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PHD IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Application Deadline: 5.00 PM CEST on 26 July 2024

LOCATION: Italy

Application for the 2024 call is NOW open! A research programme in which ideas and methods linked to environment, society, technology, economy and health are perfectly integrated into a global vision, in order to develop a better future.

A network of public and private research centers fully interconnected and coordinated by IUSS PAVIA, in Italy.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates regardless of age or nationality.

Eligible candidates must have the following academic qualifications:

Master’s degree (Laurea Magistrale or Laurea Specialistica or Laurea Vecchio Ordinamento);

Analogous academic qualification awarded abroad (comparable to an Italian master’s degree, in terms of duration and study content) and recognized by the Selection Board assuitable for application to the course.

Applications from candidates who are still to graduate will be considered pending. These candidates must submit the relative degree certificate by the start of the course on Friday 13 December 2024.

BENEFIT:

78 fully funded positions

The annual amount of the scholarship is € 16,243.

This sum is exempt from IRPEF (income tax) but is subject to payment to the Italian National Institute of Social Security (INPS), to which the university contributes two-thirds and the student one-third

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 11TH EDITION OF THE RES4AFRICA FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE SCHOOL

Application Deadline:  31st of August 2024

LOCATION: Italy

RES4Africa Foundation, in partnership with Enel Foundation, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the European Investment Bank (EIB), and in collaboration with POLIMI Graduate School of Management and SDA Bocconi, is delighted to announce the 11th edition of the Executive School. This prestigious program, established in 2014, aims to equip high-achieving individuals with the essential technical, economic, and regulatory competencies needed to advance renewable energy solutions in Africa’s evolving electricity markets.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be a citizen of an African country;

Have minimum 5 years working experience in the energy field

Be eligible to travel to Italy.

All candidates are invited to check well in advance the procedure applicable to their specific case;

Be fully proficient in English;

40 high-achieving individuals and middle managers coming from all African countries countries. Shortlisted participants will be awarded a full scholarship that will cover the Executive School’s tuition fee as well as travel and accommodation costs.

5 professionals from RES4Africa Foundation members and stakeholders.

5 PhD or MD students and researchers from Italian and International Universities

BENEFIT:

Full scholarship (RES4Africa) for 40 African managers: Flights, accommodation, board, transportation, class lectures, tuition fee, laboratories and plant visits.

 Free registration for 5 Professionals from RES4Africa member network: Class lectures, laboratories and plant visits

Free registration for 5 PhD and MD students: Lectures, laboratories and plant visits

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