Funding for additional costs for KI courses in international collaborations
Doctoral courses arranged by KI in collaboration with one or several universities or research institutes abroad may, in addition to regular course funding, be granted funding for so-called additional costs. Additional costs refer to travel, visa and accommodation costs for outgoing KI doctoral students and KI postdocs, or housing and certain representation costs for incoming course participants.
International collaborations are important to KI, not least when it comes to doctoral courses. Besides the possibility of exchanging knowledge and experience, these collaborations mean that contacts are made, that KI's visibility increases in international contexts and that an informal alumni network of international course participants is created - future KI "ambassadors".
Courses in international collaborations
International course collaborations at KI can be arranged with one or more foreign universities or research institutes (here called partner institutions) and may require course participants to travel in order to attend the course. In these cases, course organisers can apply for extra funding for these additional travel-related costs, provided that certain criteria are met.
These course collaborations can either mean that the course is located abroad and that we have outgoing KI participants to participate in the course, or that the course is located at KI and we have incoming participants. The latter presupposes a rotating setup, ie that the partner institutions take turns arranging the course on site from occasion to occasion, if additional funding is to be applied for. In a rotating setup, there is also an expectation that the costs are distributed so that the receiving partner institution bears, for example, housing costs for all participants.
The costs that can be claimed in the application depend on whether the application relates to outgoing or incoming participants.
Additional costs means, when the course has outgoing KI participants:
- Travel expenses
- Visa cost
- Housing costs (unless arranged by the partner institution)
The application can only concern KI doctoral students and KI postdocs who have been admitted to the course. However, other eligible applicants (i.e. doctoral students at other higher education institutions and applicants with a doctoral degree) may be admitted to the course, provided they have other funding for their travel-related costs.
Additional costs means, when the course has incoming participants from partner institution(s):
- Housing costs
- Representation costs (closing dinner in accordance with KI's rules for representation)
The application can only concern participants from the partner institution admitted to the course.
Demarcation
The additional funding only applies to course participants. Costs related to accompanying teachers, as well as general course costs, are covered by the regular course budget (for KI's part usually from a doctoral programme, see the Guidelines for KI’s thematic doctoral programmes).
Application
The application is made by the course provider using the form provided. The application is sent with enclosures to the doctoral programme in question. See the programme's website for the latest application dates or contact to enquire. Note! If a new course is to be organised within a doctoral programme, it is important to contact the doctoral programme in the relevant research area well in advance, i.e. before the programme decides on the course planning for the coming year.
The application form requests a justification of the expected added value of the course (compared to existing courses). Regarding added value, see also Policy for strategic partnerships with international HEIs, companies, and organisations.