SAS PhD Students Mobility Grants at CEFRES

Call for application for PhD students enrolled at the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Deadline for submission: March 15, 2025

The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), the French Institute Slovakia (IFS) & the French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES) offer mobility grants at the CEFRES to PhD students enrolled at the SAS.

FELLOWSHIPS

Funding – cumulative with the PhD scholarships at the SAS:500 € per month for a duration of 9 months
Duration:                                           9 months between September 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026
Languages:Good command of English is mandatory; command of French is not required but appreciated.

The selected young researchers will join the CEFRES multidisciplinary research team: they will work in an international research center, present their work at the internal CEFRES seminars, and may also organize a scientific event (workshop, conference…) co-financed by the Center. CEFRES can also help fellows in looking for affordable housing in Prague.

ELIGIBILITY

  • PhD students enrolled at SAS

SCHEDULE

January 15, 2025              Opening of the call
March 15, 2025, 23:59 CETDeadline for submissions                      
March 15 – April 14, 2025Evaluation of the applications by a committee of experts
April 23-24, 2025Zoom auditions with selected candidates
May 22, 2025Publication of the results

APPLICATION PACKAGE (in English or French)

  1. Duly filled in application form – download the form here.
  2. A summary of your research (2-3 pp. maximum) incl. the aims and inputs of the research;
    its methodological and theoretical frame; the first outcomes since the beginning of the research and a short bibliography (10 references maximum)
  3. A letter of motivation answering these two questions: how does your research project contribute to one of CEFRES’s research areas (450 words), how can your research benefit from CEFRES? (300 words)
  4. Two academic reference letters, including one from the PhD supervisor
  5. A CV with a list of publications and papers
  6. A letter of authorisation from the director of the SAV host institute or centre preferably describing their support for the application

Applications must be submitted electronically in one PdF entitled “Young Fellow-Your surname” at: claire.madl@cefres.cz. To be considered, application packages must be complete.

Questions on the application procedure may be sent to: 

Application-Form-PhDs-SAS2025Stiahnuť