Current call for applications

Deadlines and dates:

  • Due to the end of the DAAD funding the last possible deadline for applications for the program was October 14, 2018.
  • Please note that due to the ending of the DAAD funding, all of the planned activities have to be concluded by June 30, 2019.

 

Application requirements:

  • The application has to be made by a KIT professor, the head of a KIT institute, or by the head of a certified KIT junior research group.
  • The responsible collaboration partner abroad has to be a professor or a senior scientist with respective qualification.
  • The focus of every package has to be on the mobility and networking of doctoral researchers of KIT. Each package has to include Module 3.
  • The doctoral researchers who profit from the short-term stays at the collaboration partner’s organization (Module 3) have to be members of KHYS.
  • In the Letter of Intent, the responsible collaboration partner abroad should make a reference to every module applied for. In addition, he or she should name a person who will serve as a point of contact for the KIT doctoral researchers who will visit their organization within the framework of Module 3 (including contact details). This contact person shall help the doctoral researchers with administrative questions concerning the research stay.

 

Application documents:

Please send the following documents as a single PDF file in the order listed below to collaborationpackage∂khys.kit.edu. All documents should be in English. Only complete applications sent within the deadline will be taken into consideration. Concerning the annexes A to D you only have to fill in the annex(es) for the module(s) you apply for. Please send the Excel table as a separate attachment exclusively in an Excel file format.

  • Application form
  • Letter of Intent by the collaboration partner (including e.g. a description of their contribution to the collaboration or the joint activities, reference to every of the modules applied for, name of contact person for KIT doctoral researchers etc.)
  • Annex A – Module 1
  • Annex B – Module 2.1
  • Annex C – Module 2.2
  • Annex D – Module 3
  • Key data Excel table

 

Selection criteria:

  • Compliance with application requirements
  • Added value for KIT doctoral researchers in terms of mobility – please note that applications comprising only a single journey of one doctoral researcher (Module 3) are less likely to be funded than more extensive packages
  • Conclusiveness of description how the cooperation can be further developed with a focus on the mobility of doctoral researchers and – if applicable – be made sustainable (e.g. application for a third-party funded project such as an International Research Training Group)
  • Conclusiveness of depiction of the cooperation’s viability (status quo/desired state)
  • If applicable scope of contribution by the cooperation partner (e.g. financing for further visits by doctoral researchers to KIT)