Applying for funding for additional costs for KI courses in international collaborations

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".

Possibility to apply for funding for additional costs

As course funding cannot be used for travel-related costs for course participants, the Course and Program Committee (KPK) has established the possibility for course providers to apply for so-called additional funding when a course is given within an international collaboration. Such course collaborations can be arranged with one or more foreign universities or research institutes. We choose to call these partner institutions.

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.

“Additional costs” refers to the following 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” refers to the following 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 together with any enclosure to doctoralcourses@ki.se.

The application includes 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.

The dates for submitting your application can be found on the page Current deadlines for doctoral courses and activities. Note! If a new course is to be organised within a doctoral programme, it may be important to contact the doctoral programme in the relevant research area before the programme decides on the course planning for the coming year.

Decision on the application

When assessing the application, the KPK applies the Instructions for granting of funding for doctoral courses established by the Committee for Doctoral Education (KFU).

Decisions are made and communicated before the course catalogue is finalised. If an earlier decision is desired, we recommend that the application is sent in time for the previous committee meeting (usually in May or November). Contact the KPK administrator for the exact date.