An EliteForsk travel scholarship is DKK 200,000 and is intended to help ensure that very talented PhD students can have longer study stays at the very best research environments in the world. Up to 20 EliteForsk travel scholarships are awarded annually.
Universities and other PhD-awarding institutions can nominate a certain number of candidates for the travel scholarships. The institutions' recommendations are assessed by the board of the Danish Independent Research Foundation, which selects and nominates the PhD students to the Minister of Education and Research.