CFA: 2021 Young Researcher Fellowships at CEFRES (France & Visegrad Countries)
Call for application for 2nd year and above PhD students from France and the Visegrad countries
Deadline for submission: March 31st, 2021 Duration: September 1st 2021 – August 31st 2022
CEFRES offers year-long fellowships at the center to 2nd-year and above PhD students enrolled in a university in France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, or 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.
Application Package
1. Duly filled in application form – download the form here 2. A summary of your research (5 pages maximum) including:
o the aims and inputs of the research
o its methodological and theoretical frame
o the first outcomes since the beginning of the research
o a state of the art presented within a 1 page-long bibliography 3. A letter of motivation answering these two questions:
o How does your research project contribute to one of CEFRES’s research areas (450 words)
o 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
Application packages must be submitted electronically in a PdF entitled ”Young Fellow-your surname” at: claire@cefres.cz. To be considered, application packages must be complete.
Application packages can be sent in French or in English.
All applications will be evaluated by a committee of experts. Candidates will be informed of the results of the preselection by 20 May 2021. Preselected candidates will be interviewed at the CEFRES (or online) by a jury presided by the director of CEFRES in the week of the 31st of May 2021. Final results will be published on 7 June 2021.
Counterparts
CEFRES PhD fellows are staying in Prague and they contribute to the activities (workshops, conferences, lectures, round tables) of CEFRES. They present their research and propose a collaborative activity as CEFRES fellow. They provide with a quarterly report stating the progress made on their research, as well with one presentation of their work for publication or already published with the permission of its publishers to upload it to the institutional archives
HAL-SHS. They provide CEFRES with an exemplar of their thesis after its defence (electronic versions are welcome).
Questions on the application procedure may be sent to Mrs Claire Madl at claire@cefres.cz.
