Grant scheme - Imperial College London

These grants are only available to registered PhD students

The grant

The grant will be €1.000 per month, for periods from two weeks to six months and will be awarded by the sending university. Each IDEA League university can currently offer a total of 36 months of grants.

Subject areas

Students interested should find a project related to the IDEA League networks in Energy, Environment, Healthcare, ICT or Sustainable Mobility/Transport. For more information on the IDEA League's research strengths and a list of Imperial College's members of the respective networks.

Application deadlines

30 April and 30 October 2010 each year.

Application procedure

• Student makes contact with academic at chosen partner institution via their supervisor, and receives written agreement (by email from institutional email address or post).
• Student hands in application documents (application form [doc], short research proposal, letter of recommendation from tutor or supervisor, agreement email by academic at partner institution) to Imperial's International Office (address see below) by the deadline.
• Successful candidates informed 2-3 weeks after deadline.
• International Office provides payment of the grant (paid in UK bank account as standard procedure) and looks after administrative matters in collaboration with the equivalent office at the partner university. Students will remain inscribed in their home universities, where they will pay their tuition fees.
• After return to Imperial College London each student has to provide a brief report (1 page A4) on their project to the International Office as well as a one-paragraph summary of their stay at the host institution, as well as a photograph of themselves in the host lab to the International Office, which may be used for publication in Imperial College media.
• Students participating in the grant scheme will be listed on the IDEA web following the visit.
• Information for Imperial College London students studying abroad can be found in the Placements Abroad Handbook [pdf]
  

Administration Contact

For queries, please contact Helen Challis

International Office
Sherfield Building, level 1
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 3714
Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 8802
Email: h.challis@imperial.ac.uk