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Help me! Email an elegant way of expressing. Title: Inquiry about XX Conference Travel Grant Applications Dear XX, Thank you for contacting me regarding information about travel grant applications. I am a Japanese and I am currently studying my PhD in XXX University in Germany. I will present at the XX conference my research on title "XX XX". I am looking for a way to fund some of the costs because the Germany-Australia plane ticket is very expensive. I would like to ask if I am able to apply for a student travel grant, even though I am not an Australian or New Zealand citizen. Your reply would be most appreciated! Best Regards from Germany Sonia

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Help me! Email an elegant way of expressing.

Title: Inquiry about XX Conference Travel Grant Applications

Dear XX,

Thank you for contacting me regarding with information about travel grant applications.

I am a Japanese student and I am currently studying my for a  PhD in/at  XXX University in Germany. I will present at the XX conference my research on title "XX XX" at the XX conference . I am looking for a way to fund some of the costs because the Germany-Australia plane ticket is very expensive.

I would like to ask if I am able to apply for a student travel grant as a presenter at this conference, even though I am not an Australian or New Zealand citizen.

Your reply would be most appreciated!

Best Regards from Germany
Sonia
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Help me! Email an elegant way of expressing.

Title: Inquiry about XX Conference Travel Grant Applications

Dear XX,

Thank you for contacting me regarding information about travel grant applications.

I am a *1 Japanese and I am currently studying my PhD *2 in at the XXXX University in Germany. I will present(→) At the XX conference I will present my research on title "TTTT" *3. I am looking for a way grant to fund some of the costs because the Germany-Australia plane ticket is very expensive.

I would like to ask if I am able to apply for a student travel grant, even though I am not an Australian or New Zealand citizen.

Your reply would be most appreciated!

Best Regards from Germany
Sonia

* 1 In English when we refer to ourselves or other people by their nationality (e.g. "He is Chinese," "I am Danish") so in this case you can remove the "a" to sound more natural.
* 2 "Studying my PhD" makes it sounds like you are studying the actual document you receive upon finishing your studies. I won't ask you what you're studying, rather I'll let you fill in the final word for the subject you're studying. You can say "I am currently studying for a PhD in [subject]" or "I am currently studying towards a PhD in [subject]" - both work.
* 3 Your placement of the quotation marks is a little confusing. Are you working on a paper called "Title [rest of the title]" or did you mean to write "my research on [title of paper]"? Or did you mean to say "I am working on my paper titled [name of paper]"? Because that means you have a name for your paper and that you are telling them what it is, and I don't know if that's required for the grant or not. But because of all the assumptions involved and with the lack of further context, I'm assuming you meant to say "my research on [field you are studying]" in which case you should say just that.

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