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CFA | Oszkár Sárkány Fellowship 2025/2026

Fellowship for CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences & IAS CEU Budapest Fellows

Initiated in 2025, the Oszkár Sárkány fellowship commemorates a Hungarian Bohemist (1912–1943), working for a new inclusive and transnational perspective on cultural history with strong ties to French developments in humanities and social sciences, who died tragically young during World War II in a punishment battalion where he was sent because of his oppositional stance to the Horthy regime.

Central European University Institute for Advances Studies (CEU IAS) & Parisian Institut d’études avancées (Paris IEA) in partnership with the French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES) offer mobility grants to Budapest (for IEA fellows) and Paris (for CEU IAS fellows) starting from the academic year 2025/2026.

SCHEDULES

For IAS CEU fellows → Paris:

  • July 14, 2025: Opening of the call
  • September 15, 2025, 23:59 CET: Deadline for submissions
  • September 30, 2025: Publication of the results
  • Duration: 1 month in Paris
  • Suggested period of mobility: 2025/2026 academic year, preferably in Spring 2026

For CNRS fellows → IAS CEU Budapest:

  • July 20, 2025: Opening of the call
  • October 15, 2025: Deadline for submissions
  • October 25, 2025: Publication of the results
  • Duration: 15 days in Budapest
  • Suggested period of mobility: 2025/2026 academic year, preferably in Spring 2026
ELIGIBILITY

At IAS CEU: all 2024/2025 & 2025/2026 fellows
At CNRS: all permanent members of CNRS SHS research units

FELLOWSHIPS

For IAS CEU fellows in Paris:

  • 1-month accommodation at the Cité Universitaire
  • Travel costs
  • Lump sum for daily expenses

For CNRS fellows in Budapest:

  • 15-day accommodation at Wallenberg Guesthouse
  • Travel costs offered by CEFRES
  • Office at IAS CEU

A joint workshop with 2025–2026 fellows & researchers from CEU, CNRS & CEFRES will be organized in Budapest in Spring 2026 around one of the themes developed by the 2025–2026 fellows.

PREFERRED RESEARCH SCOPE 2025
  • Central-Eastern Europe
  • Illiberalism, global and local
  • Scholars at risks, academic freedom & invisible university
APPLICATION PACKAGE (in English or French)
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CNRS International Emerging Action / AVČR Mobility Plus – CFA 2022

CNRS International Emerging Action (IEA)

International Emerging Actions are PI-to-PI projects whose purpose is to explore new fields of research and international partnerships through: short-term mobility of scientists, the organisation of working meetings, and the initiation of early-stage joint research works for shared scientific projects. These actions have a duration of two years.

As a complement to the resources provided directly by participating teams, International Emerging Actions receive funds earmarked by the CNRS for international mobility between the laboratories
involved, for organising working meetings, and implementing field assignments between partners, for a total amount comprised between €10,000-€14,000 over the duration of the project.

See the presentation of the Programme on CNRS website here
and read the complete 2022 call on CNRS website here.

In the Czech Republic, the partner institution of the programme is the Czech Academy of Sciences.

See the terms and condition on the website of the Czech Academy of Scieces here.

In 2022, the calendar of the programme was as follows:

  • Launch date of the call for proposals: CNRS: June 22, 2022, CAS: June 27, 2022
  • Closure date of the call for proposals: September 16, 2022
  • Release of the results: December 2022
  • Start date of the projects: January 2023
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CNRS Support to International Mobility 2026 | Outgoing

Join the CEFRES for a short mobility!

Deadline for submission: 30 September 2025
Duration: from 3 to 9 months in 2026
Information and application form to be filled in: SMI

As a part of its support to researchers’ international mobility, the CNRS Social Sciences and Humanities allows for researchers from CNRS and from universities with which they are engaged to realize research actions abroad within the SMI framewor in 2026. Continue reading CNRS Support to International Mobility 2026 | Outgoing →

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IAS CEU Fellowships for the 2017/18 Academic Year

The Institute for Advanced Study at CEU (IAS CEU) is pleased to invite applications for its fellowships for the academic year 2017/18.

The application deadline for all four fellowships is: October 24, 2016.

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

SENIOR AND JUNIOR CORE FELLOWSHIPS – 12-15 awards
HUMANITIES INITIATIVE JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS – 2 awards
THYSSEN@IAS CEU FELLOWSHIPS – 2 awards
BOTSTIBER FELLOWSHIP – 1-2 awards

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

The Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University (IAS CEU) has as its primary mission to support excellent scholars in their pursuit of knowledge in a multidisciplinary scholarly environment. Each year, IAS CEU invites some 20 researchers in the social sciences and humanities to spend 3 to 10 months as fellows working on their own research projects. Visiting scholars benefit from the University’s academic and technical resources and from the vibrant cultural and intellectual scene in Budapest. IAS CEU seeks to build connections among its fellows, CEU faculty, and local and regional academic institutions to facilitate high-level interdisciplinary cooperation. For further information on IAS CEU, please visit: http://ias.ceu.edu/.

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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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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