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- Important Dates
- Fees
- Accommodation
- Payment
- Cancellation
- Financial Support, Travel Grants and Stipends
Important Dates
| Stipend Deadline | 1 December 2026 |
| Early Bird Deadline | 15 December 2026 |
| Early Bird Payment Deadline | 5 January 2027 |
| Registration closing | 31 January 2027 |
| Regular Payment Deadline | 5 February 2027 |
| Cancellation Deadline | 31 January 2027 |
Fees
For 2027, we had to raise prices. Please check the corresponding statement of the program committee.
Members of our supporting institutions
Gesellschaft für Informatik and Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft
| Regular | Early Bird before 15 Dec. 26 | |
|---|---|---|
| Full | 680 EUR | 540 EUR |
| PhD students 1 | 290 EUR | 190 EUR |
| Students 2 | 30 EUR | 10 EUR |
Non-Members
| Regular | Early Bird before 15 Dec. 26 | |
|---|---|---|
| Full | 1130 EUR | 930 EUR |
| PhD students 1 | 405 EUR | 305 EUR |
| Students 2 | 100 EUR | 55 EUR |
1 PhD students with part-time contracts.
2 Proof of student status has to be included with application via email to registration@interdisciplinary-college.org
Accommodation is not covered by the conference fee.
Accommodation
Usually, participants will take accommodation in the Heinrich-Lübke-Haus for the duration of the Interdisciplinary College.
- Single room 870 EUR per person
- Double room 770 EUR per person
- Triple room 610 EUR per person
These prices include meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, two coffee breaks, and midnight snacks).
For participants taking external accommodation, a fee of 480 EUR is charged for meals, the conference dinner, and coffee breaks.
Payment
Money transfer must be completed for regular registration by February 5th and for early bird by January 5th. You will receive the bank details (or credit card payment info) on your invoice. Delays will result in an additional fee of 50 Euro.
Cancellation
If cancellation is received in writing before January 31st, you will be refunded minus 30 Euro handling fee (if you haven’t transferred yet, you will be asked to send the fee).
For cancellations received after that date, no refunds will be made (unfortunately, also not in case of illness).
Please, only register if you are certain you can come and are willing to commit. We have had very short-notice cancellations in the past with people unwilling to pay the fee, which puts our event at financial risk.
Financial Support
Depending on the amount of available funding, the number and value of stipends may differ from year to year. For IK 2027, we hope to offer two types of stipends as specified below.
Travel Grants
Many universities and institutions offer support for conference travel by their members, especially if a poster is presented. We encourage students to explore these options at their institution (e.g. graduate schools, research clusters, and student councils/Fachschaften).
Stipends
While IK is a not-for-profit event, we acknowledge the fact that procuring funds to cover the costs for conference fee, accommodation, and travel can be a challenge to some participants, especially those who are still in formal education and training. Based on our values, we offer financial support in the form of stipends to a limited number of participants.
- IK Stipend: With gracious support of the German Cognitive Science Society, sponsors, and private donors, we aim to provide 200 EUR discounts on the registration in 2027. If you have questions on IK stipends, please contact stipends@interdisciplinary-college.org.
- Bielefeld University / Faculty of Technology stipends for students from Ukraine: With gracious support of Bielefeld University and the Faculty of Technology we could support students from Ukraine with a full travel stipend and free participation in 2025 and 2026. In 2027, we open the call once more, however, the overall shortage of funding also affected the support we can provide this year. This year, we will only be able to fully support 5 students from Ukrainian universities. Students of following institutions are eligible to apply: Dnipro National University, Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukrainian Catholic University, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. This stipend will cover accommodation and conference fees, and the stipend holders will receive a travel compensation of 390 euro per person upon their visit of Bielefeld University. Apart from motivation letters, the selection process this year will also involve online interviews with the candidates. Strong preference will be given to Master and PhD students. Moreover, compared to the previous years, a scientific contribution will be mandatory for the holders of this scholarship: a format can be chosen between a poster and a research spotlight (please see Contribute tab for details). If you have questions on stipends for students from Ukraine, please contact stipends-ukraine@interdisciplinary-college.org.
Stipend funding is limited and typically many people apply, so please consider alternative funding sources as well. Often, graduate schools, research clusters, and even some student councils (Fachschaften) offer financial support for events such as IK.
We value both excellence and diversity in equal measure. Consequently, we support individuals in financial need who are eager to face intellectual challenges and enrich the diversity of the IK community. In addition, applicants should be willing to contribute to the event, for example, as a ‘sunshine’ assistant or in another way. In our selection process, we especially wish to promote diversity in terms of academic disciplines, nationalities, and gender, and take additional burdens such as care work and being a first-generation academic into account.
How to apply and what happens next
You can apply for a stipend during the registration process. Please, register as a participant and indicate that you also apply for a stipend. In case your stipend does not get granted, you will be able to cancel your registration free of charge. Registrations with stipend applications must be submitted by December 1st, 2026, 23:59h CET. We will only consider complete applications that are submitted by this date. We will notify you of grant or rejection as soon as possible. Until then, you do not need to pay your registration fee.
What to include in the Letter of Motivation
The selection for a stipend will be based on your application letter and the information you provide in the registration form. In your letter, please, introduce yourself and tell us about your motivation to participate in the spring school. In addition to that – at your own discretion – you may want to
- indicate whether this is your first time participating in IK
- explain your financial situation
- point out diversity measures or additional burdens that apply to you as described above
Your letter must have 4000 characters max. application letters will be treated confidentially and will only be read by the stipend selection committee.
We kindly ask you to restrict the use of AI tools to spell checking, punctuation checking and grammar correction when you compose your letter of application. We are interested in your personal motivation and will not consider generic letters. We count on your honesty.