The Travel Award
All enrolled students who successfully complete the two-year coursework programme are eligible for a Student Travel Award, which covers the costs of travel (up to €1500) to an international conference. Students must be the presenting authors on an abstract at a congress, to be eligible for reimbursement of travel costs through a Student Travel Award. This award may only be used after the successful completion of the coursework programme, at the end of the second year.
Students who attain first, second and third place in the Student Examination receive a Student Travel Award, to a conference of their choice. Students must be the presenting authors on an abstract at a congress, to be eligible for reimbursement of travel costs through a Student Travel Award. The following reimbursement limits are in place:
- First place: Reimbursement of travel costs up to €2000
- Second place: Reimbursement of travel costs up to €1500
- Third place: Reimbursement of travel costs up to €1000
This award is in addition to the Student Travel Award that is automatically awarded to all students who successfully complete the two-year coursework programme.
Student Travel Awards cover the costs of conference registration, hotel accomodation (calculated at proscribed university rates of €125 per room per night, with the provision that the student is sharing the room with another student), return flights and airport transfers. The flight costs must be pre-approved by a member of the MBML committee prior to purchasing the ticket.
To redeem your award, after travel, please complete two forms:
(1) Antrag auf Dienstbefreiung and
(2) Antrag auf Erstattung von Reisekosten
and sign them both. Please submit both forms, together with all receipts for which you wish to be reimbursed, to:
Fr Ursula Reinhardt
AG MORTY
Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie
Aulweg 123 (Raum 6-11)
via Hauspost (internal mail).