Conditions for Travel Grants
Researchers can be awarded one travel grant during a period of 12 months.
A travel grant can be awarded only if the home institution continues to pay the applicant’s salary (in the case of PhDs and postdoctoral scientists), while the host institute covers research-related costs.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds must be notified if an application is submitted to any other research-sponsoring institution. Should an applicant take up a grant from another institution prior to the decision of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, the application to the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is considered withdrawn and the foundation must be notified immediately. Please note that only written notification is legally binding and that the decisions of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds are incontestable. The travel grant expires if not taken up within 6 months of notification.
On accepting the travel grant, the grant holder agrees to the following conditions
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds does not intervene in the work of its grant holders who in turn are obligated to make proper use of the allocated funds. If a grant holder changes the subject, length or location of the planned training, he/she must inform the foundation immediately.
Travel grants of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds do not constitute any form of employment. In Germany, and in countries (for example, USA, UK, France, Austria) that maintain a double-taxation agreement with Germany, travel grants are exempt from tax. A grant is not considered to be remuneration as defined by Article 14 of the German Social Law IV and is therefore not liable to social insurance.
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds does not provide any kind of insurance for its grant holders. They must insure themselves and their families against any possible costs and consequences caused by illness, accident, personal liability, etc.
Every grant holder must submit:
- a final report on the scientific and personal benefits of the training, about 2 months after returning home. The scientific part (about 3–4 pages) should comprise aim, performed experiments and results (if applicable);
- reprints of any publication prepared with the foundation's assistance.
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds reserves the right to reclaim any surplus payment or money paid in error. Furthermore, the foundation may cancel the travel grant and demand repayment if the financial support was obtained under false pretences, if not used for the intended purpose, if the obligation to submit the final report is not fulfilled, or for any other sound reason.
To process applications and to provide continuous support, the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds collects and electronically stores the data submitted by applicants. These data include personal information (name, address, date of birth, nationality, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the applicants) as well as information on the project and the support granted.
The foundation may publish the names of travel grant holders, their places of work, their project titles and abstracts on the web (www.bifonds.de) and in printed publications.
