Recruitment
This is where your future starts
Successful UNIPhD Fellows are enrolled and recruited for three years (36 months) in one of the UNIPhD Doctoral Courses.
Admission to a PhD course is a full time, exclusive commitment. No university tuition fees are due.
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 is managed by the Host Department at the University of Padua and is subject to the approval of their supervisor.
Unipd enters with each Fellow a 3-year (36 months) employment contract (“Assegno di ricerca”); it is signed by the Fellow and the Director of the Host Department and specifies the Fellow’s employment conditions and the Unipd obligations.
