KI Travel Grants for Research Visits

Hurry Up!! Don’t miss this golden opportunity, Karolinska Institutet hereby invites applications for KI Travel Grants for Research Visits for Ph.D. students.

Eligibility

To be eligible  for KI Travel Grants for Research Visits applicants must:

Ph.D. students accepted into the doctoral education at Karolinska Institutet are eligible to apply.

If the number of eligible applications is higher than the number that can be awarded, a selection will be made. In the first hand, applications from persons who have not previously been granted a travel grant from the Committee of Doctoral Education will be granted.

The evaluation is based on the following criteria:

• Relevance for the research education in question (1-3)
• Added value for the Ph.D. student and the research team, for example, access to unique methods and materials (1-3)

Evaluators do further assessment of feasibility (1-3). Applications with plans not considered to be feasible can not be granted funds.

Benefits

• The amount granted is a maximum of SEK 30,000 per person, but the budget in the application must state a full cost calculation for the stay. Higher amounts than requested are never granted.

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Application Process

• The application must be no more than 2 A4 pages and include a description of the purpose of the research visit, its relevance to the Ph.D. student’s individual study plan, and the added value for the Ph.D. student/research group. The title of the application must indicate the country of travel. (Example: Research visit in Italy, collection/analysis of … with technology X; training in method Y).
• Budget where indirect costs must also be stated.

Applications must be submitted digitally. The online form will be available ​through KI Prisma during the application period, April 4 – 18, 2023. The application period opens at 10 am on April 4 and closes at 2 pm on April 18.

In addition to the information in the application forms, the following documents are to be attached:

• Invitation from the university or research institution
• Letter from principal supervisor approving the stay (compulsory for all applicants).