PhD projects & Funding
Types of project funding:
- basic scholarship: all PhD students will receive for the 4-year duration of their studies a state-guaranteed stipend of net 11 000 CZK/month, which increases to net 12 500 CZK/month in the second year and finally to net 14 500 CZK/month after passing state doctoral exam..
- grant supplements: individual grants can supplement the basic scholarship. Due to limited duration of grants (typically 3-5 years), the amount and duration of supplement differs and is indicated for each project. Extension of the supplement is not guaranteed.
- fully-funded: the project offers net total funding at the minimal level of 22 000 CZK/month for the normal duration of PhD studies. Note that depending on the grant and institutional policies, the net income may be higher.
All students have the possibility to apply for additional independent funds for salary, travel, and equipment at the Grant Agency of the Charles University.
PhD students can take advantage of subsidized meals, discounted public transport, possibility of staying in student dormitories, and free "Czech as foreign language" classes. There are no tuition or fees for PhD students. The price level in Prague can be estimated at Numbeo.
The list of PhD projects below is now final. Please apply through the Application form.
Ondřej Pejcha (ITP MFF CUNI)
Holography in three dimensions
Joris Raeymaekers (IP CAS)
Traces of chaos in gravitational waves from extreme mass ratio inspirals
Georgios Loukes Gerakopoulos (AI CAS)
Reconstruction of asteroid physical properties from optical photometry and thermal infrared data
Josef Ďurech (AI MFF CUNI)
Black holes in higher-dimensional spacetimes
Marcello Ortaggio (IM CAS)
Martin Schnabl (CEICO IP CAS)
Cosmology and ultra-high energy cosmic rays
Federico Urban (CEICO IP CAS)
Pulsars as a cosmological tool
Federico Urban (CEICO IP CAS)
Curvature decomposition in circular space-times
Oldřich Semerák (ITP MFF CUNI)
Magnetic fields of current loops around black holes
Oldřich Semerák (ITP MFF CUNI)
Pavel Exner (NPI CAS)
Vertex coupling effects in quantum graphs
Pavel Exner (NPI CAS)
Exact spacetimes in higher order gravity theories
Robert Švarc (ITP MFF CUNI)
Multi-electron effects in the dynamics of resonant states of molecules
Zdeněk Mašín (ITP MFF CUNI)
Pavel Kroupa (AI MFF CUNI and University of Bonn)
Star clusters, their evolution and their stars
Pavel Kroupa (AI MFF CUNI and University of Bonn)
Re-accretion of wind and supernova matter onto a central black hole
Richard Wünsch (AI CAS)
Theodore Erler (CEICO IP CAS)
Precise calculations of atomic spectra and tests of fundamental physics
Vojtěch Patkóš & Jaroslav Zamastil (MFF CUNI)
Astrospheres - Stellar wind bubbles as topological borders to the interstellar medium
Dieter Nickeler (AI CAS)
Stellar ejecta of massive stars
Michaela Kraus (AI CAS)
Pulsations in evolved massive stars
Michaela Kraus (AI CAS)
LATE PROJECT: Hunting dark energy with (stellar) astrophysics
Ippocratis Saltas (CEICO, IP CAS)
LATE PROJECT: Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays with AugerPrime
Petr Travnicek, Alexey Yushkov or Martina Bohacova (IP CAS)
LATE PROJECT: Preparation of CTA Observatory and early science
Petr Travnicek and Anabella Araudo (IP CAS)
LATE PROJECT: Non-invasive atmospheric monitoring not only for large observatories
Jan Ebr or Michael Prouza (IP CAS)
LATE PROJECT: Multi-messenger studies with Vera C. Rubin Observatory data
Michael Prouza or Asen Christov (IP CAS)