Our Support
We offer a variety of financial support options for individual students and groups, as well as awards for exceptional theses in the field of Cognitive Science.
Financial support for students‘ active conference participation
You are a CogSci student in Osnabrück and have just been invited to speak at a conference (e.g. a talk or poster presentation)? Congratulations – that’s a fantastic achievement!
To support you with the financial side of the participation, there are multiple options! You can apply for support with the Universitätsgesellschaft. They can take over up to 80% of your expenses but require you to have a second source of support that covers the rest – which is where we, the CogSci Network e.V., come in. The CogSci Network e.V. can also support you financially without support through the Universitätsgesellschaft!
To apply, send us the filled in form via email, and a short description of your situation / conference participation. Even if some details are still unclear, feel free to reach out rather sooner than later!
Financial support for groups, initiatives, and projects
We offer individualised financial support for groups, initiatives, and projects in line with our network’s aims and goals. This could be networking events, research trips, or other kinds of projects and events for students and/or alumni.
To apply, send us a short description of your project idea and funding needs via email, including the filled in form below. Even if some details are still unclear, feel free to reach out rather sooner than later!
IK Stipends
Each year we offer a number of stipends to support students financially who would otherwise not be able to attend the Interdisciplinary College.
The stipends are intended for students who otherwise do not have the financial means to attend the conference. Please do an honest self-assessment before applying. This offer is open to all the students of the Cognitive Science program (BA and MA) in Osnabrück – being a member of the CogSci Network e.V. is not a prerequisite! If there are more applications than we can issue stipends, we will draw lots to select the recipients.
For the IK 2025 we offer 10 stipends covering up to 300€ of the total cost, to support students’ attendance at the IK. Apply until December 9th.
To avoid some confusions of the past year, please note: this stipend will most likely not cover all the expenses you will have for participating at this conference – please check out participation fee, accommodation prices and potential travel expenses in time!
Note: While registration for the conference is possible until February 9th, 2025, the early bird registration fees are up until January 8th, 2025. So make sure to get your ticket for the best price.
Combining our stipend with other financial support/stipends is not possible. You can step back any time from this application by emailing us.
The stipend hinges on your actual participation at the IK – providing proof of participation is necessary after the conference. If you have been selected for a stipend by the CogSci Network e.V., purchased a ticket but are then not attending the IK, we cannot issue the stipend.
Legal action is excluded. „Der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen.“
To apply for the stipend of up to 300€, click the button below, fill in and send the prepared email to cogsci-network@uni-osnabrueck.de until 9th of December. We will contact the stipend recipients shortly after the deadline.
Feel free to contact us with any questions about the stipend.
Funding Awards
In cooperation with the university’s funding awards, we offer three funding awards for outstanding bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral theses in Cognitive Science that fulfil at least one or more of the following criteria. All awards are endowed with 500€ each.
Selection Criteria
- Exceptional interdisciplinarity: outstanding work that encompasses various disciplines of Cognitive Science to a particular degree and thus makes an exceptional contribution to the interdisciplinarity of the research field.
- Exceptional transdisciplinarity: outstanding work that opens up new perspectives and innovative areas to a particular degree, e.g. by incorporating previously unusual methods, topic areas or educational backgrounds.
- Exceptional practical relevance and science communication: outstanding work that deals in particular with practical applications of cognitive science and thus promotes the theory-practice dialogue or science communication.
- Exceptional commitment: outstanding work by students who are/were particularly committed to the Cognitive Science student community or whose work thematically addresses student concerns in Cognitive Science.
- Personal background and exceptional burdens: outstanding work by students who belong to underrepresented groups in Cognitive Science (e.g. First Gen, PoC, gender identity (i.e. non-binary and trans people) and/or have completed their work under exceptional circumstances/burdens (e.g. childcare, disability, illness, caring for relatives, economic status, or financing studies).
We encourage all students who have written an outstanding thesis and who fulfil at least another of the listed selection criteria to apply. The proposal statement for the proposed thesis should refer to all criteria met.
Please note: while it is possible that you will be approached by your supervisor for such an award, this is often not the case and it is much more common for you to initiate the application process yourself. Especially, if you are considering an academic career, having an award on your CV can be helpful for future applications for grants and positions. So, if you think you and/or your work match at least some of the award criteria, we strongly advise you to take matters into your own hand and ask your supervisor directly, if they would recommend you for this award.
Application Procedure
- Pick an award you would like to apply for and fill out the application form.
- Reach out to a researcher/teacher, to officially propose you for this award – usually this would be one of your supervisors. This person needs to write a proposal statement, detailing how they know you, how you meet the selection criteria, and why you should win this award.
- A current picture of you (will be printed in the awards booklet, if you win the prize)
- Optionally, you may add your thesis and the reports (“Gutachten”) of your supervisors.
An overview of all awards, the application form, and further information can be found on the University’s webpage.
