Project description
Innovative doctoral training at Padua University
In celebration of its 800th year of excellent research and open science, the University of Padua is introducing a pioneering doctoral programme. In this context, the EU-funded UNIPhD project is focusing on next-generation talents following the EU Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. Specifically, the project is offering 50 fellowships within 25 PhD courses, spanning a broad range of fields, from arts and humanities to medicine and natural sciences. The aim of the project is to promote an integrated interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach to address urgent challenges of the UN agenda focusing on the regional specialisation areas of smart agri-food, smart manufacturing, creative industries and sustainable living.
Objective
The University of Padua (Unipd), celebrates its 800-year commitment to excellent research and open science by UNIPhD - a doctoral programme dedicated to the next-generation talents following the EU Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. 50 (36 months long) fellowships within 25 PhD courses will be granted through one global call with an exceptionally broad research scope, including Arts&Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Technology, Life Sciences, Medicine, Natural Sciences. UNIPhD research and trainining activities will set the stage for an integrated interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach to address urgent challenges of the UN agenda while being strongly committed to regional specialization areas (i.e. Smart Agrifood, Smart Manufacturing, Creative Industries, and Sustainable Living), being supported by the Veneto Regional Governance and connected with the Regional Industrial Networks. UNIPhD encodes excellence by an effective participation of local ERC and MSCA grantees that will share their expertise as supervisors of the doctoral projects in all research areas. Cross-fertilization of ideas and interdisciplinarity will be leveraged by calls for competitive actions among recruited ESR (Competition for Global Challenges). Specific training on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) aspects, transferable, soft and innovation management skills, ranging from communication, professional development, funding opportunities, entrepreneurship, will complement the ESR research and training profile. UNIPhD tools will include: (i) counselling by Trusted Intermediaries with intimate knowledge of the academic world and a background in psychology; (ii) a personalized Career Development Plan with SWOT analysis assessment by an Advisory-hub; (iii) virtual and exchange mobility plans by a dedicated external expert (VEEM) that will facilitate the expected secondment activities.
Keywords
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
MAIN PROGRAMME
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H2020-EU.1.3.4. - Increasing structural impact by co-funding activities
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Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
MSCA-COFUND - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2020
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35122 PADOVA
Italy
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