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Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers (ČAD)
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Česká asociace doktorandek a doktorandů, z. s. (ČAD) sdružuje PhDs usiluje o zlepšení kvality a podmínek doktorského studia.

https://doktorandivcr.cz/en

Association for PhD researchers in the Czech Republic.
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ČAD’s PhD Reform+ in a Nutshell is out now! For a comprehensive summary of the #PhDReform as well as other recent changes impacting PhDs in #Czechia, go to: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Got feedback or suggestions? We’re listening: forms.gle/2n9iTdPYSFZu...

#ČAD #PhDVoice #PhDLife
Join us at NTK (Prague) on 10 Dec 2025 from 16:00 for Talks & ShareSpace for PhD – Safe, Fair, Supported: Ombudspersons at Universities.
Discussions about how universities can support fair treatment and resolve conflicts. Registration required: tinyurl.com/Talks-PhD

#PhDlife #ČAD #NTK #Ombudsperson
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join us for a meet-up of the Czech Association of Doctoral Students (ČAD) in Prague!
📅 19 Nov 2025 | 🕕 6 PM | 📍 Standard Café, Karoliny Světlé 321
A relaxed evening to share ideas, discuss doctoral life in Czechia, and connect with fellow researchers.
#PhDlife #CzechAcademia #DoctoralStudents #ČAD
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Professor Jiří Zima, emeritus #Dean of the Faculty of Science, has been elected as the candidate for #Rector of Charles University, @unikarlova.cuni.cz His term starts Feb 2026.
Congratulations! 🎓

For more info check the faculty website:

1url.cz/tJI97
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🎓 On Oct 14, ČAD board members Alicia, Eva & Alex joined the Doctoral School at the University of Pardubice for interactive workshops on “Preventing & Tackling Obstacles during PhD Studies.” Great talks, great energy — thanks to all who joined! 🙌 #PhDlife #ČAD #DoctoralResearchers #Pardubice
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🎓 On Oct 14, ČAD board members Alicia, Eva & Alex joined the Doctoral School at the University of Pardubice for interactive workshops on “Preventing & Tackling Obstacles during PhD Studies.” Great talks, great energy — thanks to all who joined! 🙌 #PhDlife #ČAD #DoctoralResearchers #Pardubice
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚀 #NTKwebinars are back (Oct 15–Dec)! Free sessions full of tips, tricks & research know-how — from writing & citing to using AI in science. In Czech & English, open to all. Check the program 👉 www.techlib.cz/en/83809-cou...
#ResearchSkills #ČAD #PhDlife #NTKwebinars
Courses, Workshops, and Webinars
Národní technická knihovna
www.techlib.cz
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
👍 👎 V rámci série "Občanská společnost hodnotí Fialovu vládu", kterou vydává @denikreferendum.cz , předseda ČAD, Jakub Šindelář poskytl komentář k bilanci vládního působení dopadajícího na podmínky PhD studia - PhD reformě a řešení mateřské pro doktorandky.

denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23793...
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📆 Do 28.9. se můžete registrovat do Akademie transferu znalostí Národní technické knihovny.

Účast je zdarma. Náklady na cestovné si uchazeči platí sami.

Více info a registrace na👉https://www.techlib.cz/cs/85149-akademie-transferu-znalosti#tab_tab5
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🧳🌎 Již tuto středu 17. září od 15:00 proběhne webinář Fulbright Commission Czech Republic pro zájemce o Fulbrightova stipendia z řad studujících v PhD programech nebo držitele PhD ve všech výzkumných kategoriích.

☑️ Registrovat se můžete zde: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Studium a výzkum v USA - Fulbrightova stipendia
Abychom Vás mohli pozvat na on-line seminář o stipendiích Fulbrightova programu, vyplňte prosím registrační formulář. Pozvánku na Zoom meeting od nás dostanete e-mailem krátce před webinářem. Informa...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ČAD’s PhD Reform+ in a Nutshell is out now! For a comprehensive summary of the #PhDReform as well as other recent changes impacting PhDs in #Czechia, go to: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Got feedback or suggestions? We’re listening: forms.gle/2n9iTdPYSFZu...

#ČAD #PhDVoice #PhDLife
June 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
😉 Friendly reminder: The Doctoral Summer School at NTK is coming up on Sept 2–3, 2025.
Open to early career researchers across Czechia. Deadline extended to June 15, 2025. Info & Registration on the link

#PhDlife #DoctoralSummerSchool #ČAD #AcademicTraining #NTK #AcademicDevelopment #SummerSchool
Doctoral Summer School 2025
Národní technická knihovna
www.techlib.cz
June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
PhD students & early-career researchers: Join us to the next Talk & ShareSpace for PhD+ on June 5 at NTK, Prague! A peer-led meet-up for sharing, listening & building community. Free event, but registration required: www.techlib.cz/cs/85097-tal...

#PhDlife #ČAD #TalkAndShareSpace #NTKPrague
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
👋Join us for the second event in the Talk and Share for PhD+ series, organized in collaboration with the National Library of Technology. This time focusing on the relationship between doctoral researchers and their supervisors👻

🔗More info and registration 👉 www.techlib.cz/en/85097-tal...
May 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
❗🔊✊Today marks the beginning of the Week of Action in support of the #DefendResearch campaign, a global initiative to stand against the increasing censorship and suppression of academic research in the world. Join us in this movement. Learn more and sign the Declaration www.defendresearch.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👋 Still 2 more days to register! 👇
May 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🔊ČAD invites all PhDs to Ostrava meeting on 23.5.!
🎓 We’ll dive into topics of the supervisor–PhD relationship and impact of AI tools on research + informal park meet-up after.
Register by May 13th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#PhDMeetup #ČAD #AcademicLife #AIinScience #DoctoralResearchers
Czech Doctoral Researchers Forum !!! Ostrava 23.5.2025 (please register by 13.5.)
Venue: Ostrava University, Ostrava (more exact location of the Forum and directions will be provided with the confirmation of your registration after 13.5.) For Anyone enrolled in a PhD program at a...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Join the Talks & ShareSpace for PhD+ meeting to explore what PhD reforms promise—and what doctoral researchers actually experience in the context of Czechia.
📅 April 24, 2025 at 17:00 | 📍 NTK, Prague
✅ Free to attend, but registration is required.
🔗 Register here: www.techlib.cz/cs/85097-tal...
Talks & ShareSpace for PhD+
Národní technická knihovna
www.techlib.cz
April 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🎓 How can Recognition & Rewards improve the PhD experience? PNN shares insights from the national R&R event for ECRs. Let's build a future where all PhD contributions count 🌟, not just papers!

Read more: shorturl.at/MfOVv

#PhD #ECR #Netherlands #R&R #phdcandidate
The PhD of the Future: room for more than a thesis - Promovendi Netwerk Nederland
TL;DRToday’s PhD path often feels narrow, fixated solely on the thesis and its constitutive publications. This undervalues crucial contributions – teaching, societal engagement, …
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April 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Last days to register - Pasteur Course: Single Cell Gene Expression and Beyond🧬

📍Institut Pasteur, Paris
📆June 26 – July 2, 2025
⏲️Registration Deadline: April 25, 2025
💬Course in English

Get hands-on traning for all steps of high-throughput single cell profiling!

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3EeXB1y
April 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Are you an undergrad looking to gain hands-on, in-person #neuroscience research experience? Apply for our 2025–2026 SURFiN program, which offers paid fellowships in cities across the US, Canada and Europe. Deadline is 5/1: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/3/27/ap... #science #research
Applications Open for 2025–2026 Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Neuroscience
The Simons Foundation is accepting applications from undergraduate students for its Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience program.
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April 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Many parents are concerned that teenagers are spending more time on their phones and less time socializing directly

https://go.nature.com/4lc0cKb
Are screens harming teens? What scientists can do to find answers
The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology companies must work to improve it.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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March 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
✊ 🗽 ČAD supports the #DefendResearch Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship and its call to action. We encourage our members and the broader academic and research community to support the Declaration and call to action. 👇👇

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#DefendResearch
Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship
This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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"I had spent half my life working toward my dream of being a scientist. It had given me a sense of purpose. But now it dawned on me that, for the sake of my health, I was going to have to let that dream go."

This week's #ScienceWorkingLife. scim.ag/4bCwyth
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