Charleston: CU Launches an International Project to Support Postdoctoral Research ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** 1 January 2025 With the new year, Charles University is launching the Charleston programme, co-funded by European Commission initiative MSCA COFUND under the Horizon Europe framework programme. T support a total of 20 promising young researchers from abroad. Over the course of projects months, the selected researchers will work at the university and undertake secondments of a non-academic institution. The first call for applications will open in March 2025. Eligible postdoctoral researchers must not be employees of Charles University at the time closure and must not have resided in the Czech Republic for more than 12 cumulative months 36 months. Their PhD degree must not be older than 8 years, although exceptions apply for etc. Projects can be conducted at any faculty or department of Charles University. The Charleston programme is based on three main pillars: • Selected projects will contribute to sustainable development and deliver wider societal with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [ URL "https://sdgs.un.org/goals"] . • Secondments at non-academic institutions will strengthen cross-sector collaboration and knowledge transfer. • A new career development programme for young university researchers will be introduced, mentoring opportunities. Applications will be accepted in two calls, with 10 projects supported in each. Submitted assessed by independent international evaluators. Further details can be found in this PDF document [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-2035-version charleston_eligibility_and_conditions.pdf"] and will soon be available on our website. For can also follow us on Facebook [ URL "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089456731 [ URL "https://www.instagram.com/postdoctoralhub/"] , X [ URL "https://twitter.com/Postdoc Bluesky [ URL "https://bsky.app/profile/postdoctoralhub.bsky.social"] .