International Realization Budget (IRB)

Please apply here for the International Realization Budget (IRB).

After submitting the form, you will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt by e-mail. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah.Gemicioglu@rs.rub.de.

Important note: The character numbers given in the form include characters and spaces. The fields are not automatically limited. Please ensure that you adhere to the specifications. An overrun will result in the formal rejection of your application.

We try to take unavoidable personal restrictions in your academic work into consideration. Therefore, we would like to give you the opportunity to briefly explain your personal circumstances that lead to a special need in the implementation of your international activity in your application. We invite you to take this need into account when designing your activity and your application.

In order to raise the awareness of the researchers involved in the review process before reading your application, we ask you to briefly explain the needs arising from your unavoidable personal restriction. Keep your statements in such a way that they can be passed on to the reviewers (e.g. do not give any diagnoses).

Please enclose proof for your unavoidable personal restriction with your application. This proof will only be checked by the RUB Research School office and is not part of the documents which are handed over to the reviewers.

Please explain here in max. 1,000 characters in which way your internationalization concept and its activities are affected by your restriction. What measures are you taking to handle this? Examples: Concentrated work over 8 hours is not possible and therefore more time is required per activity; only certain types of activities are possible, etc. The concept in which this measure/these measures is/are then included is part of the application itself.

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Describe your doctoral project in a generally understandable way. If your doctoral project already has an international dimension, please also outline what that dimension consists of.

This section deals with your internationalization concept. Please note: For your IRB concept you do not need to include detailed time schedule, work plan and budget plan but a layout of activities suiting your internationalization plan for your doctorate. Write your concept in a generally understandable way.

Your planned international activities: Please comment on the impact and benefit of your planned international activities for your doctoral project and for your qualification. Please take into account the feasibility of your concept and its activities.

Impact of your internationalization concept on your developing network and your self-conception as a scientist: Please refer to your network and possible impacts on the networks of other researchers and/or RUB. Describe the impact on your visibility and situation in the research community.

In addition to the IRB, the Research School also offers Project International (PR.INT) as a funding opportunity for the implementation of international research-relevant projects. Why do you apply for the IRB and not PR.INT? Please describe the advantages that the IRB would have for the internationalization of your doctoral project compared to several separate PR.INT activities. Take note of the information on the IRB and PR.INT given on our homepage.

Why are you the right candidate for the IRB?

Letters of reference must be submitted confidentially via e-mail (Sarah.Gemicioglu@rs.rub.de). 

1st reference letter:
The first reference letter should be written by your first or second supervisor. It should focus on your personal and professional competencies. The purpose of the first reference letter is to convince the reviewers that you will successfully realize your internationalization concept and that you are the right person to be granted an IRB.

2nd reference letter:
The second reference letter must be written by an expert in your field of research (it can be written by your first or second Supervisor, however, it is mandatory that both letters are written by different persons). The second reference letter should focus on your international concept with respect to your doctoral project. It should give an expert opinion on your cooperation partners and your intended international activities.

Note: There are several attachments to your application. These must be sent separately to Sarah.Gemicioglu@rs.rub.de in a single PDF.  Important: Applications without these documents cannot be considered! 

Please indicate whether and in what form you have used AI tools to ensure transparency and traceability in the review process in accordance with the ‘Rules of Good Scientific Practice’. As AI tools can inaccurately alter content or distort contexts, we ask that you review all AI-generated results responsibly and carefully. The use of AI tools is not an evaluation criterion in the review process and does not influence the funding decision.

In accordance with the guidelines on the use of AI tools in applications, any use of such tools for the scientific content of your application must be disclosed.

I certify that the information provided in this application is accurate to the best of my knowledge. I am aware that false answers, whether intentional or the result of negligence, are illegal and that their discovery will lead to the revocation of my funding. Furthermore, I agree to inform Research School immediately of any changes or amendments. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
NOTE: The application and accompanying documents will remain with Research School. Personal data will be stored and processed in computer files only to the extent necessary for the administration of applications and in compliance with the “Datenschutzgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen” (Data Protection Act of North Rhine Westphalia, § 4).

I acknowledge that the CCO, doctoral reviewers and boad members will have access to my application in the context of the review process. I take responsibility for the completeness of my application, as well as accept that the accompanying data and documents will be stored
at the Research School. In case my application will be funded, I agree that the following data will be published on the Research School website: Name, location, dates, cooperation partner, faculty, institute, project type.

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