Funding opportunities for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Why seek funding?
- DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
- Internal research grants for Czech universities
- Prague institutions:
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Charles University
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Other public Czech universities:
- Brno University of Technology (BUT)
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- Masaryk University in Brno
- Mendel University Brno
- Palacký University of Olomouc (Olomouc University)
- Technical University of Liberec
- Tomas Bata University in Zlín
- University of Hradec Králové
- University of Ostrava
- University of Pardubice
- University of Silesia, Opava
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
- University of West Bohemia
- VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
- Traveling abroad: additional options
- Academic Information Agency Foreign Exchange Stays
- AKTION/Austria
- Anglo-Czech Educational Fund
- Barrande Fellowship Program – France
- British Council
- Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS) Mobility Grant
- DAAD/Germany
- Erasmus+
- Fulbright Scholar Programs
- Visegrad Mobilities
- University offices for assistance with outgoing mobility
- Prague:
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Charles University
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Other public Czech universities:
- Brno University of Technology (BUT)
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- Masaryk University in Brno
- Mendel University Brno
- Palacký University of Olomouc (Olomouc University)
- Technical University of Liberec
- Tomas Bata University in Zlín
- University of Hradec Králové
- University of Ostrava
- University of Pardubice
- University of Silesia, Opava
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
- University of West Bohemia
- VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
- Awards
- Prague:
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Charles University
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Beyond Prague:
- Brno University of Technology (BUT)
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- Masaryk University in Brno
- Mendel University Brno
- Palacký University of Olomouc (Olomouc University)
- Technical University of Liberec
- Tomas Bata University in Zlín
- University of Hradec Králové
- University of Ostrava
- University of Pardubice
- University of Silesia, Opava
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
- University of West Bohemia
- VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
- Other grant and award-granting institutions
- Case Studies
- Doctoral candidate, final year of studies applying for Czech Science Foundation (CSF)’s POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP – 2023 OUTGOING (successful)
- Doctoral candidate example, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowships (successful)
- Fulbright Scholarship examples, PhD and researcher levels (successful)
- POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AND FUNDING FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
- General project writing links
- National Czech programs and postings for postdocs+
- Institutional Czech programs for postdocs and job openings for university positions
- Prague:
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Charles University
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Other public Czech universities
- Brno University of Technology (BUT)
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- University-wide
- Occasional time-limited projects such as https://www.ujep.cz/en/the-support-of-young-research-employees-postdocs listed in the “Science and research” section.
- Masaryk University in Brno
- Mendel University Brno
- Palacký University of Olomouc (Olomouc University)
- Technical University of Liberec
- Tomas Bata University in Zlín
- University of Hradec Králové
- University of Ostrava
- University of Pardubice
- University of Silesia, Opava
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
- University of West Bohemia
- VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava
- European research and innovation (R&I) programs (i.e., funding for research and innovations at the postdoctoral level)
- Horizon Europe
- Euratom Research and Training Programme
- ITER
- European Space Research Funding
- European Investing in People, Social Cohesion & Values Funding
- Country-specific information on job postings (postdoc+); selected countries
- Canada
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Iceland
- Israel
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Case Studies
- EC Horizon project management (for advanced researchers)
- Postdoctoral researcher example, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowships (funding successful)
- Postdoc applying for European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant ERC-22-STG (high ranking but not selected; received Czech ERC funding)
- Fulbright Scholarship examples, PhD and researcher levels (successful)
- Useful STEMskiller guides
