Travel Expenses
Women Go Abroad – Mobility Grants for young female researchers
International mobility is essential for a successful academic career. Female doctoral students, women postdocs, and junior professors can apply to us for grants to cover their travel expenses related to the participation in international conferences, for research stays, or for attending winter/
Please note: The funding for 2023 has been exhausted, a travel grant through Women go abroad is no longer possible.
For grants for trips to scientific events within Germany please visit https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/research/doctorate/financing/grant-for-participation/
Postdocs can also apply to a program line of the research fund for a travel allowance (please contact Katharina Bolle (katharina.bolleuni-mannheim.de) for this).
Target group:
Female doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors
Type of funding:
Grant for travel expenses covering the costs that have been actually incurred and can be proven (no fixed amount)
Deadline for submitting the application:
Please submit your application at least four weeks before the start of your trip.
Duration and amount of funding:
Type of the stay abroad | Duration of funding | Maximum funding amount |
Active participation in an international conference (talk or poster presentation) | Up to five days | Full reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs and, if applicable, attendance fees |
Participation in a winter/ | Up to seven days | Full reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs and, if applicable, attendance fees |
Research stay | One to three months | Reimbursement of travel expenses (costs for transportation and lodging) up to a maximum amount of EUR 5,000 |
