Graduate School

Students enrolled in the WASP-HS graduate school can apply for reimbursement of costs to spend a semester abroad for academic reasons. The semester abroad can take place at any time during the student’s PhD program and be in any country outside of Sweden. The PhD student is responsible for all arrangements for the stay, including contacting the host institute and arranging for accommodation. Within the three months following the trip, the PhD student is required to write a report that will be published as a blog post on the WASP-HS website, describing the scientific results and other experiences of the stay.

Visits should generally be between two and six months long. However, WASP-HS may allow for several stints abroad to be combined if they serve a single research aim and are scientifically justified. WASP-HS may also allow for consecutive trips to the same institute for personal/familial reasons or due to migration regulations. All such cases should be motivated in the application.

For students whose applications are approved, WASP-HS will cover reasonable travel costs, (student) accommodation, and subsistence during the stay. A maximum of 120 000 SEK will be covered by WASP-HS as direct costs, a maximum of 15% indirect costs and 3,5% for premises. Costs for “PhD semester abroad”-projects follow the same routines for cost reporting and payment of funds as other WASP-HS funded projects, and the same rules for indirect costs apply. The PhD students should get their travel costs reimbursed by their university, which in turn should request the funding from WASP-HS.

Please note that costs for a semester abroad for affiliated PhD students are covered by their project, and not by WASP-HS.

To apply to spend a semester abroad, fill out the form below. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed monthly.

Application

Contact

For inquiries regarding the graduate school, please contact us at graduate.school@wasp-hs.org.