Mobility grant for doctoral students of the Faculty of Social Sciences

Visits eligible for application (presented in the order of preferences):

• participation in international conferences abroad with an oral presentation;
• participation in international conferences abroad with a poster presentation;
• participation in intensive courses or summer-/winter schools; 
• participation with an oral or a poster presentation in international conferences in Estonia. 

The mobility grant is available to doctoral students (including junior research fellows) and external students at UT´s Faculty of Social Sciences, who are not a part of a research grant, which enables financing particicpation in conferences or other specialty related acitivities. Those candidates are preferred, who have no other possibilities for travel support.

Costs that can be covered:
- travel and transport expenses (the beginning and/or end of the trip can be abroad);
- insurance and visa expenses;
- accommodation;
- participation fees;
- daily allowance (if the doctoral student is a University of Tartu staff member).

NB! The Centre for Doctoral Studies can only pay daily allowances if the doctoral student is a University of Tartu staff member.

Applications can be submitted via Working Environment of Academic Mobility (to log in, use your UT username and password).   

If a presentation is held at the conference, a confirmation of acceptance of the presentation must be attached to the application.  

​NB UT staff member! The application is also part of the travel order. Please insert the travel order in the Working Environment of Academic Mobility! The predictable costs must be visible in the travel ordercomments section. The financial account holder is Janek Saluse, financial source YSVSV.

A doctoral student can get support no more than one time. 

The maximum grant is 1500 euros per visit. 

The mobility grant is based on actual expenses: 

1) the expenses paid by the grant receiver are covered based on the travel report/expense report. 

and/or 

2) the grant is paid according to invoices for services (addressed to the University of Tartu). Travel services must be ordered using the University of Tartu public procurement. See detailed information on the intranet. 

If the mobility application is accepted, documents about the predictable costs must be sent to the program coordinator (booking confirmation, flight ticket invoice, etc.) within three weeks. 

The applications are assesse by the doctoral studies council of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The application deadlines are 29.02.2024, 15.05.2024. The application must be submitted before the travel, and it takes up to one month to make a decision.

The following criteria are considered when assessing the applications:
- the applicant is a doctoral student, junior research fellow, or external student of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Tartu;
- the application has been filled correctly and approved by the necessary parties;
- the aim of the visit is precise, the destination and work tasks are suitable, and the connection with the essential needs of the research and its completion is substantial;
- the budget of the application is well-considered and reasonable;
- does the event have a measure to support its young researchers (travel grant), which would allow it to cover the costs;
- if the number of applications is high, the doctoral student’s earlier mobility applications (DoRa, etc.) are considered and applicants with fewer previous grants will be preferred.

All expense documents must be submitted within five working days after the travel: 

• expense documents; 
• final program (if not submitted with the application). 

NB UT staff member! All expense documents related to the travel must be submitted with the travel report in the travel workflow.