PNRR PhD scholarships: 18 scholarships for innovative doctorates

Innovative PhDs XL

With the DM 117 of 2-03-2023, the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) has made funds available to the University of Bergamo to activate 18 applied research doctoral scholarships in co-financing with local companies.

The co-funded scholarships are part of the PNRR program - Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 3.3, related to industrial doctorates that respond to the innovation needs of enterprises and promote the recruitment of researchers by companies.

These 18 Ph.D. scholarships, which topics and training paths are defined with strong involvement of the co-funding company, aim to conduct applied research projects that, starting from actual and future needs of companies, develop and implement innovative technologies, methods and approaches.

The doctoral program lasts 3/4 years and includes:

  • A period of study and research in the co-funding company from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 18 months
  • A period of study and research at a university or research center abroad from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 18 months

In order to enter a PhD program, candidates must pass a public competition regulated by a specific Call for Applications.

Call for applications: June 18 to July 18, 2024

The call for applications to access the PhD program (XL cycle) has been published on June 18, 2024 with a deadline of July 18, 2024.

Applicants may compete for up to a maximum of 3 research topics among those proposed within the same Doctoral Course.

In the application, applicants have to:

  • indicate the order of preference of the selected research topics;
  • attach a research project for a topic of his/her choice.

The research project must be written in Italian or English (max 8,000 characters, excluding bibliography and abstract) accompanied by an abstract (max 800 characters, including spaces) and the appropriate bibliography.

The scholarship - and the corresponding research projects- will be awarded to the successful candidates on the basis of an evaluation of the scientific profile, also in agreement with the external entity funding the scholarship.

For all the research topics, the Selection Committee will draw up separate rankings taking into account the scores obtained by the candidate(s) in the evaluation of the qualifications and research project and in the oral test, indicating the names of the successful candidates whose profile presents an index of prevalence/preference in terms of affinity with the research topic.

The projects
Health and Longevity
Landscape studies for global and local challenges
Management Accounting and Finance
Human Sciences and Welfare Innovation
Legal studies
Sustainable Technologies for Industrial and Construction Engineering
Technology, Innovation and Management
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