CEBE International Mobility Grant for Master's Students
Call closes December 15 2026
About the call
CEBE – Civil Engineering and the Green Transition in the Built Environment – awards 20 travel grants of DKK 25,000 to students for an international study stay to develop their expertise within the field of sustainable construction and the built environment.
CEBE is a Danish cross-university research programme focusing on the sustainable development of the built environment across seven research fields. CEBE’s vision is to promote a science-based built environment within the planetary boundaries.
CEBE is supported by the Villum Foundation for a ten-year period (2026–2035). Learn more at www.cebe.dk and on LinkedIn.
CEBE will award a similar amount of travel grants in the upcoming years.
Who can apply?
To be eligible to a CEBE International Mobility Grant for Master’s Students you have to be enrolled at a master’s programme at one of CEBE’s four partner universities: Aalborg University, Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark or The Technical University of Denmark.
The planned international study stay should meet the following criteria:
- Have a minimum duration of 2 months
- Commence in 2027
- Be credit rewarding or be carried out in connection with another credit rewarding course
Examples of study stay could be an international internship, committing fieldwork in relation to your master thesis or another project connected to your master’s programme, or attending courses at a university abroad.
The travel grant must be used to cover accommodation and travel expenses and/or tuition fees associated with the study stay.
Application
The application must include a recommendation from a relevant researcher – for example a CEBE-affiliated researcher see cebe.dk/research.
Your application must include:
- Cover page – find the template for the cover page here
- Motivational letter addressing the following (1 page):
a. Background and motivation for the study stay—why is your study stay relevant to CEBE?
b. Which expenses will the grant cover during your international study stay? - CV (1 page)
- If relevant: a letter of admission from a university abroad or documentation that you have applied for admission.
- Documentation of enrolment at a master’s programme at one of CEBE’s partner universities.
- Recommendation from a researcher.
Please write your motivational letter and CV in English using Times New Roman, 12 pt, with
single line spacing and 2.5 cm margins.
Only applications received as a single PDF file will be taken into consideration.
Important dates
Email your grant application to calls@cebe.dk no later than 15 December 2026 at midnight.
The CEBE Coordination Unit will evaluate the received grant applications and assess which applicants are best able to contribute to CEBE’s objectives through an international study stay.
You will be notified in January 2027 whether you have been awarded a CEBE International Mobility Grant or not.
No reasons will be provided for grant decisions.
Reporting
If you are awarded a travel grant from CEBE , you must submit a declaration confirming that the awarded funds will cover expenses associated with the study stay.
You must also submit final documentation of admission if this was not included in your application.
After completing the study stay, you must submit a brief report on your stay as well as a completed declaration confirming that the grant covered expenses during the study stay.
Payment
Grants are paid out twice a year. For study stays taking place in the spring semester, the grant is paid in January/February. For study stays beginning in the autumn semester, the grant is paid in August/September.
The grant payment is tax-exempt provided that it is used for the study stay abroad. The grant will therefore be reported as tax-exempt to the Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen) when it is paid out.
Questions?
In case of questions, please contact calls@cebe.dk
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