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Researchers at Risk Fellowship – 2nd Call (2024–2026)

16. 01. 2024

The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) is announcing a call for the "Researchers at Risk Fellowship" programme from 16 January to 29 February 2024. The programme aims to support researchers' scientific work which is at risk due to threats of war, persecution, human rights violations, and other life-threatening dangers they may be facing. The RISK Programme enables them to temporarily continue their research in a safe environment at the CAS institutes in the Czech Republic for a maximum of 24 months. 

More information about the terms and conditions of the fellowship programme are available here: Call and Annex 1.

The preview of the application form is available here: Application preview.

The proposal is exclusively submitted by individual CAS institutes via the KIS online application (OMS module): https://kis.avcr.cz/kis2/oms. The generated application in PDF format from the KIS application must be sent to the CAS data mailbox (ID fr6adt5) by the stated deadline (29 February 2024).

For Czech, please visit the website: Aktuálně vypsané spolupráce.


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The Czech Academy of Sciences (the CAS)

The mission of the CAS

The primary mission of the CAS is to conduct research in a broad spectrum of natural, technical and social sciences as well as humanities. This research aims to advance progress of scientific knowledge at the international level, considering, however, the specific needs of the Czech society and the national culture.

President of the CAS

Prof. Eva Zažímalová has started her second term of office in May 2021. She is a respected scientist, and a Professor of Plant Anatomy and Physiology.

She is also a part of GCSA of the EU.