Information for Applicants

Current Availability

• Deadline for applications: January 11, 2027

• Funding decision: mid-March 2027

• Funding period: start of journey expected in late March 2027 and within 12 months after receiving the grant approval

Eligibility Requirements

• You must be a doctoral researcher at KIT (i.e. you have been accepted by a KIT Department or you are doing your doctorate at a different university but have your main research focus at KIT) and have been officially accepted as a doctoral researcher by the respective department ("Fakultät") or
• You are a postdoctoral researcher.
• You must be a ▶ member of KHYS.
• For the duration of the research stay abroad, living expenses must be additionally covered. The funding available for this purpose must be at least equivalent to the payment received for a half-time position in the remuneration grade TVL-E13.
• For doctoral researchers: Your research project abroad must not be an essential component of your doctoral research but instead an expansion thereof. Accordingly, the results should be incorporated in your dissertation.
• You must meet the application deadline stipulated.
• Your application documents must be complete and formally correct.

Guidelines and Templates

For more detailed information for applicants please read the KHYS Research Travel Grant guidelines and the information sheet. You can ▶ download these alongside templates for your application, the financing during the stay abroad, the assessment of the supervisor/superior, the final report, and the data protection information on the KHYS website. Please send your application to ▶ researchtravelgrant∂KHYS.kit.edu.

Please make sure to always use the current documents.