Eligibility criteria:
- Applications are invited from registered master or doctoral students, postdocs or affiliated researchers at UBO, UKB, DZNE or MPINB.
- If you are a PhD-student, you must be enrolled as such at the University of Bonn or at one of the associated partners at the time of application and for the entire duration of your planned stay.
- Official confirmation from the institution for which you are applying
- Priority will be given to those who apply for a grant to visit institutions abroad in order to learn new methods and/or work on a joint project.
- Preference will be given to researchers based in Bonn.
Required documents:
- CV
- Letter of motivation (max. one page)
- Status of the University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, DZNE or MPINB
- Letter of invitation from the receiving institution
We welcome applications from researchers from the University of Bonn and its affiliated partner insitutions (UKB, DZNE and MPINB) who are…
- Master’s students
- PhD students
- Postdoctoral researchers
- Senior researchers
Application deadlines
31 January 2026 (feedback by 28 February 2026) for any project starting between 01 March and 31 August 2026.
30 June 2026 (feedback by 31 July 2026) for any project starting between 01 September 2026 and 28 February 2027.
31 January 2027 (feedback until 28 February 2027) for any project starting between 01 March and 31 August 2027.
30 June 2027 (feedback until 31 July 2027) for any project starting between 01 September and 31 October 2027.
Calculation of the Travel Grant
The travel grant is based on the distance between the two locations.
Please use this Distance Calculator.
| Travel Distance | Standard Travel | Green Travel |
| 10 to 99km | 28€ | 56€ |
| 100 to 499km | 211€ | 285€ |
| 500 to 1999km | 309€ | 417€ |
| 2000 to 2999km | 395€ | 535€ |
How to apply:
Please send your application as a PDF file to the NTEU Project Office Team, Ms. Sina Loos: s.loos@uni-bonn.de
After the stay, scholarship holders are expected to write a testimonial about their experience abroad.