SAS Presidium Announces the Second Call of the Return Scheme
The Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) has announced the second call in 2025 for applications for support under the SAS Return Project Scheme for parents after maternity/parental leave (ML/PL). The aim of the scheme is to support the reintegration of researchers into scientific life after completing maternity or parental leave.
The call is open from 1 August 2025 until 30 September 2025. Two independent calls are announced each year.
Attached to the call are all related documents: the statute of the scheme and the call text in Slovak, as well as the application form available in both Slovak and English versions.
Completed applications must be submitted electronically to: nps@up.upsav.sk (by 30 September, inclusive) and also in printed form to the following address:
Róbert Karul, Chair of the SAS Commission for Equality, Štefánikova 49, 814 38 Bratislava 1
Only the printed version requires a signature. Applicants may fill in the form in either Slovak or English, according to their preference.
Eligibility criteria:
- At least 12 months on a full (“absent”) ML/PL, i.e. without any simultaneous part-time employment within the organization;
- The return from such a full ML/PL must have taken place no more than one year prior to the announcement of the call. Thus, eligible applications are those with a return date after 1 August 2024 (inclusive).
Further and more detailed information can be found in the official call and in the scheme statute.
Return Project Scheme
Interview on the Return Project Scheme in the journal Akadémia
Prepared by: Andrea Nozdrovická
Photo: Katarína Gáliková
Attachments:
Žiadosť o podporu vedeckého projektu (docx / 41.23 KB)
Application for Research Project Funding (docx / 41.23 KB)
Statute of the SAS Return Project Scheme (pdf / 182.64 KB)
Call for Applications (pdf / 146.68 KB)