Program Charleston at Charles University: opportunity to bring postdocs from abroad

The Charleston Programme will support postdoctoral research projects that will be carried out at Charles University (CU) by postdocs from abroad. The first call for applications will be launched in March 2025. The call will be open for only 3 months, so it is advisable that potential supervisors from CU are at the time of the call announcement already in contact with the postdocs from abroad with whom they will prepare the applications.

The Charleston Programme is co-funded by Horizon Europe, the funding scheme MSCA Cofund.

If you plan to apply in this call as a supervisor from CU hosting the postdoc from abroad, please, contact well in advance, preferably by March 2025, the Project Management Department (Miroslav Kotrc, miroslav.kotrc@natur.cuni.cz).

If you have any questions regarding this call, please, don’t hesitate to contact us.

• Press release.
• Announcement of a new grant opportunity to fund postdoctoral projects at Charles University – overview of key information about the programme.

The Charleston Programme will start on 1 January 2025. A total of 20 grants will be awarded, 10 in 2025 and 10 in 2026. A project must contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through its research topic. Project duration consists of 24 months carried out at CU and 3–6 months compulsory secondment at a non-academic institution.

The research topic should be primarily designed by the postdoc in collaboration with the department at CU where the project would be carried out, and the partner non-academic institution.

Eligible applicant – postdoc

• By the call deadline, the postdoc must not be an employee of CU.
• By the call deadline, the postdoc must not have resided in the Czechia for more than 12 months in the last 36 months.
• By the deadline of the call, the postdoc must hold a PhD, and must not be in possession of this title for more than 8 years (with exceptions such as parental leave periods).

Budget

• Personnel costs of the postdoc (gross salary EUR 3361 per month; EUR 3508 for postdocs who have a child or children).
• EUR 600 per month for research costs.
• EUR 200 per month for training costs.
• Contribution to cover the travel costs connected with the secondment at a non-academic institution.

News published by Ludmila Součková on 24. 7. 2024.

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