The scholarship is advertised once a year from 15 February to 31 March.

The online application form is only activated and an application is only possible during the application period from 15 February to 31 March.

Applications are open to students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers who are duly enrolled at the University of Oldenburg and who meet the following criteria:

1. They are students or early-career researchers at School II: Computing Science and Economics, School V - School of Mathematics and Science, or School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
2. The stay abroad must be for study, teaching or a research stay and must last for at least 3 months.
3. The planned stay abroad must begin in the second half of the year in which the call for applications is issued.

The scholarship is awarded only once per person!

The Biava Mobility Scholarship is advertised once a year from 15 February to 31 March via various channels. After submitting the online application form, applicants will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt, instructing them to upload all required application documents to the Uni-Cloud. Following a formal review of the submitted documents, applicants will be informed of the status of their application by the end of April.

Only applications submitted by 31 March 2026 that are complete, meet the formal requirements and are submitted within the deadline will be considered in the selection procedure.

The scholarship is awarded by the Board of the Floyd and Lili Biava Foundation. The selection committee will meet in June this year. Applicants will be informed in advance of when they can expect a decision.

The selection committee awards points based on set criteria and draws up a ranking of applicants. As this is, amongst other things, a merit-based scholarship, the applicants’ academic performance (average grade as per their current academic transcript) is a selection criterion. However, in addition to credits, the students’ motivation is a particularly decisive factor for the selection committee. Applicants should therefore address the following aspects in their personal statement:

• Reasons for applying for the Biava mobility grant
• Academic and personal motivation for a period of study abroad, including reasons for choosing the host country and host institution
• The relevance of the period abroad to their studies and/or future career
• Study, teaching or research plan

The selection committee also places great value on voluntary work and takes special personal circumstances into account. The mobility grant is primarily intended to support students and early-career researchers who have not previously received any grants.

Applicants will be informed of the Foundation Board’s decision shortly after the selection meeting. Due to the diversity of the selection criteria, their relative weighting and the need to ensure absolute confidentiality in the selection committee’s decision-making process, the reasons for the decisions are not explained to applicants in detail.

Successful applicants will receive an invitation to the official presentation of the scholarship certificate by the President of the University of Oldenburg, Prof. Dr Ralph Bruder, once they have submitted their written declaration of acceptance .

By accepting the mobility grant, scholarship holders undertake to submit a detailed experience report (including a reference to the scholarship!) to the Board of the Floyd and Lili Biava Foundation upon their return from abroad and to be available for a brief discussion at the next board meeting.

No right of appeal lies.