NUDZ/2019)
Investigator: Ing. Šárka Vyšínová, Ing. Petr Nevole
Principle Investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2019–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 27 864 790 CZK

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of The Czech Republic

Sustainability for National Institute of Mental Health (LO1611)
Investigator: prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D., FCMA
Principle investigator: NIMH
Duration: 1.1.2016–31.12.2020
Total budget NIMH: 547 060 000 CZK

The Ministry of Industry of The Czech Republic

Biotechnology research into microbiological spectrum changes to improve cognitive functions, depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly in the aging population – CleverAge Biota (FV40032)
Investigator: RNDr. Karel Valeš, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: C2P, s.r.o. (MUDr. Róbert Hromádka)
Co-investigator-Partner: NIMH
Duration: 1.5.2019–31.12.2022
Total budget: 28 199 996 CZK
Total budget NIMH: 13 822 996 CZK

The City of Klecany

The Support for Alzheimer’s Disease Research in the Depertment of Cognirive Disorders Investigator: doc. MUDr. Aleš Bartoš, Ph.D.
Principle investigator: NIMH 
Duration: 28.3.–31.12.2019
Total budget NIMH: 40 000 CZK