VDS CoBeNe PhD-Seed Grants

Attention! Seed money regulations updated

The VDS CoBeNe Seed grant is intended to help PhD candidates with no or not much financial support from third party funds or their supervisors. The goal is to support conference presentations, fill knowledge gaps and produce research suitable for publication in academic journals. Every PhD candidate can apply for max. 3000 euros for the entire duration of the PhD (as long as there are no budget reductions). The new adjustment applies from 25.10.2024, previously approved seed money is not affected by this regulation. 

Call

  • Application deadline: continuously open
  • Amount: up to €3.000 (for the entire PhD) for direct costs, including personnel (e.g. participants fee, technician) and non-personnel costs, including event travel & accommodation, materials and supplies.
  • Duration: usable until the end of the PhD

Requirements

All VDS CoBeNe PhD fellows are eligible to apply i) for travel support or ii) for material and/or labor support with the given forms. The decision upon the grant allocation will be made on an individual base by the (vice-) DSPL for each research discipline: Psychological Sciences I Behavioural & Cognitive Biology I Neuroscience I Cognitive Humanities

Seed Grant Selection Criteria:

  • Clear and concise description of the proposed measure
  • Decisive arguments for the need of the measure within the PhD project
  • Support and specification of the importance of the measure by supervisor
  • Compliance with the VDS CoBeNe regulations for PhD candidates:
    • agreement to the Code of Good Practice
    • FÖP within the first year after enrollment
    • doctoral thesis agreement (4 weeks after FÖP)
    • annual report (yearly after dissertation agreement)
    • TAC meetings (annual)

Application

  • Email to vds.cobene@univie.ac.at either the form for travel support or material and/or labor support
  • We can't tell you in advance, if your request will be approved, please directly send in the application form!
  • We can only charge costs to correct official invoices. No booking confirmations or similar!!!. Please ask for each cost item for a correct invoice (including:name of the company, name of the service, invoice date, invoice amount)!