Project International (PR.INT)

Please apply here for PR.INT.

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 which activity of your internationalization project is affected by your restriction or which planning changes. What measures are you taking to handle this? Examples: Concentrated work over 8 hours is not possible and therefore more time is required; necessary interviews can only take place in a reduced number per day and must therefore be spread over more days, etc. The work plan in which this measure is then included is attached as a separate document to the application itself.

By sharing your digital information, you agree that RUB Research School may mention and link you in its posts.

The proposed project is the project with which you apply for funding (research stay, field research, etc). It is not identical to your whole doctoral project.

Abstract

Summarize your proposed project in a way, that is understandable for both experts and non-expert. Consider that your application will be reviewed by scientists from other disciplines than your own.

Project description
Describe the scientific content of your project (state-of-the-art, goals, methods, work-plan). Consider that your application is reviewed by scientists from other disciplines than your own. Explain the importance and the content of your project in a generally understandable way. The length of your statement should be proportional to the size of your project and the amount of funding you apply for.

Importance for your personal career
Indicate how your career, inside or outside academia, benefits from your proposed project. Suggest criteria that can be used to measure the success of the project on the basis of a future career (e.g. postdoc opportunities, special qualifications, job offers, etc.).

Importance of project on RUB
Illustrate in which way your proposed project supports or enhances the position of Ruhr University Bochum and / or your own institute / chair / working group within the international scientific community. Suggest criteria that can be used to measure the benefits for RUB (e.g. future research collaborations).

Collaboration Partner
If you conduct your proposed project in collaboration with an international partner, please indicate his name as well as university, institute, company or the organization he is associated with. You are required to submit either a letter of intent for cooperation, or, an official invitation.

Note: Only conferences immediately before, after or during the stay and at the same location as the research stay may be included in this application. In all other cases, an application must be submitted via PR.INT Conference.

Note: Research School funding can be combined with grants from other institutions and sources (e.g. DAAD, DFG, EU, etc.). In case any other institution or international partner is supporting your project financially, indicate the costs already covered below.

Use only digits, calculate in Euros.

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.

You are expected to work with specific costs and not lump sums (daily accommodation allowance). The whole budget plan must be transparent and well justified.
In the case of longer stays:

• Contact the host institute and ask for accommodation for visiting researchers (enclose feedback).
  
• Check the free market.
• Up to one hour travel time to and from the place of work by public transport is considerd reasonable.
• The accommodation must be appropriate. Please specify your search criteria in the cost plan.
  

RUB Research School does not cover

• daily allowances (“Tagegeld”)
  
• insurances: It is the applicants responsibility to make sure to have sufficient (health) insurance coverage during his/her stay abroad. (Everyone employed at RUB and who is going abroad for more that 6 weeks (with permit of business travel) can contact Mr. Stefan Eßer concerning health insurance)
• staff costs (assistants, translators etc.)
• costs for laboratory equipment, books or any other material costs
  

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, cooperation partner, faculty, institute, project type.

The fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory fields.