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            * Fulbright – Charles University Distinguished Scholar
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            Charles University and J.William Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic offer a full-m

            for a professor position at Charles University faculties of its institutes called „Fulbrig
            University Distinguished Scholar” for interested U.S. academics.


            • Category: Distinguished Lecturing
            • Special Feature: Full-Maintenance Grant

            • Number of Awards per Academic Year: 1 – 2
            • Grant Activity: Teach a maximum of 2 courses at advanced undergraduate and graduate leve
            • Language: English

            • Additional Qualifications: Professor
            • Location: Charles University (Prague, Pilsen, or Hradec Kralove – depending on the hosti
              institute)

            • Length of Grant: 3 - 10 months
            • Starting Date: Usually mid-September or mid-February when the new semester at the univer
              Two-semester grants must begin in September.

            • Starting academic year: 2025/2026
            • Financial amount per month: 6 000 USD
            • Estimated Travel and Relocation Allowance for Grantee: 1 800 USD

            • Citizenship/Residency Requirement: Permanent residents of the award country are not elig
              for this award.
            • Invitation Requirement: A letter of invitation from the CU faculty or institute manageme

              applicant is required. Letter of invitation should state the dates of grant, name of the
              person, accessibility of research facilities, and extent of other support provided.
            • Comments: The award is open to any specialization in all the fields offered at Charles U

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            • Application deadline: September 16th 2024




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            * Selection process:
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            Suitable candidates will be pre-selected by the Institute of International Education which
            the list of the candidates to the Fulbright Commission. Charles University and the Fulbrig
            representatives will nominate a finalist and an alternate. The final decision will be made

            Foreign Scholarship Board.

            The Fulbright Commission will provide the following for the grantee:


            • Important pre-departure information including all the paperwork for the visa procedures
            • Health and accident insurance policy

            • Support payments for qualified accompanying dependents of the grantee (as defined by Ful
              guidelines) for the duration of the grant period
            • A travel grant


            Charles University will provide the following for the grantee:
            • Anchor the grantee at an institute and faculty appropriate to his or her field of expert

            • Provide for the approval of the grantee’s courses by relevant university bodies and orga
              announcement of the grantee’s courses in Charles University’s Student informational syst
              catalogue

            • Access to office space with the usual facilities (telephone, computer, e-mail, internet 
            • Offer the grantee university housing or help to identify and contract for appropriate ho


            For more information, please contact Anna Bowers [ MAIL "anna.bowers(zavinac)ruk.cuni.cz"]




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            * Useful links:

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            The complete Fulbright policies for U.S. Lecturers and Research Scholars are available HER

            eca.state.gov/fulbright/about-fulbright/fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-ffsb/ffsb-poli
            600).



            To learn more about the position, please visit the Catalogue of Fulbright Awards which is 
            the Institute of International Education HERE [ URL "https://fulbrightscholars.org/award/f

            university-distinguished-scholar"] .
            You can find more information about Charles University and its broad range of academic, re
            activities as well as its long and rich history, on our website HERE [ URL "https://cuni.c

            Find out more about life in the Czech Republic, its cultural heritage, and also many usefu
            around the Republic HERE [ URL "https://www.visitczechrepublic.com/en-US"] .