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TWAS-SISSA-LINCEI RESEARCH COOPERATION VISITS PROGRAMME

Application Deadline: 15 October 2025

LOCATION: Italy

Young scientists from least developed countries who hold an MSc (or higher degree) can visit research laboratories in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region of Italy for three months to carry out collaborative research projects and/or training internships in the fields that fall under the umbrella of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be a maximum age of 40 years on 31 December of the application year

Applicants must hold an MSc (or higher degree)

Applicants must be nationals of a least developed country. (See list at: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/least-developed-country-category/ldcs-…)

Applicants must hold a research position in a least developed country

Particular attention will be given to research projects that fall under the umbrella of sustainability science

Women scientists are encouraged to apply

Applicants already on-site in the host country are not eligible

Only applications in the scientific fields specified below and listed in the application form will be considered.

Eligible host institutions are the following:

International School for Advanced Studies – SISSA

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology – ICGEB

National Institute for Nuclear Physics – INFN (only one host supervisor available: Prof. Andrea Vacchi)

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS

University of Trieste – www.units.it/en

University of Udine – www.uniud.it/en

Materials Foundry-National Research Council – IOM-CNR

Area Science Park – en.areasciencepark.it/

Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste – www.elettra.eu/

BENEFIT:

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, through UNESCO-TWAS, will cover travel expenses and provide subsistence costs for the stay in Italy. The administration and financial operation of TWAS is undertaken by UNESCO in accordance with an agreement signed by the two organizations.

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UNIVERSITY OF PISA DSU SCHOLARSHIP

LOCATION: Italy

Students can apply for the scholarship provided by the Agenzia Regionale Diritto allo Studio Universitario – DSU is the agency for the University Study Right of the Tuscany Regional Council (Tuscany Region).

ELIGIBILITY:

Students planning to enroll or already enrolled in a Degree program at the University of Pisa, if they do not already have a qualification of the same level of education.

Online application only, via Sportello Studente , by the call’s deadline (usually published every year in July). The application can be submitted even if the student is not enrolled yet. The grant is valid for only one academic year. Therefore, students have to repeat the application each academic year.

Foreign students (with income abroad) who wish to access the services offered by the DSU (Scholarship, Services Scholarship, Grant for Disabled Students, Extraordinary Contribution, Subsided Canteen Prices, etc.) are requested to apply online, print the receipt available in their personal area, and send it following the instructions provided by the admission call, attaching a document certifying the family economic status together with a copy of a valid identity document. For further info in English, once you open this webpage, please click on Announcement scholarship.

EU students: Students from EU countries have to fill in a specific declaration, which can be downloaded at the end of the online application procedure.

Non-EU students from developing countries: Students coming from Non-EU developing countries have to certify that they do not belong to a high-income and high-status family. This certificate must be released by one of the following institutions:

Italian diplomatic representatives in the home country;

Diplomatic representative body (Embassy or Consulate) of the country of origin in Italy.

Please remember that the certificate has to be legalized by the Italian Prefecture.

BENEFIT:

A DSU grant includes

free accommodation

free meals at the University dining halls

contribution to cover extra expenses (sporting activities, books, etc.)

exemption from University tuition fees.

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