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CFA – SAV PhD students mobility grants at CEFRES

Call for applications for PhD students enrolled at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV)

Deadline for submission:  March 16, 2025
Duration:  9 months between September 1, 2025 & May 31, 2026

The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), the French Institute in Slovakia (IFS) & CEFRES offer mobility grants at the CEFRES to PhD students enrolled the SAV.

FELLOWSHIP
⇒Funding: 500 € per mont, cumulative with the PhD scholarships at SAV
⇒Duration:  9 months between September 1, 2025 & May 31, 2026
⇒Good command of English is mandatory, command of French is appreciated.

COUNTERPART
⇒The selected fellow will join CEFRES multidisciplinary research team and actively take part in the Center’s scientific life.
⇒Fellows’ research should contribute to one of CEFRES’s research areas.
⇒Fellows present their work at the internal CEFRES seminars, and may also organize a scientific event (workshop, conference…) co-financed by the Center.

ELIGIBILITY
⇒PhD students enrolled at SAV (during the research stay at CEFRES) in one of the disciplines of humanities and social sciences

SCHEDULE

  • January 15, 2025 >  Opening of the call
  • March 16, 2025, 23:59 CET  >  Deadline for submission
  • March16–April15, 2025 >  Evaluation of the applications by a committee of experts
  • April 23–24, 2025 >  Online auditions with selected candidates
  • May 23, 2025 >  Publication 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) including:
  • the aims and inputs of the research
  • its methodological and theoretical frame
  • the first outcomes since the beginning of the research
  • a short bibliography (10 references max.)

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 authorization from the director of the SAV host institute or center preferably describing their support for the application (French or English)

Applications must be submitted electronically in one PDF file entitled “SAV-your surname” at: claire.madl[@]cefres.cz. To be considered, application packages must be complete.

An informative webinar may be proposed at the SAV or online on March 11, 2024 at 10 am to answer all your questions regarding the program & the application process.

Questions on the application procedure may be sent to: