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The Czech Doctoral Research Fellowship is tenable in the 2021-2022 academic year (1 September 2021 - 31 August 2022) at the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. The Fellowship is valued at CAN $ 27,600.00 and will be paid in equal monthly installments at the end of each month, beginning September 2021.

The successful candidate will hold this fellowship at the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, and is expected to be actively engaged in Ph.D. thesis research. Successful candidates are also expected to participate in the Institute's cultural, scholarly and academic activities and events, particularly the development of academic relationships with institutions in the Czech Republic. A willingness to engage with the local Czech community and serve as a liaison between that community and the Faculty of Arts is also a requirement.

Young scholars from any discipline in the Humanities, Social Sciences or Fine Arts are invited to apply. Candidates should be Czech citizens and enrolled in a Ph.D. programme at a Czech university at "all-but-dissertation" level.

Applicants should submit a short English-language description (maximum 500 words) of their research project, a full curriculum vitae, and the names of two references, as one single file with first name, last name, and country included in the file name (i.e. John_Smith_Czech.PDF). Application should be submitted by e-mail to Professor Joseph F. Patrouch, Director of the Institute, at: , and copied to Kateřina Kubátová at the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, at: .

The application deadline is May 17, 2021. More details can be found on the UoA website.