GSSI: 31 Doctoral Fellowships, Italy 9007 views

GSSI: Gran Sasso Science Institute located in L’Aquila, Italy, offers postgraduate training to obtain PhD degrees.

Subject Areas and number of scholarships:

• Physics (10 Positions)
• Mathematics (8 Positions)
• Computer Science (8 Positions)
• Social Sciences (8 Positions)

Scholarship amount: € 16.159,91/ year (an additional 50% on monthly basis may be awarded for research period aboard if approved by the GSSI).

Duration of the Fellowship: 3 years

Starting date: 1st November 2018

Facilities and benefits:

• This scholarship is tuition fees waiver
• Free accommodation will be provided to all PhD students at the GSSI facilities or a financial substitute of 350,00 Euros gross/month .
• Free luncheon vouchers to all PhD students will be provided (1/day, working days, except school closures, missions, other situations contemplated by the GSSI rules)
• Insurance against any accident or injury will be given to all PhD students.

Requirements:

• English proficiency is mandatory.
• Applications are open to all candidates (without regard to nationality, age, gender or religion ) who meet the requirements below:
• Italian degree: Four or five years degree according to the earlier rules of the Italian higher education system
• Foreign degrees: the minimum duration of university studies is equivalent to four years (full time). If admitted, foreign degree holders are required to hand in a “Dichiarazione di valore”.
• Applicants getting their degree by no later than October 31 2018 may apply (both Italian or foreign degree according to the earlier description).
• Applicants will have to send a copy of their degree certificate at t phd.secretariat@gssi.it by November 20, 2018.

Application Materials: The documents you need to submit are:

1. University title certificate
2. Grade transcripts (list of courses with grades)
3. Resume
4. Copy of a valid Identity Document (ID) signed and dated.
5. All documents, common to all applicants, must be in pdf or jpg format and each file size must not exceed 3Mb.
6. apply online