Accommodation
Within a bilateral research project or a joint teaching activity between the GUC and German partner institutions you can carry out research stays and trips for planning and coordination purposes in the framework of joint teaching activities. Both short stays and research stays of up to two months can be funded. The stay should last at least 2-3 days plus arrival and departure (i.e. 4-5 days in total).
You can extend your stay at your own expense. In this case subsistence costs and per diems can only be claimed for the period of the research stay. Travel expenses will also be reimbursed for an earlier or later arrival or departure. In that case you will need to document the costs for a comparable flight within the funded travel period.
Also, if you share your accomodation with another person that is not related to the bilateral research, the single rate can be reimbursed up to the amount specified in the project budget.
Research Stay Rates
Upon submission of their purchase receipts, GUC-researchers travelling in the framework of their bilateral research project, can apply for reimbursement of their expenses for food and beverages. Please note that the reimbursement can be issued only for the exact costs incurred and stated by the purchase receipts. GUC-researchers can no longer have the difference to the maximum rate paid out as a lump sum. The disembursement of daily allowances or per diems as a lump sum is only possible for researchers holding the German nationality.
The following rates apply:
- for stays in Germany: 28 € for the first 14 days, thereafter 14 €
- for stays in Egypt: 41 € for the first 14 days, thereafter 20,50 €
The reimbursement of food and beverage costs and the disembursement of daily allowances underlie the following principles:
- for the day of arrival and departure, only 50% of the valid rate is paid in each case
- for meals provided, the daily allowance (German nationals only) is reduced (by 20% for breakfast, by 40% for lunch and by another 40% for dinner)
Subsistence costs within the framework of bilateral research projects between the GUC and German partner institutions are reimbursed up to:
- Germany:
- Hotel costs per day: 112 € with breakfast
- If private accommodation is used: accommodation allowance of €20 per day (lump sum)
- Maximum accommodation costs per month: 700 €
- Egypt:
- Hotel costs per day: 120 € with breakfast
- If private accommodation is used: accommodation allowance of €30 per day (lump sum)
- Maximum accommodation costs per month: 700 €