FAQs - Research stays abroad

You may apply for all three funding formats.

Yes, you may. However, please note that only expenses that are not funded by third parties (incl. other institutions of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) can be funded by the Bauhaus Research School.

Yes, you may. However, please note that only expenses which are not funded by third parties like the DAAD can be funded by the BRS.

The graduate admissions committee must have admitted the candidate before the application for funding.

Yes, you may, as far as you are a doctoral candidate at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (on this see Issue No. 5). Please note the funding information for employees of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

The BRS funds only those expenses which are not completely or partly funded by third parties. This is why we need evidence of which expenses are funded by third parties. A letter (or an e-mail) by a funding third party may be applicable as such an evidence.

Research stays refer to all stays for the purpose of your own active research work at a research institution (e. g. university, research institute) or practical partner (e. g. an enterprise. These stays must be abroad and must be clearly connected to your doctorate (see Issue 9). Paid teaching activities are not funded.

The funding is meant to support you as a candidate. Your research stay must result in a comprehensible added value for your doctorate. This is the case e. g. if you do research work abroad, further develop your doctorate project or acquire knowledge and skills you need for completing your doctorate.

We are sorry that this is not possible. Travels for the purpose of defending the thesis cannot be funded, neither in Weimar nor abroad.

It is not possible to fund research trips which did not start in Germany.

You can apply more than once. However, the principle of diversity of funding applies and doctoral candidates who have be funded during the current calendar year for a research stay abroad will be subordinately considered.

We want to be sure that both you and we will have a local contact partner. However, such a letter does not mean any obligation towards the host institution in the sense of on-site support. “Host institution” does not necessarily refer to another university. It may also refer to other research institutions or practical work partners of any kind.

until 31 March 2020.

Yes, but you will only be paid the grant for accommodation if your application has been awarded for funding.

Yes, you may. However, you may not be funded parallel by the DAAD and by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. As soon as your application has been accepted or rejected by the DAAD, you must inform the Bauhaus Research School.

You may organise your intended journey before receiving the funding decision.

Yes, you may.

Please send an informal information by e-mail to ipid[at]uni-weimar.de. If your stay is shortened to less than 4 weeks, the grants will be reduced accordingly. In case of an extension of your stay there is no provision for increased funding. Postponement of your journey within one calendar year has no consequences.

No, it will not.

Funding is valid only for the trip you have applied for. If you are completely prevented from starting it, the funding approval expires (on changed travel data see Issue 19). Funding is in principle not applicable to others.

Payment will happen after your stay, after you have presented the original receipts for your travel and accommodation costs (invoice, tickets), your bank details (IBAN, BIC), as well as a short report (on this see Issue No. 25) to the Bauhaus Research School.

No, you will not. You will only be paid the fixed grants as it is specified in your funding approval.

The report must inform about the goals, stations and results of the funded journey. It should not be longer than 5 pages.