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) and accommodation 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, with a grade of 80% or above, 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 accommodation (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, please complete these forms:   

(1) Reiseanzeige (Travel notice including "Antrag auf Reisekostenvorschuss" - for JLU students only): BEFORE travel it should be prepared by JLU students only; non-JLU students should clear this procedure with their own employer.
(2) Dienstbefreiung: This form MUST be accompanied by the form "Reiseanzeige"

(3) Reisekostenabrechnung (Travel expense calculation): AFTER the travel, it should be prepared and sent together with the original invoices.

(a) Reisekostenabrechnung (Travel expense calculation) for JLU students

(b) Reisekostenabrechnung (Travel expense calculation) for non- JLU students

Please submit the forms, together with all receipts for which you wish to be reimbursed, to:

Frau Dr. Sezin Czarnecki
MBML Office
Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie
Aulweg 123

via Hauspost (internal mail).