Travel grants

Travel grants for Bachelor’s, Master’s and MD/PhD students

Every year, the GUF awards a limited number of grants to Bachelor's, Master's and MD/PhD students from the University of Groningen who travel abroad for study, research, internship or a foreign study exchange that form part of the curriculum.
We only offer grants for individual study components (such as internships) and extracurricular activities (such as company visits). Participation in regular courses will not be sponsored by the fund.
The maximum grant for a period spent in Europe is €650 and for a period spent outside Europe €750.
For outstanding students there is the possibility to apply for a grant to attend a conference (in The Netherlands or abroad) or to enroll in a summer or winter school. The standard amount is €250.

For all grants you must comply with the average mark requirements, marks will not be rounded up. Students are only entitled to one personal travel grant and one conference grant from the GUF during the total period of their studies.

Each month we will ask 4 students/organizers to send in a report with pictures and/or a video, to be published on our blog.
This will be specified in the award letter.

General requirements and conditions

Students can submit applications for internship grants, limited to countries with color code green or yellow (check the website of Ministry of Foreign affairs).
Furthermore, you must travel by train (instead of by plane) at all foreign trips, if the destination is less than 800 km from Groningen (or another point of departure), and/or the journey time is less than nine hours by train. Please check the website Sustainable business travel policy .

Application must arrive at the GUF email address guf rug.nl at least 6 weeks before the start of the planned activity. An email to confirm receipt will be sent within 5 working days.

ALL applications must be digital and send to the secretariat: guf rug.nl .

Please read all the information carefully, as applications will only be accepted if all the relevant appendices are enclosed. Make sure everything is legible, fill out the application form digitally. Do not send in more appendices than is asked for.