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CFA | CEFRES Residential Fellowships for Ukrainian Researchers in HSS

CFA | CEFRES Residential Fellowships for Ukrainian Researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences

The French Center for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES) in close collaboration with the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), the French National Research Center (CNRS SHS) as well as the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ÚSD AV ČR) and Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ÚDU AV ČR) launches a program of residential fellowships in Prague dedicated to Ukrainian researchers in humanities and social sciences.

Duration: from 14 days to 2 months at CEFRES in Prague
Suggested periods: March 1-May 31 or September 1-December 15, 2024
Funding: 2 000 € / month (prorata temporis for shorter periods)
Housing: Offered by CEFRES in collaboration with the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institutes of Contemporary History and of Art History
Deadline for submission of applications: January 31, 2024

Objective of the program

The goal of the new program is to offer the recipients of the non-residential fellowships comfortable conditions for developing research goal, accessing resources (archives, libraries, scientific events…)  in Prague and strengthening collaborations and contacts developed in the frame of the nonresidential fellowships program.

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CFA | TANDEM CNRS-SAV PROGRAM, 2026-2027

Due to a change in CNRS schedule, the deadline for submission of applications had to be brought forward and has been set for September 15, 2025 (23:59 CET)!

The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), the French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences in Prague (CEFRES) and the CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences (CNRS HSS) are launching the second call for applications for the Tandem incubator program dedicated to researchers from the Slovak Academy of Sciences and CNRS.

 GOALS OF THE PROGRAM

The Tandem CNRS-SAV program endeavours excellency in social sciences and humanities by bringing together Slovak and French colleagues to intensify scientific collaboration between our countries in the frame of European Research Area. It benefits from the experience of two Czech-French Tandem program schemes at CEFRES, whose former members have obtained two ERC grants, incl. the BOAR project. Continue reading CFA | TANDEM CNRS-SAV PROGRAM, 2026-2027

AAC – Séjour de recherche au CEFRES des chercheuses et chercheurs de l’EHESS

Séjour de recherche et d’enseignement au Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales (CEFRES) de Prague

Dans le cadre de la convention de coopération entre l’EHESS et le CEFRES, qui inclut également l’Université Charles de Prague ainsi que l’Académie des sciences de la République tchèque, et pour intensifier les échanges scientifiques franco-tchèques dans le domaine des sciences humaines et sociales, le CEFRES propose l’accueil d’un/e enseignant/e-chercheur/se de l’EHESS pour deux à quatre semaines durant l’année 2025.

Durée du séjour : 2 à 4 semaines
Période du séjour : février-juin ou octobre-décembre 2025
Date limite d’envoi des candidatures : 15 mai 2024

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Intern at CEFRES

Applications are open to all French-speaking and/or English-speaking students throughout the academic year.

The Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales is actively seeking interns for periods of one to several months. It offers the exceptional opportunity to work as part of a team of researchers in a laboratory based in Prague, under the joint supervision of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and liaising with researchers based in the four countries of the Visegrád group.

Internships may be scientific in nature (fieldwork or consulting archives as part of a research project, joining the centre’s scientific network, etc.) or administrative. In both cases, the aim of the proposed internship is to contribute to CEFRES’ scientific development missions and to provide support for the running of the research centre in collaboration with its team. Continue reading Intern at CEFRES

CFA – Postdoctoral Positions at CEFRES. 2025 Call

Call opens June 16, 2025
Deadline for submission: September 15, 2025
Publication of the results: beginning of October 2025
Period:
January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027
Application Language: English
Address for submission:  mateusz.chmurski@cefres.cz (send a copy to: claire.madl@cefres.cz)

Two postdoctoral researchers will be recruited from January 1, 2026 for two years at CEFRES. They will be both affiliated to CEFRES and to a relevant department for their research at Charles University (UK). The selection of both postdoctoral researchers will be based on the quality of their research project and its adequation to the research area or the research project it intends to contribute to. Continue reading CFA – Postdoctoral Positions at CEFRES. 2025 Call

Pour les chercheuses et chercheurs du CNRS

Le Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales (CEFRES) accueille régulièrement des chercheurs du CNRS pour une affectation d’une année renouvelable.

Situé à Prague, le CEFRES est une Unité mixte de recherche du CNRS et institut français de recherche à l’étranger (UMIFRE) du ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères  et une Unité d’appui et de recherche (UAR 3138) du CNRS.

Fortement internationalisé, le CEFRES comprend une vingtaine de chercheurs (doctorants, post-doctorants, enseignants-chercheurs et chercheurs du CNRS) et accueille plusieurs équipes de recherche sur des thématiques et dans des disciplines variées. Continue reading Pour les chercheuses et chercheurs du CNRS