Travel Fund
The University of Basel travel fund for early career researchers awards grants ad personam from the level of doctoral students in order to facilitate the transfer and adopting of methods and knowledge in research.
The contributions from the fund are of a supplementary nature and are only awarded if the university is able to ascertain that the applicant is not able to finance the project, partially or in full, through the institute's own or third-party resources. The Career Advancement Office reviews reimbursement requests to ensure compliance with the expense regulations in general, and with the provisions relating to air travel in particular. It reserves the right to reject reimbursement claims that do not comply with these regulations.
There is no legal entitlement to the granting of a contribution.
The travel fund is aimed at early career researchers of the University of Basel. This includes matriculated doctoral candidates, postdocs and habilitation candidates. Exceptionally, master's students may submit an application, such as when presenting the results of their own research at an international conference.
Terms of application and the basis for calculation are detailed in the information sheet and the policies of the travel fund. For your travel planning, please refer to the document "Less for more" . Please note that flights to destinations that can be reached by train in less than six hours are not eligible for reimbursement (see link box below for more documents).
The completed online application form, including the required signatures and the supporting documents listed below, must be submitted no later than four weeks after your return from the trip, either by email (as a single PDF document) and/or by post or in person.
Please send your application, as well as any general enquiries regarding the travel fund, to reisefonds@unibas.ch.
Documents to be submitted:
- Online application form, signatures needed: department/supervising professor and applicant
- Receipts for meals (max. CHF 50 / day; please highlight date and amount); hotel (max. CHF 150 / night); train / flight; conference fees; if applicable, add up costs for the same cost type and convert them to CHF using the exchange rate on the day of payment.
- Final report on content of this event, importance for your research, impact etc.
- Abstract of the scientific contribution (also for research trips - explanation of the connection between the (PhD) project and the research trip)
- Letter of recommendation from the supervising professor (exception: habilitated postdocs and assistant professors)
- CV with list of publications
Please note that applications with a total amount < CHF 150.00 cannot be submitted.
