Young CAS Fellow
Are you a young researcher looking for a unique opportunity to grow your professional network and develop your research? Apply for a Young CAS Fellowship!

Are you a young researcher looking for a unique opportunity to grow your professional network and develop your research? Apply for a Young CAS Fellowship!
The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) is now accepting applications for the Young CAS Fellow programme for the period of January 2023 to December 2024. Application deadline: June 9, 2022.
The Young CAS Fellow programme is an opportunity for researchers below the age of 40 to receive funding and support for their research projects, and gain valuable experience from organizing multiple workshops and a two-month research stay. CAS provides funds, office space and administrative support. Read more about CAS at the bottom of this page.
The aim of the programme is to support outstanding younger researchers by giving them the opportunity to build independent research networks and gain experience as research leaders. Young CAS Fellows can invite colleagues from all over the world to participate in their group and contribute to excellent fundamental research.
Researchers under the age of 40 at the application deadline who have completed a Ph.D. and are employed by one of CAS’ partner institutions can apply. To be eligible as a Young CAS Fellow project the research should be blue skies, curiosity-driven, challenge given truths and have the potential to advance the research front in the relevant field(s). Researchers in all fields can apply, but it is not possible to conduct laboratory-based research at CAS. A successful application will clearly describe how the Young CAS Fellow programme, with its gatherings and networking opportunities, will help realize the objectives of the project and benefit the applicant’s career.
The Young CAS Fellow programme was created in partnership with the Young Academy of Norway (AYF) in 2019/2020 to expand CAS’ reach to early-career researchers. The programme is supported by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA) and CAS’ partner institutions.
CAS will select two Young CAS Fellows for the period of January 2023 to December 2024.
A Young CAS Fellow will receive a grant of up to NOK 750 000 over two years.
During the first year, the Young CAS Fellow will arrange three intensive workshops.
Budget: up to NOK 250 000.
During the second year, the Young CAS Fellow will gather a group from her/his network on the model of the regular CAS projects. The group will work together on the Young CAS Fellow’s project for a period of two months.
Budget: up to NOK 500 000.
CAS will offer administrative support to the Young CAS Fellow throughout the two-year period. The Young Academy of Norway will contribute to gatherings with discussions, advice on outreach and communications, and strategies for further project developments. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters offers its elegant venues for the final day of the last gathering and contributes to the reception.
Further details concerning the budget are described in the ‘What can the budget cover?’ section below.
The structure of the programme:
Year 1:
Year 2:
The research stay in year 2 is designed to resemble a regular CAS project. The Young CAS Fellow will gather a core group of collaborators at CAS to work for two continuous months on the research project. The research stay, which must take place during the spring semester 2024, provides a unique opportunity for specialisation and continuity.
The core group should preferably consist of scholars who have participated in one or more gatherings during the first year.
The project will have five office spaces at its disposal and should have four to five participants (including the Young CAS Fellow) in residence at all times during the two-month period.
Each participant should stay for at least four weeks in total, but may split their stay in two. The Young CAS Fellow must be present to lead the group for the whole two-month period.
To be eligible to apply you must:
*An academic position entails research and/or teaching at the college or university level.
You may still apply even though you may not know where you will be employed during the second year of the programme (January 2024 – December 2024). Funding for the second year will, however, require that you are hired by one of our partner institutions when the second year begins. In that case you must also provide a letter of support from your head of section at the new institution.
*As a Young CAS Fellow based outside of the Oslo area you will get your accommodation expenses covered by CAS during the two months research stay, hence this cost does not need to be included in the project budget.
Applications that do not meet the formal criteria will be rejected.
The application must be submitted electronically in UNIFOR’s electronic application system (link). All documents must be written in English and must be saved and uploaded as PDF files. Required templates are available in the application portal.
The application deadline is June 9, 2022.
A selection committee comprised of representatives from CAS, the CAS Board of Directors, and the Young Academy of Norway will present a shortlist to the CAS Board of Directors, which will select the two Young CAS Fellows in September 2022.
The ranking will be based on the scientific quality of the project as well as on the applicant’s merits and experience. In order to succeed the project will also need to fit CAS’ mission and the criteria in this call.
If you have any questions about the application process, please do not hesitate to contact adviser Julie Ellinor Frølich Dalseth (e-mail: j.e.f.dalseth@cas.oslo.no).
The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is an independent foundation that furthers excellent, fundamental, curiosity-driven research.
CAS gives you the opportunity to invite colleagues from all over the world to join your research project.
CAS supports both established leading researchers through the regular CAS programme and talented young researchers through the Young CAS Fellow programme.
Read more about CAS on our website.
Application deadline: June 9, 2022
UNIFOR Application portal |
Required templates:
Questions?
Contact Julie Ellinor Frølich Dalseth at j.e.f.dalseth@cas.oslo.no.
Drammensveien 78 0271 Oslo Norway | +47 22 12 25 00 cas@cas.oslo.no |