Italy

[TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is an autonomous international organization, founded in 1983 in Trieste, Italy. TWAS is now accepting applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes.

Deadline: September 10, 2010

The University of Macerata announces a call for applications for 10 places in Phd programs within which 5 scholarships will be assigned to non-EU citizens.

Deadline: February 15, 2010

This PhD is a 4-year full-time program designed for highly qualified and motivated students. The program is multidisciplinary in nature and students have the option to choose from a wide range of electives. They are also provided with strong mentorship and support throughout their time at Bocconi.

Several Erasmus Mundus scholarships are offered by the European Commission to both non-European and European students to attend MathMods MSc course. Some scholarships are exclusively dedicated to students from Western Balkans and Turkey.

Deadline January 1, 2010

The Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF) invites excellent students to apply for the PhD Program in Finance starting in fall 2010. Up to six scholarships will be offered to the best applicants.

The doctoral program aims at preparing researchers and professionals with a wide knowledge about the foundations of informatics and about its applications to a variety of systems and disciplines, focusing on aspects of particular importance in the present context.

The Faculty of Economics in Rimini (University of Bologna) is launching two-year programme (M-Phil or M.Sc) an International Laurea Magistralis "Economics and Market Policy" (EPM) that will start in the next academic year 2009/2010.

The University of Padova, through the funding of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, offers research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Schools/International Courses. During the 3-year doctoral programme, successful candidates will be offered full board and lodging.

Notification of 15 PhD grants for foreign students (25th series)

The University of Trento announces the 25th cycle of the Doctoral School in Biomolecular Sciences.

Length: three years

Scientific areas: BIO/10 Biochemistry
BIO/11 Molecular Biology
BIO/13 Applied Biology
BIO/18 Genetics
BIO/19 Microbiology
CHIM/06 Organic Chemistry
INF/01 Informatics

Head of School: prof. Paolo Macchi
Tel. +39 0461 88 3095 - 3819; E-mail: phd.bioscie@unitn.it

The School offers two doctoral programs: Economics (DEC) and Business Management (DEA). They cooperate and share most activities.

There are 5 three-year fellowships available for DEC and another 5 for DEA.

Classes start on September 1st, 2009. Most first-year classes are common across the two programs.