Applications are invited for Veronesi Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers in Italy. The Veronesi Foundation is happy to announce up to 162 fellowships for doctors and researchers in the biomedical field to participate in the Postdoctoral program for the year 2020. These fellowships are available for foreign and Italian researchers.
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Nationality: These fellowships are available for foreign and Italian students.
Number of Awards:162 research scholarships for 12 months.
Eligible Countries: These fellowships are available for foreign and Italian students.
Entrance Requirements: Applicants must meet the following criteria:
12-month fellowship
o Experimental research. Italian and foreign researchers holding a scientific degree in Medicine, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, Biostatistics, Computation Biology, Physics, Mathematics. Postgraduate qualification(i.e., specialization or PhD) in health-related fields is required. Selected candidates must carry out their research project in leading Italian institutions.
o Clinical research. Italian and foreign medical doctors. Candidates must hold a degree in Medicine and have clinical research experience and post-graduate qualification (i.e., specialization or PhD). Selected candidates must carry out their work in leading Italian Research-Hospitals and shall – based on their expertise – become members of specialized clinical teams, led by top-level referents. Please make sure that all qualifications held by foreign candidates are equivalent to their Italian counterparts, in order for them to be able to see patients in Italy. Candidates who do not fulfill the legal requirements to work as clinicians in Italy will be excluded from the evaluation procedure. Please be explicit in the Letter of Acceptance by the Hosting Institute that the candidate meets the legal criteria to work as a clinician.
The 12-month fellowships will only be awarded to researchers (Italian or foreigners) for research work at Italian institutions. There are no fellowships available for research work outside of Italy.
6-month fellowships (TRAVEL GRANTS).
Travel grants are limited to Italian citizens working in Italy at the time of application. Candidates should preferably hold a scientific degree such as Medicine, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, Physics or Mathematics. Post-graduate qualification (specialization or PhD) in a health-related field is mandatory.
For all the fellowships:
– Candidates must have officially obtained a PhD or specialization degree not later than 31st December 2018.
– All candidates (except women with children, see below) must be under the age of 43 on 1st January 2019. If awarded, the candidate will be asked to confirm in writing that he/she meets these requirements.
– Women with children are allowed to count one extra year per child. If awarded, the candidate will be asked to provide a “family certificate”.
English Language Requirements: Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English at the higher level required by the University.
To start application submission, please enter your name, surname, email address, fiscal code and your proposed type of research (experimental or clinical). You will then be directed to the correct application form.
In the submission form, you will be asked to provide, in separate files, the following documents:
i) Candidate’s CV(max 4000 characters including spaces). Candidates who have had a period of justified absence from work (e. maternity leave), may state it in the CV. Date of PhD/Specialization degree must be clearly indicated
ii) List of scientific peer-reviewed publications (no character limits). It is mandatory to clearly indicate the IF of every single publication mentioned in the application. Please report the most recent IF and notthe one of the publication year. Only original papers and reviews will be evaluated for the publication record. Paper ‘in press’ are eligible only if an Editor ‘letter of acceptance’ is provided to borse-at-fondazioneveronesi.it. Papers accepted for publication after the closing of the call and during the process of evaluation will NOT be taken into account. Papers published on new journals with no IF are accepted, on condition that they are published on international and peer-reviewed journals. Posters/abstracts at conferences, meeting proceedings, and book chapters will not be considered for evaluation but can be included in the CV.
iii) A short abstract of the proposed project (max 2000 characters including spaces).
iv) A description of the proposed research project– background, experimental plan, and description of expected results and future applications to health – (max 9000 characters including spaces).
v) Bibliographyis NOT includedin the 9000 characters of the project description and must be inserted in a separate field of the form with no space limits.
vi) PI’s CV(max 2000 characters including spaces) including the field of investigation, up to five selected publication of the last ten years, and granted founding (optional). Requested CV is from the P.I. of the laboratory where the project will be carried on (i.e. for travel grants, the CV will refer to the P.I. of the foreign lab).
vii) Research on animals must conform to regulations protecting animals used for research purposes. Animal protocol(s) must be authorized by the Italian Ministry of Health (D.Lgs.26/2014). Ministry authorization must be valid for the period of the grant. A copy of the authorization must be provided during the application process (its presence will be taken into account by the evaluating committee in terms of project feasibility), or at latest upon grant acceptance (around mid December). Failure to provide it will result in fellowship loss. In case animal studies will be carried out in another lab, provide the authorization released to the collaborator together with a justification/collaboration letter.
viii) Research on humans If the research plan includes research in humans, the approval of the local Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB) is mandatory. A copy of the approval documents must be provided during the application process (its presence will be taken into account by the evaluating committee in terms of project feasibility), or at latest upon grant acceptance (around mid December). Failure to provide it will result in fellowship loss. In case human samples are from other laboratory provide the authorization released to the collaborator together with a justification/collaboration letter.
Please note that during the application process you will be also asked to upload the following documentation:
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