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CFA: Young Researcher Fellowhips at CEFRES (France & Visegrad Countries)

Call for application for 2nd year and above PhD students from France and the Visegrad countries 

Deadline for submission: 15 March 2016 (6 PM).
Duration: September 1st 2016 – August 31st 2017.

CEFRES offers year-long fellowships at the center to 2nd year and above PhD students from France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Fellows’ research should contribute to one of CEFRES’s research areas. The amount of the fellowship is 20 000 CZK per month during 12 months. Good command of English is mandatory, command of French is appreciated. The selected PhD fellows will join CEFRES team and take part in the center’s scientific life.

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France > Visegrad, Mobility

Josef Dobrovský fellowships of the Czech Academy of Sciences

The objective of the fellowship is to support “Czech studies” in both national and territorial delimitation by means of the financing of short-term study stays of foreign researchers at the Institutes of the CAS. The fellowship is intended for young researchers (usually aged up to 35) who need to study the Czech historical, cultural, language, geographic or natural characteristics in the Czech Republic.

The applications for the Josef Dobrovský Fellowship are filed by the directors of CAS Institutes following its discussion in the Institute’s council and with its recommendation. The deadlines for submitting the applications are 28 February and 31 August of each year. For more information, see the the CAS website: http://www.avcr.cz/en/academic-public/support-of-research/josef-dobrovsky-fellowship/
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CFP: CEFRES Platform PhD Fellowships

Call for applications for 2nd year and above PhD students at the Charles University or the Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic.

Deadline for submission: 15 March 2017 (6 PM).
Duration: September 1st 2016 – August 31st 2017.

In the frame of its Platform, CEFRES offers a year-long fellowship to two PhD students enrolled at the Charles University and/or working as fellows at the Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Fellows’ research should contribute to one of CEFRES’s research areas. The amount of the fellowship is 10 000 CZK per month during 12 months. Good command of English is mandatory, command of French is appreciated. The selected PhD fellows will join CEFRES team and take part in the center’s scientific life. Continue reading CFP: CEFRES Platform PhD Fellowships →

Calls for Applications, Mobility, Visegrad > France

The International Selection at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris)

Application deadline: 01/02/2016
Starting: September 2016.
More info: http://www.ens.fr/admission/selection-internationale/
To apply (in English): http://www.ens.fr/admission/selection-internationale/article/session-2016?lang=en
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The Ecole normale supérieure of Paris holds a prestigious place within the best universities worldwide. Students are granted stimulating surroundings and a diversified offer for many formations.

International Selection is a great opportunity for excellent foreign students to join French university excellence. They prepare a Master and ENS Diploma. A personal tutor and a scholarship (1,000 euros/month for 2 or 3 years) give them the best conditions of studies.

To apply: http://www.ens.fr/?article2771.

Candidates receive a letter of acceptance (or refusal) in March 2016. Selected applicants are invited to take part in an exam session in July in Paris. After a series of written and oral tests, final results are proclaimed. The academic year starts at the begining of September 2016.

Eligibility criteria
  • Candidates must not be after their 25th birthday on December 1st.
  • Candidates must not have applied to the International Selection before.
  • Candidates must not have lived in France more than 10 months during the academic year of the selection (September 1st – August 31st) nor the previous year.
  • Candidates must justify at least one year of undergraduate studies awarded by a foreign university during the calendar year preceding the start of applications.
  • Candidates justify at least two years of undergraduate studies in a foreign university, on the 1st of September following admission.
France > Visegrad, Mobility

Calls for fellowship applications at CEU IAS (Institute for Advanced Study)

The CEU Institute for Advanced Study (CEU IAS) is pleased to invite applications for its fellowships for the academic year 2015/16.

Application deadline for all three fellowships: 26 October, 2015.

Calls are open for the fellowships listed below. Applications to more than one of the programs is possible but the application process and the requirements are not the same.

SENIOR AND JUNIOR CORE FELLOWSHIPS – 12-15 awards each year

HUMANITIES INITIATIVE JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS – 2 awards each year

THYSSEN@CEU IAS FELLOWSHIPS – 2 awards each year

CEU IAS fellows typically spend 6-10 months in Budapest and pursue their own research in the intellectual community of the other fellows, the university and the lively city of Budapest.

CEU IAS Fellowships are highly competitive and will be awarded on the basis of scholarly excellence.

All further information on the new Calls can be found on the CEU IAS website: http://ias.ceu.edu/calls-fellowship-applications-ceu-ias

Visegrad > France

Hosting Program “Research in Paris”

Since 2003, the City of Paris has been proposing hosting programs in research institutes situated in Paris. The conditions of applications were modified in 2015 and post-doctoral researchers only are eligible now. The applications are to be sent by the hosting Parisian laboratory itself.

See the description of the program and the results of 2015 campaign on the website of the City of Paris (in French only).