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What are the CAS Mobility Plus Projects?

These programmes aim to establish or intensify international scientific cooperation and stimulate involvement of young researchers and Ph.D. students. Collaboration should result in a preparation of larger international projects. Conditions may vary based on the bilateral agreements.

Overview of (7) relevant open calls for 2026

 Country   Partner organization   Duration   Period   Research area   Max. fin. contribution   № app. projects 
Germany
DAAD
2 years
2026-2027
all
200 000 CZK/y
NA
Japan
JSPS
2 years
2026-2027
all
400 000 CZK/y
3
Taiwan
NSTC
2 years
2026-2027
all
200 000 CZK/y
4
Korea
NST
2 years
2026-2027
all
350 000 CZK/y
2
China
PRCAS
2 years
2026-2027
all
250 000 CZK/y
2
Slovenia
SAZU
2 years
2026-2027
all
100 000 CZK/y
2
Romania
RA
2 years
2026-2027
all
80 000 CZK/y
2
France**
CNRS
2 years
2026-2027
all
?
?
Argentina**
CONICET
2 years
2026-2027
all
?
?
Belgium**
FNRS
3 years
2026-2028
all
?
?
Hungary**
MTA
2 years
2026-2027
all
?
?
Spain**
CSIC
2 years
2026-2027
all
?
?
Vietnam**
VAST
2 years
2026-2027
all
?
?
**calls expected to be launched in summer 2025

CAS Mobility Plus Projects - future calls

 Country   Partner organization   Duration   Planned period 
 2026 (april) 
Japan
JSPS
2 years
2027-2028
Germany
DAAD
2 years
2027-2028
France
CNRS
2 years
2027-2028
Taiwan
AS
2 years
2027-2028
Slovakia
SAS
2 years
2027-2028
India
CSIR
2 years
2027-2028
Turkey
TÜBITAK
3 years
2027-2029
USA
UofM
3 years
2027-2029
China
NSFC
2 years
2027-2028
Bulgaria
BAS
2 years
2027-2028
Mongolia
MAS
2 years
2027-2028
 2027 (april) 
Japan
JSPS
2 years
2028-2029
Germany
DAAD
2 years
2028-2029
France
CNRS
2 years
2028-2029
Italy
CNR
3 years
2027-2030
Egypt
ASRT
3 years
2027-2030

Who can apply for the CAS Mobility Plus Projects?

Scientists from the CAS institutes:

Why to apply for the CAS Mobility Plus Projects?

You can receive financial contribution toward the mobility and research costs.

When to apply for the CAS Mobility Plus Projects?

The nearest CAS Mobility Projects call deadline 2026 is on Mon 09 June 2025 (IOCB deadline: Mon 02 June 2025).


  Please inform the Project Office about your intention.  
  Do not hesitate anytime to contact us for consulting, discussion or help.  

How to apply for the CAS Mobility Plus Projects 2026?

  1. Find and read guidelines of relevant call.

  2. Contact your foreign partner/colleague in a relevant country and jointly prepare Mobility Plus Project proposal.
    • Project proposals must be submitted in parallel to both partner organizations.
    • Identical information concerning to both institutions, principal investigators and their teams, project title, abstract and project description has to be provided.
    • Financial contributions must be calculated and provided in compliance with the valid national legislation and internal regulations of the partner organizations.
  3. Establish your account at the CAS online application KIS
  4. Fill in all the parts of your application at the KIS
    • Abstract (en max 1,100 characters incl. spaces each)
    • Project description (max 10,000 characters incl. spaces in total)
    • Research teams description (max 5,000 characters incl. spaces in total)
    • Budget description (mobility costs, research costs)
    • Description of funding synergies
    • CVs of Czech and foreign PIs: (max 1 page) + list of 5 project-relevant publications in the last five years
  5. Create draft PDF of your proposal at the KIS application and send it by e-mail to the Project Office (projectoffice@uochb.cs.cz) for formal check. For IOCB approval with project submission, please complete the form in the electronic project proposal approval system.
  6. Finalise your project proposal after the approval and forward it through your KIS account to the IOCB Director for his approval and submission before IOCB internal deadline Mon 02 June 2025.
  7. Check that your colleagues submit in parallel matching application to their national provider.

The project proposal will be submitted via KIS to the CAS Head Office before Mon 09 June 2025.

CAS contact:
    Zdeněk Kresl, ☎ +420 221 403 299, kresl@kav.cas.cz
    Petra Bezecná, ☎ +420 221 403 566, bezecna@kav.cas.cz
    Jana Whalen, ☎ +420 221 403 354, whalen@kav.cas.cz



IOCB

IOCB participation (8) in CAS Mobility Plus Projects:

  • FNRS Mobility Plus Projects 2018-2020 (BE)

    Robert Hanus: Phylogenetic distribution and cytogenetic mechanisms of facultative parthenogenesis in higher termites (FNRS-17-02)
  • MOST Mobility Plus Projects 2020-2021 (TW)

    Jiří Kaleta: Self-assembly of Molecular Machines: Experimental and Computational Study of New Surface-bound Structures (MOST-20-07)
  • NSFC Mobility Plus Projects 2021-2022 (CN)

    Zuzana Kečkéšová: Study of the involvement of cellular stress response pathway in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cancer cells. (NSFC-21-06)
  • CNR Mobility Plus Projects 2022-2024 (IT)

    Hana Macíčková Cahová: Exploring RNA modifications in infectious non-coding RNAs. (CNR-22-21)
  • CSIC Mobility Plus Projects 2022-2024 (SP)

    Pavlína Maloy Řezáčová: Advance crystallization techniques to increase the success rate and to improve crystals quality. (CSIC-22-02)
  • MOST Mobility Plus Projects 2022-2023 (TW)

    Irena G. Stará: New Chiral Organic TADF Emitters: Towards Efficient CPL OLEDs. (MOST-22-01)
  • CNRSMobility Plus Projects 2024-2025 (FR)

    Lenka Maletínská: HARMONIA - Heterocyclic Agents Regulating Metabolism and Obesity via development of inverse agonists of GHSR. (CNRS-24-01)
  • NSFC Mobility Plus Projects 2025-2026 (CN)

    Petr Beier: Asymmetric skeletal modification of (hetero)arenes by single carbon or nitrogen atom insertion. (NSFC-25-02)