Scientific Cost Coverage

Official Notice: Announcement of Cost Coverage Scholarships

Scientific Cost Coverage

Current CIHLMU students and recent alumni (up to 60 months post graduation) are encouraged to publish their research in peer-reviewed journals. To support this, CIHLMU offers a cost coverage for publication fees and LMU ethics committee fees for eligible applicants.

Application Period: Ends on 15th November 2026.

Submission Form to be filled and emailed to: ttu@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Eligibility criteria

Only candidates from DAC-countries are eligible. Participants from High-Income Countries (HICs) will not be considered.

  • Applicants must be currently enrolled in a CIHLMU program or alumni (graduated within the last 60 months).
  • Applicants must be first or last authors with CIHLMU affiliation.
  • Publications must be in peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor.
  • For ethics fees cost coverage the student must be enrolled at LMU.

Required documents for Publication Cost Coverage

  • Completed application form (download below).
  • Acceptance letter from the journal.
  • Manuscript ready for publication.
  • Supervisor's consent (for current students).
  • Consent from an affiliated CIHLMU person (for alumni).

Required documents for Ethics Fee Cost Coverage

  • Completed application form (download below).
  • lnvoice issued be LMU ethics committee.
  • Proof of enrolment / Immatriculation (MSc / PhD at LMU).

Application

The final invoice by the journal has to be submitted with the application no later than 15 November 2026.

Expectations

Applicants must acknowledge CIHLMU, DAAD, and BMZ in the publication. A sample acknowledgment: “I would like to thank CIHLMU, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with its exceed program, and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for financial support.”

Contact

For any queries, please contact: ttu@lrz.uni-muenchen.de


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