Travel grants to present at international conferences

Doctoral students of the BSRT are encouraged to attend international conferences dealing with regenerative therapies. The BSRT can offer travel grants for BSRT stipend holders and associated members who receive funding through other sources. A short application with the reasons of why this conference is important has to be submitted to the BSRT coordination office. Please use the form provided for application for a BSRT travel grant which be accessed after login and can be found in the download area of the BSRT website. The application should also include the submitted abstract and an estimate of the entire costs. Travel grant holders are obliged to travel economically. It must be also mentioned if other travel grants are available for this conference and if the applicant will also submit an application to the other funding body.

Travel grants are granted depending on the quality of the abstract, merit, and relevance of the conference. Travel grants can only be given if money is available in the BSRT budget. Students who have not yet received a travel grant will receive funding in prevalence to those who already received funding. Travel Grants to German National Meetings will not be supported. Within four weeks of returning from the conference BSRT students, who received a BSRT travel grant, will have to give a presentation summarizing the conference. This presentation can be organised within the own research group. However, it must be open to all members of the BSRT and shall be announced through the BSRT coordination office at least three days in advance.

There will be four submission deadlines per year:
31 January  ⋅  30 April  ⋅  31 July  ⋅  31 October

Please submit:

• The completed application form. It can be accessed after login and can be found in the download area.
• The submitted conference abstract.
• The BSRT supervision agreement if it has not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.
• A copy of the "Zulassung zur Promotion" if it has not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.
• The minutes and progress reports of the mentoring committee meetings if they have not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.

Allowance for lab exchanges

Students at the BSRT are encouraged go on a lab exchange with international partner institutes to learn new approaches which will help them to progress in their research work.

Allowance for Lab Exchange
The BSRT can support stipend holders and associated doctoral students financially by paying an allowance for the first three months for their trip abroad. The allowance is in accordance with the DFG guidelines (please click her for further details).

An application not exceeding five pages (Arial 12 point, 1.5 line spacing) with the detailed description of the research that will be conducted during the lab exchange and the reasons why this lab exchange is important for the progress of the own research project has to be submitted to the BSRT coordination office. The application must also mention if other grants are available for this lab exchange and if the applicant will also submit an application to the other funding bodies. The allowance for the lab exchange is granted depending on the quality of the proposed research and the justification for the lab exchange. The allowance for a lab exchanges can only be given once to each students. Up to four BSRT students can be funded per year. Lab exchanges to labs in Germany will not be supported.

Within four weeks of returning from the lab exchange, the BSRT students, who received an allowance, will have to give a presentation summarizing their research conducted at the international partner lab. This presentation can be organised within their own research group, but it must be open to all members of the BSRT and must be announced through the BSRT coordination office at least three days in advance.

There will be four submission deadlines per year:
31 January  ⋅  30 April  ⋅  31 July  ⋅  31 October

Please submit:

• The short research proposal.
• The BSRT supervision agreement if it has not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.
• A copy of the "Zulassung zur Promotion" if it has not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.
• The minutes and progress report of the mentoring committee meeting if they have not yet been subitted to the BSRT coordination office.

Funding opportunities at the Dahlem Research School (DRS)

The BSRT is member of the DRS, an umbrella organisation for graduate schools at the Freie Universität Berlin. The DRS provides various funding opportunities for doctoral researchers (Read more...) and Post-Docs (Read more...) at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Funding opportunities at the Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS)

The BSRT is member of the PoGS, an umbrella organisation for graduate schools at the Universität Potsdam. The PoGS provides various funding opportunities for doctoral researchers at the Universität Potsdam. Read more...

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Internship at the BSRT through the DAAD RISE program (Bachelor level)

Undergraduate students from the US, Canada and the UK studying biology, chemistry, physics or engineering who want to do an internship for 2 to 3 months at the BSRT can apply for stipends through the DAAD RISE program. Read more...

Travel grant to participate at the BSRT summer school (Master Level)

Each year the BSRT organises a summer school on innovative approaches in regenerative therapies for graduate students (Bachelor, Master level) from all over the world who gain first-hand experience of the graduate training program of the BSRT. This summer school is funded by the DAAD and provides grants which cover the travel expenses and accommodation for the two weeks course. Read more...

Doctoral positions at the BSRT

Doctoral students who study for their doctoral degree at the BSRT are either fundet by the BSRT or through third party funding of the group where they do their scientific research. Graduates who have their own funding either through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) or other funding bodies have to apply to the BSRT through the same application procedure. Read more about the application procedure...

Postdoc fellowships at the BSRT

The BSRT seeks to attract creative young scientists from all over the world with original and innovative ideas who plan to do their first post-doc project with their own research concept within the scientific focus areas of the BSRT. The BSRT provides fellowships for the postdocts to fund their projects. Read more about the application procedure...

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