Travel Scholarships

The FTN supports students with travel scholarships, allowing them to attend scientific congresses in Germany and abroad. The FTN scholarships are based on the guidelines issued by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

According the travel scholarships: In general FTN is granting transportation allowence – no assumption of costs. Furthermore the applicant has to be presenter of at least one poster. Workshops will not be subsidized, with exception of NWG-courses. The following scale is obtained: Europe up to 500 €, overseas up to 1,000 €.

Registered FTN members are entitled to nominate potential scholarship recipients who have displayed exceptional commitment. Candidates should submit applications with the regular documents (resume, an outline (no more than two pages) of the planned project, and a brief cover letter from the FTN member) by e-mail to the FTN.