General issues
1. May I apply only for one or for several projects?
You may apply for all three funding formats in the context of IPID4all.
2. I have already been granted an IPID4all scholarship. May I apply again?
You can apply for IPID4all funding for the commissioning of a translation or proofreading service more than once a year. Applications of doctoral candidates who were not funded during the current calendar year are preferred, however. To be funded by different IPID4all funds is also possible.
3. I have been granted a scholarship by Bauhaus University Weimar. May I still be funded?
As far as your scholarship agreement does not provide for the funding of translation or proofreading services, you may be funded by IPID4all.
4. I have been granted a DAAD scholarship. May I still be funded?
Yes, you may, as long as your scholarship agreement does not provide for the funding of translation or proofreading services.
5. The graduate admissions committee has not admitted me to the doctorate. May I still apply?
The graduate admissions committee must have admitted the candidate before funding (hiring a translator/proofreader) becomes vali.
6. Being an employee of the university, may I be funded?
Yes, you may, as far as you are a doctoral candidate at Bauhaus University Weimar (on this see Issue No. 5).
7. What is meant by "providing evidence of the kind and amount of external funding or applied for external funding"?
IPID4all is meant for funding only those expenses which are not completely or partly funded by third parties. This is why we need evidence of which expenses are funded by third parties. A letter (or an e-mail) by a funding third party may go as such an evidence.
Call for Application for Translation and Proofreading Services
8. What is meant by “connection to the doctorate project”?
IPID4all funding is meant for supporting you as a candidate. Your publication must produce a clear added value for your doctorate project. This is the case e. g. if part(s) of your doctorate project or dissertation thesis will be published.
9. May I apply for the funding of my dissertation thesis being translated or proofread or of a summary of my dissertation thesis ?
You may be funded for the edition or summary of your dissertation thesis as being produced by the publishing house.
10. Are expenses for the printing and binding of the dissertation thesis funded?
No, they are not. However, you may apply at the Bauhaus Research School for a printing costs subsidy.
Who is funded?
11. I am an external doctoral candidate not living in Germany. May I still apply for the funding of translation or proofreading services ?
Yes, you may, if your doctoral project at Bauhaus University has been accepted by the graduation commission of your Faculty.
Choosing the translation/proofreading service
12. Who chooses the translation/proofreading service?
Being the funded person, you are yourself in charge of choosing the services provider. The online database of the Bundesverband der Übersetzer und Dolmetscher e. V. (Federal Association of Translators and Interpreters) (http://suche.bdue.de) may be helpful for your search. It provides the contact data of more than 7,500 qualified interpreters and translators in Germany.
Application and documents
13. May I apply several times?
In the context of one call for applications you may apply only once for the funding of translation or proofreading services. However, you may apply parallel for several funding formats (on this see Issue N. - ).
14. Until when must the application have been received?
You can apply for funding any time. The applications were adjudged several times per year. The next closing day is published here.
15. What is meant by “evidence in support of giving reason to relevance”?
With the exception of dissertation thesis publications, you may additionally hand in evidence supporting the necessity of hiring a translation or proofreading service. This may be e. g. a journal ranking or other information about the reputation of the publication medium (e. g. established series, information by/about the publishing house).
Payment
16. When will the funding be paid?
Payment happens after having presented the original invoice to the Bauhaus Research School. This may be done via e-mail to ipid[at]uni-weimar.de.
17. Who will be paid the funding fixed rate?
The fixed rate is paid to the funded person and not to the translation or proofreading service.
18. My expenses have been higher than the funding. Will I be paid more?
No, you will not. You will only be paid the fixed rate as being specified in the funding commitment.
19. What must be included in the invoice ?
The invoice by the translation or proofreading service must include the VAT. If it is a small enterprise having its seat in Germany, § 19 of the German VAT Act is valid.