Hosted by: 
the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics-Prague (CETE-P) & the Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics (IRLaB).

Are you a fresh postdoc researcher with interests in environmental ethics, technology ethics, bioethics or medical ethics? We encourage you to consider applying for GACR Postdoc Individual Fellowship - Incoming at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (Czechia), fully funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR).

The duration of GACR Postdoc Individual Fellowship is up to 36 months. While carrying out their own research project, the GACR Postdoc Fellows will profit from participating in the vibrant international environment of the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P) and the Interdisciplinary Research Lab for Bioethics (IRLaB).

CETE-P is a research center funded from the Horizon Europe program (ERA Chairs) and led by Mark Coeckelbergh. The main aim of CETE-P is to connect research on ethical issues concerning environment and emerging technologies.

IRLaB is an internationally oriented interdisciplinary research environment with a focus on bioethics, specifically health care ethics. IRLaB is led by Geoffrey Dierckxsens and its aim is to connect diverse approaches to health care ethics, including phenomenological, analytical, sociological and legal bioethics.
 
The final deadline for submitting the application to GACR is expected in early April 2025 for fellowships starting in January 2026 (the start of the project can be postponed up to October 2026).

Researchers applying for GACR Postdoc Individual Fellowship – Incoming must meet the following criteria: 

- The applicant must be an outstanding early-career researcher with a PhD awarded after 30 September 2021, but not later than 30 September 2025 (maternity/parental leave is excluded from the 4-years period)

- The applicant must have spent at least 2 years of the last 3 years outside the Czech Republic, either in the form of PhD study and/or employment at a non-Czech academic institution.

No restrictions apply with respect to the applicant’s age and nationality. Female researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
 
Read more about the practical information about applying for GACR Postdoc Individual Fellowship - Incoming and the call: https://gacr.cz/en/extracts-from-tender-documents/ [The link leads to Tender Documents for last year’s call, however we don’t expect any substantial changes in the new GACR call which is to be published in February 2025]

Please submit your expression of interest at cermakova@flu.cas.cz by 14 February 2025, noon (CET).
 
The submission must include:

• Abstract of a research project relevant to CETE-P or IRLaB (500-700 words)
• Cover letter explaining motivation
• Academic CV
• List of publications
• Sample of a recently published work or a complete PhD thesis

Applicants will be informed about the result by 21 February 2025. Selected candidates will receive support from CETE-P’s / IRLaB’s team and the Grant Office of the Institute of Philosophy for the process of preparation of their GACR application in March 2025.
 
For any questions about CETE-P and the GACR Postdoc Individual Fellowships, feel free to contact Petr Urban at urban@flu.cas.cz. For more information about IRLaB, please contact Geoffrey Dierckxsens at dierckxsens@flu.cas.cz.