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Going to Madrid in June for a workshop. Reimbursement from the hosts is 66e/night. Average 2* budget hotel in the area is ~120e/night. Have to claim the difference from my home institute. Nobody’s fault, but shows how disconnected from reality reimbursement policies can be.
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And of course all of this is paid retrospectively, which can hurt graduate students. helsinkiuni we started paying travel grants as advances to academic visitors, which I think is a great idea.