Research and Travel Grants – Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V.

An overview of all academic awards and funding opportunities of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V., including deadlines, can be downloaded here. Usually, successful applicants will receive their funding after all receipts have been submitted to our treasurer. However, we understand that upfront costs can be prohibitive for some projects. We therefore encourage potential applicants to contact our funding officer to arrange an advance transfer of the grant funding. If you have any questions or comments about our funding schemes, please also contact our funding officer.

Stipends for early-career researchers

The Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. supports early-career researchers by providing funding of up to €500 for BSc and MSc thesis stipends and up to €1,000 for PhD pilot projects. The goal of these stipends is to support:

BSc and MSc theses.
Pilot studies for PhD-projects.

The deadline for submission is 31 March each year. Applications should be submitted by email to our funding officer. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the respective forms, i.e., BSc & MSc students and for PhD students, and will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of their application by email. Each complete and timely application will be reviewed by members of the extended council. Criteria include the scientific quality of the project, the excellence of the applicant, and the expected benefit of the funding for the project.

Please note that applicants must be members of our society (for PhD students: a member for at least one year; for BSc and MSc students: a member at the time of application). Additionally, applicants need to be actively involved in all phases of the project.

Applications must include the following:

Name, address, and affiliation
Project title, summary, background information, research question with predictions and hypotheses, methods and time schedule, references
Estimation of costs, other available funds
Declaration of Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. membership and active involvement in the project

Successful applicants must render their stipends according to the regulations for accounting and expenses of the society. They are encouraged to present their project at one of the society’s annual meetings or the ECBB and to summarise their findings in a report that will be published in EthoNews. Publications or presentations of projects funded by the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. should acknowledge the financial support.

Research funds

The Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. provides up to €2,000 per research project. The funds can cover material expenses as well as travel and subsistence costs (for the applicant only). The goal of this funding is to support:

Particularly promising pilot studies or early-stage investigations that would not normally be eligible for funding from government organisations or scientific foundations.
Smaller or additional projects that, while important, are unlikely to be funded elsewhere due to their small scale.

The deadline for submission is 31 January each year. Applications should be submitted by email to our funding officer. Applicants are strongly encouraged to use the provided form and will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of their application by email. Each complete and timely application will be reviewed by members of the extended council. Criteria include the scientific quality of the project, the excellence of the applicant, and the expected benefit of the funding for the project.

Applicants must be members of our society for at least one year and actively involved in all phases of the project. Please note that no one other than the applicant can be supported by this grant.

Applications must include the following:

Name, address, and affiliation
Project title, summary, background information, research question with predictions and hypotheses, methods and time schedule, references
Estimation of costs, other available funds
Declaration of Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. membership and active involvement in the project

Successful applicants must render their funds according to the regulations for accounting and expenses of our society. The results of the project should be summarised in a research report to be published in EthoNews. Furthermore, successful applicants are asked to present their project at one of the society’s annual meetings or the ECBB. Publications or presentations of projects funded by the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. should acknowledge the financial support.

Conferences and meetings

Organisers of the Annual Meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. may apply for up to €1,000; the yearly Graduate Student Meeting, organised in cooperation with the Behavioural Biology section of the DZG, can be supported with up to €500. Additionally, the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. supports the European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB) with up to €1,000. Successful applicants can use the funds according to the aims of the society (support of Behavioural Biology in science and teaching), such as organising the meeting.

There are no deadlines or specific forms for submissions. Applications should be submitted by email to our awards and funding officer. Applicants will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of their application by email. Each application will be reviewed by at least one member of the council.

The applicant must render the funds according to the regulations for accounting and expenses of our society and will usually receive an advance payment upon request. Please contact our treasurer for details. All meetings are open to the members of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. and will be announced in EthoNews and on this website.

Travel grants

Members of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. may apply for a contribution of up to €500 for active participation (poster or talk) at the European Conference on Behavioural Biology and up to €300 for the Annual Meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V. To reduce our individual and collective carbon footprints, the society encourages applicants to consider environmentally friendly forms of transport. Please note that the society will not fund flights within the EU for distances shorter than 1,000 km.

The deadline for travel grant applications is the same as the abstract submission deadline for the corresponding meeting. Applications can be submitted to our awards and funding officer at any time, using this form, and will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of their application by email. Each application will be reviewed by at least one member of the extended council. Applicants need to be members of our society (priority is given to long-term members and those who have not previously received an EthoGes travel grant).

The applicant must render the funds according to the regulations for accounting and expenses of our society.