Join us in Advancing the Frontiers of Physics

Physics for Future (P4F), MSCA COFUND programme, offers postdoctoral fellowships designed for excellent scientists who pursue their own research endeavours.

The P4F programme is coordinated by the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The fellowships are supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Co-funding for regional, national, and international programmes (COFUND) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. The fellows are invited to submit bottom-up proposals in three broadly defined areas: Materials for Society, Matter under Extreme Conditions, and Emerging tools.

• 24 Months fellowships
• 2 Calls
• 60 Fellows
• 3256 € Gross without family

Fellowship benefits

• training in advanced and emerging technologies
• attractive employment conditions
• unique interdisciplinary environment
• personalised supervision and career guidance

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Our supervisors

Our supervisors will support and encourage fellows in their research and career development. Our supervisors’ specific expertise lies in various fields of physics, such as:

• condensed matter physics
• optics
• high-energy physics
• nano materials
• astrophysics and cosmology
• atomic, molecular and chemical physics

The individual profiles of our supervisors provide detailed descriptions of the specific expertise possessed by our teams.

Timeline of the second call for proposals

• Call opening: August 2025
• Call deadline: October 2025
• Evaluation: November 2025-February 2026
• Results: February 2026

For candidates