Partner Organizations

 Partner organizations

Bilateral cooperation is based on agreements between the CAS and its partner organisations abroad. Cooperation is carried out in the form of Mobility Projects (MP) or Mobility Plus Projects (MPP). 

Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam

• ARGENTINA | Ms Michala Drahovzalová

National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- announcement of the next Call for project proposals is expected in spring/summer 2025

• BELGIUM | Ms Jana Whalen

Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) - Wallonia
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
covered institutions in Wallonia
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2023–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• BULGARIA | Ms Jana Whalen

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call for project proposals is expected in spring/summer 2026

• CHILE | Ms Michala Drahovzalová

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 1 year
- announcement of the next Call for project proposals is expected in spring/summer 2025

• CHINA | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- cooperation in all research fields excluding humanities and social sciences (CAS institutes)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2023–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• EGYPT | Ms Petra Bezecná

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology  (ASRT)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2027 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2027

• ESTONIA | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Estonian Academy of Sciences (EAS) 
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• FRANCE | Ms Jana Whalen

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025
- project proposals are primarily evaluated on the CNRS side

• GERMANY | Ms Petra Bezecná

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• HUNGARY | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2023–2024 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• INDIA | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• ITALY | Ms Michala Drahovzalová

National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2027 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2027

• JAPAN | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of host institutions in Japan is available here
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers
- length of stay in Japan: 12–24 months
- call for applications is annually announced in the CAS International Affairs News section
- more information on JSPS Fellowship here

• LATVIA | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Latvian Academy of Sciences (LZA)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2027 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2027

• LITHUANIA | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LAS)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• MONGOLIA | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• POLAND | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

Polish Academy of Sciences and Arts (PAU)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2023–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• ROMANIA | Ms Jana Whalen

Romanian Academy (RA)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2023–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring 2025

• SLOVAKIA | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 is available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• SLOVENIA | Ms Jana Whalen

Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts (SAZU)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• SPAIN | Ms Michala Drahovzalová

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

• TAIWAN | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025

Academia Sinica (AS)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2025–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• TÜRKIYE | Ms Petra Bezecná

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

• UKRAINE | Ms Magdaléna Jiráčková

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU)
Mobility Projects (MP)
- duration: 3 years

•  USA | Ms Jana Whalen

University of Memphis (UofM)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- duration: 3 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2026 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2026

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  

MIT-Czech Republic IOCB Tech Foundation Seed Fund

The program that was created in 2021 is a collaboration between MIT, the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, and its subsidiary IOCB Tech. It is now funded by the IOCB Tech Foundation, which contributes $100,000 per year to the program. The fund supports 3 to 5 new collaborations each year between scientists from CAS research institutes and universities in the Czech Republic and MIT partners, up to $25,000, with funding available to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with working meetings and research internships.

The deadline for the submission of joint project proposals within the MIT-Czech Republic IOCB Tech Foundation Seed Fund was 10 December 2024. Successful applicants will be selected by April of the following year and the first trips will be available in June 2025.

• VIETNAM | Mr Zdeněk Kresl

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Mobility Plus Projects (MPP)
- cooperation in all research fields excluding humanities and social sciences
- duration: 2 years
- list of running projects, Call and guidelines for 2024–2025 are available here
- announcement of the next Call is expected in spring/summer 2025