The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia targets resources of the European Social Fund (ESF+), Operational Programme 2021/2027, to foster higher education by funding, among others, Phd scholarships. 

ESF+ Phd scholarships contribute to:

• enhance competence and promote flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, taking into account digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitating career transitions and promoting professional mobility;
• develop and strengthen the connections with the regional production system and research institutions through co-operation actions with companies or research institutions in the region, or through technology transfer of processes, products, applications or research results.

Holders of Phd scholarships funded by ESF+ are subject to certain duties and obligations, which are set out in the specific notices.

The admission call for the PhD programmes for the academic year 2025/2026 – 41st cycle – and the related competition attachments are published on the "How to apply" page of each PhD Programme.
 

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Social Sciences and Humanities

• Circular Economy
• History, Philosophy and Political-Social Studies

Technology and Science

• Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Chemistry
• Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture
• Earth Science, Fluid-Dynamics and Mathematics. Interactions and Methods
• Industrial and Information Engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Physics

Life and Health Sciences 

• Environmental Life Sciences
• Molecular Biomedicine
• Neural and Cognitive Sciences
• Personalized Medicine and Innovative Therapies