Young CAS Grant

The grant is a collaborative initiative between CAS and the Young Academy of Norway (AYF), with support from The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA). The programme offers residential fellowships designed to empower and support young researchers in their pursuit of career development and network expansion. The Young CAS PIs collaborate with their handpicked international team of researchers whereby they also gain valuable experience as research leaders. 

Like all CAS projects, Young CAS projects should align with CASs mission to further excellent basic, curiosity-driven, research. They should challenge given truths and demonstrate the potential to advance the research frontier of the relevant field(s). Scholars from all disciplines can apply but note that laboratory-based research is not possible at CAS.

Who may apply?

To be eligible for this grant, you must have completed a PhD and be below the age of 40 at the application deadline (extensions will be granted for statutory leaves of absence, compulsory military or civilian service, and continuous full-time and/or part-time sick leave equal to at least eight weeks full-time absence.) You must also be employed full-time at one of our partner institutions. The position does not have to be permanent, and you may change your affiliation while you are in the programme, as long as it is from one partner institution to another. Our agreements with our partner institutions ensures that the applicant will be granted paid leave by the home institution during the stay at CAS. But please note that your application needs to be supported by your head of department.

Grant and support

Each semester, the Centre selects two Young CAS projects. Each project receives a grant of NOK 750 000, to be spent over a two-year period.

NOK 250 000 is allocated to the management of three intensive workshops. Two of these should take place during the first year, respectively at CAS and at the PI’s home institution.

During the second year, the PI has a budget of NOK 500.000 to gather a group of researchers for a two-month stay at CAS. The stay is designed as a compact version of the stays of the CAS Research Grant projects, and the group has five office spaces at its disposal. After the stay, in the fourth and final semester of the programme, the PI arranges the final workshop at CAS to sum up the results from the project and look ahead.

The staff at CAS will provide administrative support to the PIs throughout the two years. DNVA offers its elegant venues for the final day of the last gathering and contributes to the reception.

Project participants: Fellows and affiliated researchers

The PI can invite both established and early career scholars from around the world to participate in their workshops and research stay.

Researchers staying at the Centre for four weeks or more, including the PI, are referred to as fellows. Additional researchers may be invited for shorter periods if office space permits. These shorter-term participants will serve as affiliated researchers on the project.

The PI must stay at the Centre for the whole two-month period.

For the research stay, the PI invites scholars who will join them as fellows for long term stays at CAS. They should preferably be based outside the PI’s home institution and/or from abroad. 

Rights to the research

The rights to the results issuing from the projects will belong to the individual scholars and their respective institutions.

Publication points resulting from the project will be credited to the scholars and their home institutions.

The Centre’s support should still be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the project.

The application process

The Young CAS Grant call for applications is published twice a year. 

A selection committee consisting of representatives from CAS, our board, and AYF will present a shortlist to the board of directors.

The selection criteria will include the scientific quality of the project, its alignment with the progamme and the applicant’s merits.