Recruitment
This is where your future starts
Successful UNIPhD fellows will be recruited for three years (36 months), starting 1 October 2023 and will be enrolled in one of the UNIPhD Doctoral Courses from the Academic Year 2023/2024.
Admission to a PhD course is a full time, exclusive commitment. No university tuition fees are due.
The annual individual salary, which is paid monthly, amounts to € 32.520 gross amount (ca. €23.280 net amount) for researchers with no family responsibilities (i.e. spouse, children).
Salary comprises
the following allowances
(gross amount):
- Living allowance: € 2.510/month for 36 months;
- Mobility allowance: € 200/month for 36 months, covering fellows’ expenses linked to their mobility (i.e. relocation, travel expenses);
- Family allowance: € 200/month for 36 months for UNIPhD Fellows with family obligations at the time of the call deadline. The family allowance is reserved to applicants linked to another person by (i) marriage, or (ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country where this relationship was formalised, or (iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the applicant.
UNIPhD Fellows receive additional financial support to cover research, training and networking costs, that is, purchase of equipment, consumables, publications, Open Access costs, fees for scientific journals, travel expenses (e.g. related to conference/intensive courses participation, networking activities) and external services. The funding will be managed by the Host Department at the University of Padua and will be subject to the approval of their supervisor.
Unipd will enter with the Fellow a 3-year (36 months) employment contract (“Assegno di ricerca”); it will be
signed by the Fellow and the Director of the Host Department and will specify the Fellow’s employment conditions and the Unipd obligations.
