Our partner university the University of Hamburg offers several month-long scholarship stays for PhD students and academics within the framework of interuniversity cooperation.

Universität Hamburg

• 6 - 8 one-month scholarships for PhD students or academics

PhD students - 1200 EUR/month, academics – 1900 EUR/month

Required attachments:

a) Academic Visitor Application (must be signed by the applicant and the head of the institute, the signature of the vice-dean will be assured by the International Office)

b) structured curriculum vitae (only for PhD students)

c) Preliminary promise of admission by a teacher from a partner university( PhD students) and invitation letter issued by the partner university (for academics)

d) Detailed description of the study plan in German or English (only for PhD students)

e) Average of study results from previous studies (only for PhD students)

We kindly ask academics to send all documents to the International office, to Marie Stanovská, email: studyabroad@fsv.cuni.cz by 27 February 2023.

PhD students, please upload your documents and the application to the online application system by 27 February 2023.

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
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 deadline for application submission for the calendar year 2023 is 7 December 2022.

• the application documents for all foreign partner universities shall be sent electronically to the email:  studyabroad@fsv.cuni.cz OR by internal post to Marie Stanovská International Office, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hollar Building)
• The mobility of researchers in non-European countries can be discussed individually at any time during the year.

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

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. The deadline for application submission for the calendar year 2023 is 7 December 2022.

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 2023.

The faculty of Charles university contributes to travel expenses according to internal rules, the host university contributes to the living expenses (ie. accommodation and per diems). 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.

• Please, 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,
• within 14 days after your return, 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.

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: