PhD projects & Funding
Types of project funding:
- base 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 base 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.
Students have the possibility to apply for additional 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.
Formation and destruction of the OH- ion in ion-molecule reactions - experimental astrochemistry.
Radek Plašil (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Anthropogenic electromagnetic emissions in the Earth’s magnetosphere
František Němec (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Recombination of astrophysically relevant molecular ions in specific quantum state with electrons
Petr Dohnal (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Internal excitation of molecules and their reactivity in laboratory and space environments
Štěpán Roučka (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Machine learning in space physics
František Němec (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Solar wind as a natural laboratory for study of turbulence
Alexander Pitňa and Jana Šafránková (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Space weather: Solar wind variations and their impact on magnetospheric dynamics
Oleksandr Goncharov and Zdenek Nemecek (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Multicomponent solar wind and its evolution through the heliosphere
Lubomir Prech and Zdenek Nemecek (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Libor Juha (IP CAS), Jaromír Chalupský (IP CAS), and Jan Wild (DSPS FMP CUNI)
Spectroscopy and transformation of liquids by using free electrons
Juraj Fedor (HIPC CAS)
Patrik Španěl (HIPC CAS)
Plasma waves observed by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Jan Souček, David Píša, Ondřej Santolík (IAP CAS)