Technion considers the participation of research graduate students in scientific conferences abroad as highly important. Consequently, the Graduate School supports scholarship recipient students through travel grants. The purpose of these grants is to enable excellent graduate students to actively participate in international scientific conferences, i.e. presenting a paper or poster.
The travel grant is provided on the basis of excellence of the scholarship recipient, as presented / as appears in scientific publications, course grades and recommendation letters.
General Information
- A request to receive a travel grant from the graduate school must be submitted through the “Request from the Graduate School for participation in travel expenses to conferences abroad” form, with the inclusion of all of the documents required, as stated in the request form. Requests that are submitted without all of the required documents will not be addressed.
- The request and required documents may be submitted throughout the entire year
- The travel grant will only finance part of the travel expenses for participation in the conference. The amount of the School’s travel grant will be determined by a committee (the Graduate School vice Dean and the head of the Scholarships Office) based on the academic achievements and significance of the travel, and subject to budget limitations.
- Receiving travel expenses funds for a conference abroad from the Technion Graduate School is subject to supplementary support from the supervisor/academic department.
- Requests for travel grants are discussed four times per year during: December, March, June and August. In addition, additional discussions are held as needed and at the discretion of the school.
- The requests for travel grants will be submitted for future travels that are held after the dates of the discussions in the graduate School.
In exceptional circumstances, when the requested documents cannot be submitted according to the timeline above, the request can be submitted no later than one month upon returning from the travel/ conference. The request will be reviewed in the next discussion meeting. - Answers to requests (positive or negative) are sent within one month from the above dates via email to the Technion email addresses of the students.
- The travel grant will be provided for travels to conferences held during the scholarship receipt period and for conferences held during the three months after the conclusion of the scholarship.
Criteria for the submission of request for travel grants:
Scholarship recipients of three portions and above, a minimum average grade of 85 or above and who have a research progress grade of “very good” or above are eligible to submit a request for travel grants. In addition, students who traveled to the conference during the three months after the conclusion of the scholarship may submit a request for travel grants.
The detailed criteria in accordance with the track of studies and the academic standing:
| Degree studied | Master’s | Master’s degree with direct continuation to PhD in Technion (including scholarship recipients who receive “bordering” scholarships) | PhD in regular track / PhD in special track | PhD in direct track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic state Approved research topic / Passed the PhD candidacy examination | At least one semester after approval of the research topic |
| After passing the PhD candidacy examination |
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| Frequency of the submission of the application | Once during the degree studies | For Section 1 above - one time For Section 2 above - a number of times during the degree studies, but no more than once in each academic year | A number of times during the degree studies, but no more than once in each academic year | For Section 1 above - one time For Section 2 above - a number of times during the degree studies, but no more than once in each academic year |
Note to all scholarship recipients: no more than one application may be submitted during an academic year (October – September)
Travel grants from additional sources that must be used before applying for support from the school
Scholarship students who have a travel grant available from another source, as set forth in Sections below, may request a travel grant from the School only after using the funds from the travel grant from the other source.
Travel grants from merit scholarships in the name of and/or merit scholarships outside of Technion
To exercise a merit scholarship grant given by name (Jacobs, Jacobs Qualcomm, Gutwirth, Daniel, Zeff, Fine etc.), a request must be submitted using the request form to exercise prize money for a scientific conference abroad to the School’s Scholarship Office.
The funds of the travel grant from merit scholarships may be exercised during the course of degree studies. These requests are addressed on an ongoing basis.
Travel grant from the Science Liaison Fund
Scholarship recipients studying towards a PhD and who are employed as assistant staff at Technion may request to receive a travel grant from the School only after using funds from the International Science Liaison Fund. Information and guidelines for usage the money from the fund are published at Executive VP of Academic Affaires
For further information, please contact the Scholarship Office at 8293098 or via email.