PhD excursions
VLAG stimulates PhD candidates to organise group excursions to research facilities in the Netherlands and abroad. These excursions contribute to broadening PhD candidates’ horizons, both from scientific and organizational points of view.
VLAG provides financial support to participate in PhD excursions in the form of personal grants for VLAG PhD candidates. Each eligible PhD candidate receives the VLAG grant at most twice during the PhD programme. This personal grant amounts to €50 per full working day with scientific programme (travel time and sightseeing days do not count) with a maximum of € 400 per PhD candidate, per excursion lasting 8 full scientific days or more. This support is limited to PhD excursions within Europe only.
Eligibility: Training and Supervision Plan and PhD Research Proposal are approved in Hora Finita.
For the PhD research proposal this translates to: draft proposal submitted and reviewed, rebuttal and final version of the research proposal submitted, final approval by VLAG office registered in Hora Finita.
The PhD excursions are organised by a committee of PhD candidates. The motivation submitted by the PhD committee should include well-argued additional value of the excursion. Also, scientific staff members (thesis supervisors) are committed and are expected to accompany the PhD candidates.
TIP: For additional sponsoring please also consider the LEB Foundation
Procedure:
| WHEN? | WHO? | ACTION |
| ~ 1 year before the excursion | Organisers | Request for VLAG funding using the application form: motivation, program, expected number of participants and budget (estimated costs and income incl. sponsoring) |
| asap | VLAG office | Approval |
| ~ 3 months before the excursion | Organisers | Provide final list of participants, program, and project number using the application form (final version) |
| Within 4 weeks after excursion | Organisers | Comprehensive back to office report sent to VLAG. For the VLAG Newsletter: A (group) picture and a few sentences describing the highlights of the excursion |
| asap | VLAG office | Money transferred to the chair group |
Contactperson: Vesna Prsic