Project description
Fostering excellent research in South Italy
To remain competitive, Europe needs to strive for innovation and research excellence. The potential of science training in South Italy has been established, but there is room for improvement in terms of multidisciplinary skills, transferable skills, and international cooperation and exchange. With the support of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, the INCIPIT project will establish an innovative Life Science doctoral programme that offers multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral training in life sciences and biomaterials. This programme will bring together the expertise of eight research institutes within the National Research Council of Italy, along with the capabilities of three Doctoral Schools and various academic, non-profit, and industrial partner organizations. The project will train 35 Early-Stage Researchers.
Objective
INCIPIT is a novel international PhD programme, which aims at providing innovative multidisciplinary and intersectoral training in Life and Biomaterial Sciences. Currently, there are several nodes of excellence in the South of Italy, capable of providing competitive scientific training. However, comprehensive training programmes addressing multidisciplinarity, transferable skills and internationalization are lacking. INCIPIT addresses this gap by pooling the different and complementary expertise of 8 research institutes (from biology and genetics to statistics, engineering, computer science, chemistry and medicine) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), as well as the competencies of 3 Doctoral Schools and several academic, non-profit and industrial Partner Organizations. INCIPIT will apply transparent and equitable selection procedures, based on merit and on equal opportunities to recruit 35 Early Stage Researchers. INCIPIT will guarantee 1) a supportive, stimulating and multidisciplinary research environment to carry out the research projects; 2) theoretical and practical courses on developmental/stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, structural biology and biocatalysis, human disease mechanisms, cancer development and treatment, metabolism and inflammation, drug design, discovery and delivery, and computational biology; 3) a comprehensive training on transferable skills on several topics, from communication, project management, clinical trials, the principle of the 3 Rs for the use of animals, to intellectual properties and entrepreneurship; and 3) exposure to the industry sector. The ultimate goal is to train the next generation of researchers to become a very attractive source of employment in both the Italian and European labour markets. INCIPIT will be a pilot project, paving the way to the consolidation in the South of Italy of an international PhD programme, with close collaboration among the CNR, the Universities and the industrial sector.
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MSCA-COFUND-DP - Doctoral programmesCoordinator
00185 Roma
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81100 Caserta
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95131 Catania
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8006 Zurich
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86077 Pozzilli Is
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1200 BRUXELLES
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35030 Saccolongo
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Saccolongo
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Cambridge
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78701 2982 Austin
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Catania
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80333 Muenchen
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80131 Napoli
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M1 2EJ Manchester
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28006 Madrid
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69978 Tel Aviv
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50137 Wroclaw
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00165 Roma
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00185 Roma
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Toronto
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20122 Milano
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20134 Milano
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20864 Agrate Brianza
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Vilnius
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