Career Integration Fellowships
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.
The deadline for submitting applications for CIFs beginning in Autumn 2014 was Friday, May 23, 2014.
NOTE: Applications received by the deadline will receive primary consideration. We will consider applications of exceptional candidates after this date on a rolling basis although funding for late applicants is extremely limited. We endeavor to make decisions within two weeks of receiving applications.
Full details of the program can be found in the downloadable CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellowship Application Packet.
Email queries should be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Countries where Career Integration Fellows teach:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan
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 including remote access to CERGE-EI Library resources and the opportunity to organize research stays at CERGE-EI.
The fellowship carries an award of $7200 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
2014 Awardees (2014-2017)
Vardan Baghdasharian (PhD Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 2014)
American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Anna Bogomolova (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
Novosibirsk State University, Russia
Lukáš Lafférs (PhD Norwegian School of Economics, 2014)
Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Hyrije Abazi-Alili (PhD Staffordshire University, 2013)
South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia
Petra Baji (PhD University of Maastricht, 2013)
Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Ismail Baydur (PhD University of Virginia, 2014)
ADA University (formerly Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy), Baku, Azerbaijan
Paola Bertoli (PhD European Doctorate [Universities of Bologna, Hamburg and Erasmus-Rotterdam], 2010)
Prague Economics University (VŠE), Prague, Czech Republic
Daniel Horn (PhD Central European University, 2010)
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Pavlina Nikolovová (PhD CERGE-EI, expected 2014)
Czech Technical University (ČVUT) in Prague, Czech Republic
Mira Nurmakhanova (PhD Iowa State University, 2008)
KIMEP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Yessengali Oskenbayev (PhD ZEF Bonn, expected 2014)
Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Esmeralda Shehaj (PhD Shaffordshire University, 2013)
University of Tirana, Albania
Petar Stankov (PhD CERGE-EI, 2014)
University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Aleksandar Vasilev (PhD University of Glasgow, 2013)
American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Dmitriy Vorobyev (PhD CERGE-EI, 2013)
Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2013 Awardees (2013-2016)
Ruslan Aliyev (PhD CERGE-EI, expected 2014)
ADA University (formerly 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
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