Student Travel Grant
Aim
The Global Development Network's Student Travel Grant aims to support and encourage field work conducted in low- and middle- income contexts. Field work is believed to be crucial for knowledge production and sharing research related to the global sustainable development agenda.
Who can apply?
- Bachelor and Master students enrolled at University of Copenhagen
- The field work must be ECTS credit bearing
- The field work must be related to an independent project including data collection (e.g. Bachelor or Master’s thesis). Please note that you can also apply as a group, but the stipend will be shared among the participants. Also please note that attending field courses does not apply for this travel grant.
- Funding must be used for upcoming field work to be conducted in low- and middle- income contexts within 12 months after granting.
Assessment criteria
- Relevance to global development and location of field work
- Outreach and dissemination of project
- Multi-disciplinarity
How to apply?
Send a motivated application of max 500 words – including: a) aim of the project b) country where field work will be conducted c) planned time schedule d) programme/discipline and year at UCPH e) tentative budget.
Application deadline is May 1st, 2024 and must be sent to: development@adm.ku.dk
Applications are assessed every year in mid-May
Format
Student Travel Grants are given once a year around June. In total of minimum five grants of 10,000 DKK. B-income. The assessment committee consists of a representative from the GDN board and the GDN International Coordinator.
Reporting obligations
- Short report/resume/abstract of field work and/or research project to be published on GDN social media.
- Short film spot: Self-filming from the field work to be published on GDN social media. GDN will facilitate editing and layout.
