TelepART Tiede Mobility Support application
The Finnish Institute in Germany’s TelepART funding programme TelepART Tiede helps young researchers present their work internationally. The low-threshold funding is designed to support the expenses for Finland-based researchers travelling to Germany, Switzerland and Austria or researchers based in these three countries travelling to Finland.
TelepART funding promotes international movement of researchers and science in all fields. Grants will only be considered for events where the organiser, performer and their representatives have an active role eg. as a speaker. Applicants must be able to demonstrate high scientific value and the event must have participants from at least two countries.
General guidelines
TelepART funding is open for applications throughout the year and decisions are made within two weeks of a successfully submitted application. TelepART-funding can be applied for travel, accommodation and freight costs all including VAT. The minimum amount that can be applied for is 100€ and the maximum amount is 1 000€. The sum cannot exceed 50% of the total project costs.
Applications must be submitted in English.
Please read our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy before applying.
The funding is granted at the discretion of the Finnish Institute in Germany.
Awarding criteria
The application will be evaluated by the following criteria:
– Academic merit
– The significance of the funding for the applicant’s professional and academic activities
– The amount of funding applied for and the budget balance
– The impact of the project on the quality and quantity of academic exchange between Finland and the specified country
In order to be eligible for the grant, both the researcher and the event organiser must have a preliminary commitment to the visit.
Communication
The Finnish Institute considers the projects chosen for TelepART funding in its communication. For this purpose, we ask the applicant to provide a picture treating the project (including credits and the photographer) as well as the social media tags used in the project.
The applicant also agrees that the section "Project description" of their application can be used as basis in the Institute's communication channels to promote the event.
You can find TelepART events in social media with the hashtag #telepart.
For more information about the TelepART programme, please visit the TelepART website.
Thank you for supporting and enabling the TelepART project: the Wihuri Foundation and the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
Contact: telepart@finstitut.de
