What can you apply for?
Master students at IAKH can apply for funds to cover expenses necessary to complete their master's thesis. Reasons for applying can be costs for laboratory analysis, support for archive journeys or other trips that are essential for the completion of the master's thesis.
The maximum amount you can receive in support is NOK 10 000, -.
Application deadlines
For travel support / funds for the completion of the Master's thesis:
- Spring semester: February 15 and May 15
- Autumn semester: September 15 and November 15
Application deadlines for travel support / funds for the completion of MITRA4450 - History Project:
- Spring semester: June 15
- Autumn semester: August 30
NB! Application for travel support must be submitted and processed before the journey is completed. Applications for funds for completed travels will not be processed.
Guidelines for travels
All expenses related to transportation will be covered.
The department will fund travels abroad given that you
- are aware of the potential perils, and travel at your own risk
- follow the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s travel advice
- make sure to have valid travel insurances
The travel allowance and the supplement will be paid after your travel based on receipts from the trip. The department cannot provide advance payments for travels.
Flights
- All flights must be booked by UiO's travel bookers. If you book yourself, you will not receive a refund. You must therefore state the departure and return date and destination in the application form.
Train travels
- Train travels in Norway will be booked for you by a travel booker at UiO.
- Train travels to another country, and abroad, can not be booked through a travel booker at UiO. You must book such trips yourself and get a refund after returning home.
- Contact your study consultant if you want to apply for support for train travels.
Accommodation, subsistence allowance and small expenses
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The department does not reimburse expenses for accommodation (hotel, AirBnB, etc.), but we provide subsistence allowance per day, and a maximum of 5000 NOK in total. Note that the remuneration is taxable.
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The amount you can claim per day varies from country to country, and meals you receive (such as breakfast at a hotel) are deducted from this amount. Read about the state's rates for travel abroad at dfo.no (in Norwegian).
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We reimburse other small expenses for travel, such as trains, buses, entrance tickets, etc. (not taxis and food expenses). In order to be paid a subsistence allowance and reimbursed for small expenses, you must fill in a travel invoice form in DFØ's app or the Self-Service Portal. When the application is granted, you will be given access to the portal up to one month after the trip has ended (remember to put the correct dates on the application). It must be clear from the receipts what the expenses are, and that the expenses have been paid for.
Mandatory registration of the trip
Anyone who receives travel support and travels outside of Norway must notify the Department at least two weeks before departure with details of where they will travel, as well as the time of departure and return. This information is given to the same persons who received the application.
NB! This is a prerequisite for travel support.
We also ask everyone who is travelling outside of Norway to read UiO's Safe abroad.
How to apply
The application must indicate when you plan to travel, the purpose for which support is applied for and why this is important for the thesis. In addition, a (simple) budget must be attached to the application.
Finally, the student’s supervisor should recommend the application. The supervisor reviews the application and signs if he / she recommends the application, the student then signs and submits the application to:
- Archeology and Conservation: Helena Neumann
- History: Yngvild Storli
- Modern International and Transnational History: Marlene Holm
Receiving payment
Payment is made after the trip/activity has been completed, and is based on the refund form/travel bill. The completed form must be submitted together with all the original receipts. The receipts must indicate that all expenses have been paid for.
Contact Tarjei Solberg after finishing the trip for assistance with refund and/or travel bill.
Deadlines for payments
- Students who complete the trip/activity during the period 5 January to 15 November must submit their refund form/travel bill by 25 November of the same year.
- Students who complete the trip/activity during the period 15 November to 30 December must submit their refund form/travel bill by 5 January the following year.