As in previous years, our partner universities offer several month-long scholarships stays for academics within the framework of interuniversity cooperation.
These universities are:
Universität zu Köln
• 1 one-month-long scholarship for academics– 2000 EUR/month
Universität Hamburg
• 5 one-month-long scholarships for academics – 1900 EUR/month

Required attachments:
a) Academic Visitor Application (needs to be signed by the applicant and the head of the department or the director of the institute)
b) Invitation letter for academics

We kindly ask academics to send all documents to the International offices of the faculties by 5th December 2023 to Marie Stanovská, email studyabroad@fsv.cuni.cz

a) scientific and teaching staff of all faculties of Charles University, incl. postdoctoral students (in regular employment with Charles University, not freelancers),

b) PhD students in all faculties of Charles University

The applicant contacts his/her current/potential scientific partner at a contracted foreign university and agrees with him/her on the specific content and purpose of his/her stay. Based on the agreement, the applicant prepares the application form in one original copy (please do not staple) including:

1. Academic Visitor Application – Application Form (must be signed by the applicant plus the head of the department or the director of the institute)
2. Invitation letter from a foreign partner proving the consent of the purpose of the applicant's stay. Please, provide the invitation letter on the letterhead of the partner’s university.
3. Justification for multiple stays (concerning applications for more than 2 trips a year to one country).

The applications from academics are evaluated based on these criteria:

- mutually beneficial cooperation

- perspective of long-term cooperation

- support for junior scientists

- new scientists and new disciplines

- reciprocity

The weight of the criteria varies from one partner university to another, depending on the priorities of the university's international strategy.

1) Faculty of Charles University

The application that meets all requirements shall be approved by the head of the department. At the faculty level, the Vice-Dean for Foreign Affairs shall decide on the nominations. 

2) Rectorate of Charles University

The Vice-Rector for International Relations and Mobility shall decide on nominations on the CU level. 

3) Foreign university

The nominations submitted by the Vice-Rector are subject to an approval process at the level of the rectorate of the partner university. Nominations received are announced through the International Office FSV UK, usually during January/ February.

The host university contributes to the living expenses (ie. accommodation and per diets). The level of contributions varies from country to country and is also governed by the university’s current financial capacity.

In case a foreign university does not have sufficient financial resources to cover subsistence costs or can only partially cover them the researcher must secure an additional source of funding.

The faculty of Charles university contributes to travel expenses according to internal rules, at FSV UK the academic has to secure finances on the institute level. 

• report the agreed date of your stay to OZS FSV (unless it is specified in the application form or if there is a change),
• Immediately report a possible cancellation of your stay to OZS FSV so your spot can be offered to other interested parties,
• fill in the Report of a foreign trip (Závěrečná zpráva ze zahraniční cesty), let it sign by the head of the department, and submit it to the International Office of the Faculty which will forward it to the International Relations Office at the Rectorate. (within 14 days after your return)

The above-mentioned conditions and procedure only apply to the agreements with universities from Germany, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, and Greece. In the case of other countries, the agreements are framework and do not specify the conditions of academic stays, do not ensure financing, and no nomination from the Charles University rectorate is required. It is therefore not necessary for applications to go through the CU rectorate approval process. In these cases, academics arrange their stay directly with the receiving workplace according to the conditions of the host university, and the faculty only informs the rectorate about the employee's departure. If
assistance from the CU rectorate is necessary in communicating with the host university, please contact the coordinator for the given region.

The list of Inter-university agreements that the Faculty of Social Sciences participates on: