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.
Fields of science
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship
- natural sciencesbiological sciencescell biology
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinemedicinal chemistry
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biologystructural biology
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2014
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-COFUND-DP - Doctoral programmes
Coordinator
00185 Roma
Italy
Partners (23)
81100 Caserta
95131 Catania
8006 Zurich
86077 Pozzilli Is
1200 Bruxelles
35030 Saccolongo
Saccolongo
Cambridge
78701 2982 Austin
Catania
80333 Muenchen
80131 Napoli
M1 2EJ Manchester
28006 Madrid
69978 Tel Aviv
50137 Wroclaw
00165 Roma
00185 Roma
Toronto
20122 Milano
20134 Milano
20864 Agrate Brianza
Vilnius