Deadline for application submission: May 31st  2023 (13:00 CEST)

ONLINE APPLICATION

TITLE EVALUATION: June 19th, 2023

INTERVIEW: July 6th and 7th, 2023

Responsibilities of beneficiaries of Scholarships funded under MD 117/23 and MD 118/23. Read the document

Required application documents and information (see Annex):

• motivation letter (3 pages maximum) reporting: (i) motivation to pursue a PhD in BioRobotics; (ii) possible research objectives; (iii) possible research activities (please use the template)
• Curriculum vitae et studiorum
• academic transcripts of examinations passed in degree courses, for both bachelor’s and master’s degrees
• only for candidates who have obtained their qualification abroad: translated copy of the University master’s degree certificate
• copy of the master’s degree thesis (or an abstract of at least 5 pages, with a copy of the cover page)
• copy of any other appropriate qualification they deem appropriate (e.g., publications)
• two reference contacts (name, surname and institutional e-mail address)
• indication of up to three research lines of interest.

Number of positions available

n. 22 positions with scholarship funded as described below:

• n.1 scholarship related to the activities of the Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI
• n. 2 scholarships related to the NRRP Project of Research Infrastructure Biorobotics Research and Innovation Engineering Facilities (BRIEF, CUP: J13C22000400007)
• n. 6 scholarships funded by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and BioRobotics Institute
• n. 2  scholarships funded by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia as below detailed:
  n. 1 in the framework of the project SoftBioRobotics Perception - web site: https://www.iit.it/it-IT/web/soft-biorobotics-perception
  n. 1 in the framewok of the topic Nanotechnologies applied to medecine - web site: https://www.iit.it/en-US/web/smart-bio-interfaces
• n. 11 scholarships co-funded by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna funds and with the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), as below detailed:
  6 “NRRP Ph.D. Scholarships” co-funded by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna funds and with the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 118/2023, and focusing on the following areas of interest of the NRRP: Green transition; Digital transformation; Smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth; Social and territorial cohesion; Health and economic, social and institutional resilience; Policies for new generations, women, children, and young people
  1 “NRRP Ph.D. Scholarship” co-funded by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna funds and with the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 3.4, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 118/2023, “Digital and Environmental Transitions” and focusing on the following areas of interest of the NRRP: Green transition; Smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth; Social and territorial cohesion; Health and economic, social and institutional resilience
  2 “NRRP Ph.D. Scholarships” co-funded by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna funds and with the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 1, Investment 4.1, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 118/2023, “Public Administration” and focusing on the following areas of interest of the NRRP: Digital transformation; Social and territorial cohesion; Health and economic, social and institutional resilience
  1 “NRRP Ph.D. Scholarship” funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 117/2023, “Introduction of innovative doctorates that respond to the innovation needs of businesses and promote the recruitment of researchers from businesses” co-funded by MEDICA SpA and focusing on the research theme “Development of spectral sensors for analysis of physiological parameters and markers."
  1 “NRRP Ph.D. Scholarship” funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 117/2023, “Introduction of innovative doctorates that respond to the innovation needs of businesses and promote the recruitment of researchers from businesses” co-funded by The Italian Aerospace Research Center - CIRA  -  and focusing on the research theme “Study, development and experimentation of werable technologies for research activities in space applicartion".

Based on specific agreements with individual companies, additional scholarships funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.3, in compliance with Ministerial Decree n. 117/2023 – “Introduction of innovative doctorates that respond to the innovation needs of businesses and promote the recruitment of researchers from businesses” may become available.

Further positions may be activated on the basis of additional financial resources, for specific agreements or for apprenticeship contract. Moreover, additional scholarships may be available in the framework of the following projects funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU:

• Project “THE - Tuscany Health Ecosystem” (CUP J13C22000420001), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5 of NRRP;
• Project "EBRAINS European Brain ReseArch INfrastructureS-Italy”, area ESFRI “Health and Food” (CUP B51E22000150006), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 3.1 of NRRP;
• Project “ROGER - RObot-Assisted Gross pathology Examination of solid tumoRs” (CUP J85E22000810009), Mission 6, Component 2, Investment 2.1 of NRRP;
• Project “MNESYS - A Multiscale integrated approach to the study of the NErvous SYStem in health and disease” (CUP J83C22001400002), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 of NRRP;
• Project “MAD-2022-12376927 The etiopathological basis of gait derangement in Parkinson’s disease: decoding locomotor network dynamics” (CUP J84E22000650006), Mission 6, Component 2, Investment 2.1 of NRRP;

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