CIF

CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellowships (CIFs) are available for Western-educated economists returning to Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union to take full-time academic posts.

Applications for Fellowships beginning in Autumn 2014 are currently being accepted. Full details of the program can be found in the downloadable CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellowship Application Packet.

The deadline for submitting applications is May 24, 2014. Applicants who are considering a new academic appointment which is conditional upon receiving the fellowship can submit their application early and get a decision within two weeks.

The CERGE-EI Foundation provides fellowships for economists who obtained their PhD in North America, Australia/New Zealand or Western Europe and who are assuming a full-time academic position in any country in Central and Eastern Europe or the countries of the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the fellowship is to make academic careers in the post-communist countries more attractive for such graduates by providing supplemental income that should bridge the gap between academic and private sector salaries. The fellowship also provides a set of services designed to improve the academic environment for the fellow.

The donor who provides funding for the fellowships has a desire to improve the quality of economics education in Central and Eastern Europe. Young graduates from North American, Australian/New Zealand or Western European universities who accept academic positions in the region are essential to that goal. The Career Integration Fellowship was established in 2007, initially for PhD graduates from CERGE-EI in Prague. Starting in 2009, the fellowships have been extended to PhD graduates from any university in the Western academic world.

The fellowship is $7,200 per year and is guaranteed to be provided for 3 years. If the program receives sufficient funding in the future, fellowships may be renewed. The fellowship is over and above the salary paid by the university where the fellow will teach.

Current CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellows

2013 Awardees (2013-2016)

Ruslan Aliyev (PhD CERGE-EI, expected 2013)
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan

Aleksandr Grigoryan (PhD University of Turin, 2009)
College of Business and Economics, American University of Armenia (AUA), Yerevan, Armenia

Dmitri Kolyuzhnov (PhD CERGE-EI, 2008)
Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Katarzyna Maciejowska (PhD European University Institute, 2010)
Institute of Organization and Management/Economics Department, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland

Natasha Trajkova (PhD Staffordshire University, 2013)
University St. Kliment Ohridski (UKLO), Bitola, Macedonia

Urmatbek Tynaliev (PhD University of Minnesota, 2009)
International Ataturk Alatoo University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
 

2012 Awardees (2012-2015)

Anna Lovász (PhD University of Washington, 2008)
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Dept. of Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Elena Mielcová (PhD CERGE-EI, 2002)
Faculty of Business Administration, Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic

Nermin Oruč (PhD Staffordshire University, 2011)
International University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Economics Business Administration, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marjan Petreski (PhD Staffordshire University, 2011)
University American College Skopje, School of Business Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Skopje, Macedonia

Zsolt Sándor (PhD University of Groningen, 2001)
Sapientia University, Faculty of Economic and Human Sciences, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Nurmukhammad Yusupov (PhD University of Nantes, 2011)
Urgench State University, Dept of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2011 Awardees (2011 - 2014)

Karel Janda (PhD CERGE-EI, 1996)
Faculty of Finance, University of Economics in Prague and
Department of Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague

Hubert János Kiss (PhD University of Alicante, 2009)
Department of Economics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary

Martina Lubyová (PhD CERGE-EI, 2002)
Department of Statistics, Faculty of  Economic Informatics, Economics University in Bratislava

 

2010 Awardees (2010 - 2013)

Anikó Bíró (PhD Central European University, 2010)
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
(withdrawn in 2011, accepted full-time position at the University of Edinburgh)

Inna Čábelková (PhD CERGE-EI, 2002)
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague

Farrukh Irnazarov (PhD University of Groningen, in process)
National University of Uzbekistan

Dmitri Kolyuznov (PhD CERGE-EI, 2008)
Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Katarína Svítková (PhD CERGE-EI, 2007)
Anglo-American University, Prague, Czech Republic

Pavel Vacek (PhD Cornell University, 2007)
Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague
 

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