INTERNSHIPS IN ISRAEL – application rules

1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

1.1. These rules (hereinafter the “rules”) govern the conditions of the selection procedure for granting financial contributions within the project “Neuron & IOCB Tech Internships in Israel 2023” (hereinafter also the “selection procedure”), provided by Nadační fond Neuron na podporu vědy, with its registered office at Tržiště 366/13, Malá Strana, 118 00 Prague 1, Company ID: 018 71 188, entered in the register of endowment funds kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, section N, insert 1054 (hereinafter the “provider”).

1.2. The purpose of the provider as an endowment fund is to support the development of science and research in the Czech Republic, to support a new generation of Czech scientists, to reward the results of Czech scientists, to popularise science and to help develop patronage in science.

1.3. The provider operates the website located at the internet address www.nfneuron.cz/neuron-iocb-tech-interships-in-israel, which relates to the selection procedure (hereinafter the “website”).

1.4. The purpose of the selection procedure is for the provider to grant endowment contributions towards the costs of a student internship that should bring a significant benefit to current knowledge, or to grant endowment contributions towards the costs of a larger number of such student internships.

2. DURATION OF THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

2.1. The selection procedure takes place from 10 January 2023 to 31 March 2023, and it is possible to apply between 10 January 2023 and 15 March 2023. Central European Time is decisive for these purposes.

3. PARTICIPATION IN THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

3.1. Participation in the selection procedure is voluntary.

3.2. Participation through a representative is excluded.

3.3. A participant in the selection procedure may only be:

3.3.1. a natural person over 18 years of age,

3.3.2. a person who holds citizenship of the Czech Republic or permanent residence in the territory of the Czech Republic,

3.3.3. who is not in an employment or similar relationship with the provider and is not a person close to a person in an employment or similar relationship with the provider.

3.4. By decision of the provider, a participant may be excluded from the selection procedure if, in connection with it, they infringe rights, harm or endanger the legitimate interests of the provider or of a third party, or act contrary to good morals.

3.5. The provider has no obligation to inform a participant that they have been excluded from the selection procedure for failing to meet its conditions or for breaching the rules, or that they have not become a recipient of a financial contribution.

4. FURTHER PREREQUISITES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

4.3. An application to the selection procedure must contain:

4.3.1. the particulars set out in the online application form on the website, including information about the concept of the participant's project, which should be carried out during the internship. The project must not aim to support the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms, and its implementation must comply with generally binding legal regulations and with good morals. The internship must be carried out by the participant between 1 May and 15 September 2023,

4.3.2. confirmation of the agreed internship, a proposal for its programme, the student's covering letter and a letter of recommendation from the supervising teacher at the Czech institution.

4.4. Each natural person may submit only one (1) application to the selection procedure.

4.5. The provider is not obliged to inform a participant that their application has been received.

4.6. At any time during the selection procedure the provider may request from a participant additional information or documents relating to their internship application or to the project to be carried out during the internship. If the participant does not provide that additional information or those documents to the provider, or does not provide them to a sufficient extent, the participant may be excluded from the selection procedure by decision of the provider.

4.7. The participant acknowledges and agrees that all information provided to the provider in connection with the selection procedure, including the audiovisual recording under Article 4.3 of the rules, is intended for publication on the website or otherwise, and is therefore not confidential information.

4.8. In accordance with Sections 84 and 85 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll., as amended), the participant grants the provider consent to the taking and use of their likeness, their written expressions, images and audio and visual recordings concerning their person or their expressions of a personal nature, made by the provider in connection with organising the selection procedure and presenting the financial contribution (hereinafter the “image”), in all communication media regardless of their nature and purpose, in all usual ways, together with their subsequent editing and their possible combination with other works or inclusion in a collective work. The participant grants this consent to the provider without limitation as to subject matter, time, quantity or territory. This consent also extends to third parties to whom the provider makes the image available in accordance with its purpose.

5. CONTENT PROVIDED BY THE PARTICIPANT

5.1. Content provided by the participant to the provider within the selection procedure (hereinafter the “provided content”) must not:

5.1.1. be contrary to generally binding legal regulations or to good morals, including the regulation of intellectual property and of unfair competition;

5.1.2. interfere with third parties' rights to the protection of personality;

5.1.3. be defamatory, insulting, slanderous, libellous, obscene or intimidating;

5.1.4. damage the good name of the provider;

5.1.5. promote, directly or indirectly, the business activity of any person.

5.2. The provider is entitled (but not obliged) to carry out preventive checks of the content provided by the participant. Should the provided content be capable of breaching the rules, generally binding legal regulations or good morals, the provider is entitled to delete the provided content or prevent its dissemination, and is further entitled to exclude the participant from the selection procedure.

5.3. Should any third party assert rights against the provider in connection with the provided content, the provider is entitled to remove the provided content without delay. Should any third party assert rights against the provider in connection with the provided content, the participant undertakes to hand over to the provider without delay all documents and materials necessary for successfully conducting the dispute with that third party.

6. LICENCE TO THE PROVIDED CONTENT

6.1. Should the provided content or a part of it be protected by any intellectual property right (hereinafter the “work”), by making the work available within the selection procedure the participant grants the provider the authorisation to exercise the right to use the work (a licence), under the conditions set out below.

6.2. The licence to the work is granted for all manners of use (including communicating the work to the public via the internet), without limitation as to quantity or territory. The provider may grant the authorisations forming part of the licence, in whole or in part, to a third party (a sub-licence). The provider is entitled to assign the licence to the work to a third party. The provider acquires the licence to the work at the moment it is made available to the provider. The licence is granted for seventy (70) years from the moment it arises. The provider is not obliged to make use of the licence.

6.3. The provider is entitled to edit, alter or adapt the work, to include it in a collection and to combine it with another copyrighted work (or computer program), and the editing, alteration or adaptation may also be carried out through third parties. In the case of changes to the work made by the provider (or by third parties engaged by the provider), the provider is granted a licence to the work as changed. The provider is entitled to present the work to the public under its own designation. Where the work is unpublished, the provider is entitled to publish it.

7. ASSESSMENT

7.1. From the applicants, the provider will select ten (10) interns (hereinafter the “intern”), to whom the provider will grant financial support towards the costs of the internship in the amount of CZK 60,000 (in words: sixty thousand Czech crowns).

7.2. In assessing the applications the provider will consider the completeness of the required documents supplied and the plan of the internship.

7.3. Should the provider conclude that the applicants do not fulfil the purpose of the selection procedure (Article 1.4) or fulfil it only in part, the provider may decide that no financial support will be granted or that the financial support granted will be limited in extent.

8. FINANCIAL SUPPORT

8.1. Participants to whom the provider may grant financial support towards the costs of the internship will be informed of this by the provider by email. The results of the selection procedure will also be published on the website.

8.2. A prerequisite for granting the endowment contribution is the conclusion of a separate contract between the supported intern and the provider concerning the granting of the endowment contribution. If the contract on granting the endowment contribution under the preceding sentence is not concluded within one (1) month of the announcement of the results of the selection procedure, the supported intern's right to the internship lapses.

8.3. The right to the endowment contribution may not be assigned to a third party.

9. PRESENTATION OF THE ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTION

9.1. The endowment contribution will be presented publicly, under the specific conditions set by the provider and in accordance with its instructions. The supported intern is obliged to give the provider the cooperation necessary for the public presentation of the endowment contribution.

9.2. The provider reserves the right to change the conditions of the presentation of the endowment contribution.

10. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

10.1. The protection of the participant's personal data is provided by Act No. 101/2000 Coll., on the protection of personal data, as amended, as follows.

10.2. The participant consents to the processing of their personal data for the purposes of carrying out the selection procedure (including its assessment) and for the purposes of promoting it. The following personal data of the participant will be processed: first name, surname, address, level of education, studies, email address, photographs and audiovisual recordings of the participant (hereinafter the “personal data”). The personal data may be published by the provider.

10.3. The personal data will be processed in electronic form by automated means or in printed form by non-automated means.

10.4. The participant is obliged to give all personal data correctly and truthfully. The participant is obliged to notify the provider without undue delay of any changes to the personal data.

10.5. The participant agrees that the personal data may also be made available to third parties. The provider may entrust the processing of the participant's personal data to a third party as a processor.

10.6. The participant's personal data will be processed for an indefinite period.

10.7. The participant confirms that the personal data they have provided are accurate and complete and that they have been informed that providing personal data is voluntary on their part.

10.8. Should the participant believe that the provider or the processor carries out processing of personal data that is contrary to the protection of the participant's private and personal life or contrary to the law, in particular if the personal data are inaccurate with regard to the purpose of their processing, they may ask the provider or the processor for an explanation or request that the provider or the processor remedy the situation.

10.9. If the participant requests information about the processing of their personal data, the provider is obliged to provide that information. The provider has the right to require reasonable payment for providing the information under the preceding sentence, not exceeding the costs necessary to provide it.

11. FINAL PROVISIONS

11.1. The rules are published on the website for the duration of the selection procedure. The rules are also kept in printed form at the provider's premises.

11.2. The provider reserves the right to change the rules at any time, to postpone or interrupt the selection procedure, or to cancel it without compensation.

11.3. The selection procedure and the relations between the participant and the provider connected with it are governed by the law of the Czech Republic.

In Prague, 10 January 2023Nadační fond Neuron na podporu vědy