Ph.D. Research Traineeships

Conditions of the grant

No scholarships are currently being announced for 2022. The collection of applications is temporarily suspended due to limited funds! Students can only travel as a so-called zero grant without financial support from OMVI.

The complete application form with all the required documents is to be submitted to the international office of each faculty:
- Application form
- Training Agreement
- Letter of Acceptance – not needed at time of application
The applicants shall be informed about the decision about the scholarship within 15 days after the Vice-Rector’s decision.
The mobility has to start in November at the latest.

Administration

Training Agreement
Letter of Acceptance from the receiving institution with dates of beginning and end of the study at the university abroad.
Enter the Travel Proposal into the UIS (eAgenda – Trips abroad; please consult the faculty – instructions in English can be downloaded here).
Insurance for the period abroad (including travel). The student is obliged to buy insurance for the entire stay abroad (including the days spent travelling from and back to the Czech Republic) under the general agreement of Mendel University prior to departure in accordance with Directive No. 4/2006, on provision of travel expense reimbursement and assignment of business trips abroad (all information is available here). Based on your travel proposal you can pay insurance online: students´s portal, financing of your study.
Check/enter your bank account number in CZK into the UIS.

In case the student is accepted by the foreign university, he/she shall sign the Financial Agreement at the IRO prior to the departure, in which MENDELU undertakes to pay the awarded amount of scholarship. Before signing the Financial Agreement and payment of the scholarship, the student shall arrange an appointment at the IRO app. 2-3 weeks before departure and fulfill the following requirements:

Deliver the following documents:
- Insurance payment confirmation
- Training Agreement
- Letter of Acceptance
Check whether the mobility has been entered into the UIS. The internship abroad is entered by the International Relations Office of the relevant faculty (based on Acceptance Letter)
Upload Letter of Acceptance, Traning Agreement and Insurance payment confirmation into a checklist in the UIS

Upon the return from abroad, the student is obliged to:

submit to the IRO a Certificate confirming the traineeship period and achieved results/evaluation from the partner university with dates of beginning and end of the study abroad. Original goes to the university IRO, copy to the Faculty.
fill in a Final Report in the UIS and upload missing documents into the checklist

Should the student fail to complete the study, to pass the prescribed number of exams or to meet other terms set out in the Financial Agreement, MENDELU may claim the refund of a part or the whole scholarship.