Travel Funds & Reimbursement

Travel Funds and funds for courses:

Funding for conference participation, workshops and visits of collaboration partners. A one-off amount of up to €500.00 can be reimbursed for each student during their studies.

How to apply:

4 weeks before the event will take place write a 1-2 pages proposal including the following information:

• Intention of your travel (conference, workshop, lab exchange)
• Benefit for your research, relation to the scientific topic of your study program
• In case of conference participation: abstract of poster or talk, confirmation of registration (not mandatory to be submitted with the application, but it must be submitted with the refund application)
• Requested funding in detail (costs for flight/train, accommodation, registration fee etc.)
• CV
• Confirmation of a MHB-Member that this project is necessary to achieve specific skills needed for the study program (internship, master thesis) or that the project makes sense based on the main topics.
• Submit your proposal to the examination office at least 4 weeks before the course/project/etc. will start.

Evaluation will be done by the examination board

Reimbursement:

Different costs

Reimbursement of costs you have payed after confirmation through the coordination or the examination board.
Please fill out following document and submit it at the coordination’s office.

German courses

The Elite Network of Bavaria supports its foreign members in their efforts to improve their German language skills in intensive German courses that go beyond regular university language courses in terms of duration, frequency or intensity. Please attend to the following guidelines below:

• Language Courses are funded for up to a total amount of 800 € per student for the whole study period.

• The offer includes courses at all levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (A1 - C2)

• Online courses can be taken and are eligible for reimbursement.

• The time period for the course must be chosen in such a way that after its completion at least one entire semester is still remaining in the respective program. Funding within your last semester is available by the Faculty of Biology only for regular courses offered by the IUCM Language School.

• Please note, that costs for extra examinations and/or certificates as well as costs for any books or additional working materials are not eligible for reimbursement.

• Before the start of the course an application to the coordination's office is necessary. Please use the following document.

• The course fees are to be paid in advance by the applicants themselves.

• After the successful completion end of the course, the participants submit for the reimbursement via e-mail to the coordination’s office:

1. the certificate of the language course
2. the "Request for Reimbursement” for the Elite Network
3. the request "for reimbursement for different costs" for the Faculty of Biology, together with all necessary documents (e.g. invoice, bank proof)