How to apply – travel grants

Project proposal

Depending on whether you are applying for a research stay, a course, or a PhD candidate visit, you are asked to provide different information and documents.

Research stay

• Current project description of the PhD, MD, or postdoctoral project focussing on aims, experimental strategy, and results obtained. Results must be accompanied by meaningful figures (3–5 pages of text, plus references).
• Detailed description of the planned research stay including experiments, objectives, and the reasons for choosing the laboratory (max. 3 pages)
• Benefits of the research stay for the current project and your home laboratory
• List of your publications (if applicable).

Course

• Current project description of the PhD, MD, or postdoctoral project focussing on aims, experimental strategy, and results obtained. Results must be accompanied by meaningful figures (3–5 pages of text, plus references).
• Course content with detailed and specific explanations of the benefits for the current project and your home laboratory
• List of your publications (if applicable).

Pre-PhD research visit

• Current project description of the BSc or MSc project or current research project focussing on aims, experimental strategy, and results obtained. Results must be accompanied by meaningful figures (3–5 pages of text, plus references).
• Detailed description of the planned research visit including experiments, objectives, and the reasons for choosing the laboratory (max. 3 pages)
• List of your publications (if applicable).

Additional documents

1. Scans of certificates of all examinations (e.g. PhD, MSc, BSc, MD) in chronological order, newest first. If their language is other than English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Turkish, please provide a translation.
2. Scans of high school diploma/secondary school leaving certificate (e.g. Abitur, Baccalaureate, A-Levels) and, where applicable, university entrance test (e.g. SAT/ACT, PAU, YGS/LYS, Joint Entrance Examination etc.). If their language is other than English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Turkish, please provide a translation.
3. Letter of acceptance, signed and on official letterhead for:
   Research stay: from the supervisor of the host laboratory stating that the host institute will cover research-related costs
   Course: from the course organizers including details of tuition fees and other costs
   Visit: from the supervisor of the host laboratory stating that the host institute will cover research-related costs and confirming that he/she is willing and able to offer a PhD position to you if the research stay was successful for both sides
4. Letter of recommendation, signed and on official letterhead:
   Research stay, course: the supervisor of your current research project including his/her statement that your salary will be continued during your absence
   Visit: the supervisor of your final thesis (MSc/BSc)
5. Evidence of expenses (PDF of quotes, no links): for travel (issued by a travel agent and/or internet agency), for economic student housing, and, if applicable, for course fees. The number of days between arrival and departure shown on the quotes may not exceed the total number of days of the course or research stay by more than two days.