Travel Grant to Participate at Conferences

Exchange with other scientists and young researchers is of central importance for Ph.D. candidates. The Graduate Academy supports Ph.D. candidates and postdocs (up to two years after completing their Ph.D.) with travel grants for attending conferences and congresses/symposia/workshops. In addition, shorter research trips up to the duration of four weeks can be supported. The travel grant is paid as lump sum to mitigate the costs invested for participating at national and international conferences, congresses or symposia. The amount of the lump sum is based on the respective conference venue or destination of the short-term research trip. The following lump sums apply:

• Germany: 150 Euros
• Europe: 400 Euros
• Outside Europe: 800 Euros

Eligible applicants are Ph.D. candidates registered at Leibniz University Hannover (accepted through the faculty) and postdocs employed by Leibniz University Hannover. Registered/accepted Ph.D. candidates and employed postdocs may submit a maximum of two applications per calendar year. Selection criteria will include the scientific excellence of the Ph.D. candidate as well as the active participation at the conference (oral or poster presentation). In the case of passive conference participation or in the event of a short-term research trip the Ph.D. candidate has to prove the scientific evidence of the benefit to be gained by the conference or research trip.

Please note our application deadlines!

Applications for travel grants can be submitted quarterly at the end of each quarter.

The application deadline is March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, respectively. The documents must always be submitted before the trip takes place, and no later than the final application deadline prior to the trip. Applications submitted after the deadline or relating to a trip that took place before the relevant application deadline cannot be considered. The Graduate Academy will decide on applications within approximately two weeks of the application deadline.

For more information, please see fact sheet Travel Grant below.

Please submit all documents (not stapled together, not with adhesive binding and not individually in transparent sleeves) to:

Graduiertenakademie
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Stichwort: Reisekostenpauschale
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover

Additionally, please send the completed electronic form and all further enclosures as one PDF file to graduiertenakademie@zuv.uni-hannover.de

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