Other scholarships, rewards, opportunities

The Province of Avellino is launching the second edition of the Prize for degree theses on gender equality, open to graduates from Italian universities who have completed their degrees in the last two academic years. There will be two rankings – one for three-year degrees and one for master’s degrees – with prizes for the best theses. Full details are available on the official website
Deadline: 9 November 2026

The University of Brescia is awarding three prizes for theses on environmental management in resource-constrained countries and on appropriate technologies for sustainable development. The competition is open to Master’s graduates and PhD holders who have defended their thesis between October 2025 and September 2026. Full details can be found in the call for applications
Deadline: 13 November 2026

The competition will award three prizes – each worth €3,000.00 gross – to graduates aged 29 or under for Master’s theses on the role of management and managerial training.
Theses must focus on managerial skills and the role of management in one or more of the key thematic areas relating to business management. Full details can be found at call for applications
(application form)  Deadline: 8 November 2026

The Bank of Italy is offering seven scholarships named after Bonaldo Stringher, Giorgio Mortara and Donato Menichella, aimed at deserving recent graduates who wish to further their studies abroad in the fields of economics, finance, statistics and law. Call for applications and further information are available on the website of the Bank of Italy
Deadline: 20 November 2026

The Brescia branch of the National State Police Association has announced six new scholarships reserved for graduates of Italian universities whose dissertations cover topics relating to the police force.
For further information, see the regulations
Deadline: 30 December 2026

SuperNews is offering a scholarship for university students enrolled on bachelor’s or master’s degree programmes in the fields of Humanities, Sports Science, Communication Studies, Political Science, Law and Economics. To enter, you must create an illustrated calendar using Canva, dedicated to the 2027 sporting season. Entry is free. Information and applications on the official website
Deadline: 31 December 2026.

The City of Bolzano is organising an award scheme for degree theses focusing on the city, with prizes of 1,000 euros for two bachelor’s theses and 2,000 euros for two master’s theses. Graduates who have successfully defended their thesis between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2026 are eligible to enter. Please consult the call for entries and the entry guidelines.
Deadline: 29 January 2026

Co.Re.Com. Calabria is organising the Cybercrime Film Festival – Lucia Abiuso Award, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness of online risks, digital citizenship and the prevention of cybercrime, through creativity and audiovisual media. The call for entries, the rules and the documentation required to take part are available on the official website of Co.Re.Com. Calabria.
Deadline: 31 March 2027

The Acli Sports Union, with a view to encouraging research and reflection on the role of sport as a tool for inclusion and social development, is offering a degree award for students at Italian faculties of Sports Science who submit dissertations on the relationship between sport and society.
For further information, see the call for applications
Deadline: 31 August 2027

The Arezzo Historical Society, the Arezzo editorial office of the daily newspaper “La Nazione”, the Arezzo Mobility Authority (Atam), Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A., Chimet S.p.A. and the Fraternita dei Laici are organising a competition to award a “culture prize” to young people born on or after 1 January 1991 who have written and defended bachelor’s, master’s or specialist theses, and doctoral theses, at Italian and foreign universities, in any faculty.
Further information on the call for applications

Four scholarships for cancer research internships to be carried out at the Weizmann Institute in Israel. The scholarships, offered by the Lombroso Foundation, are reserved for Italian citizens with a degree in scientific disciplines. More info on the call

The "Massimo Dell'Orso Memorial Prize" promoter committee, legally referring to the MonteCeresa Ecomuseum Association, is organising an initiative with the intention of collecting scientific works that have dealt with the post-earthquake theme of the Central Apennines 2016-2017, announcing a competition to award a prize for the best degree thesis. Scientific works of a different nature will also be collected which, although not competing for the prize, will contribute to enriching an online archive dedicated to the themes covered by the announcement.
The initiative, which sees the contribution of the Emidio di Treviri research group, the Sociology Course of the University of Camerino, the Historical Institute of Macerata and the Brigate di Solidarietà Attiva - Marche and which is joined by the Monti Sibillini National Park, C.A.S.A. Cosa Accade Se Abitiamo, Terre in Moto - Marche and Ecomuseo del Monte Ceresa, is dedicated to the memory of Massimo Dell'Orso, an earthquake victim and friend of the Sibillini who in 2018 took his own life in the hotel where he was displaced on the Abruzzo coast. The poster and call for entries can be viewed on the website
The call is set up as permanent.

We would like to inform you of the possibility of a fellowship in the field of Neuro-oncology on the mechanisms of resistance in malignant brain tumours (Glioblastoma), for which there is unfortunately still no effective cure at present. The techniques used will be Cell Culture, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunocytochemistry and more. The Lab will be held at IRCCS San Martino, Centre for Advanced Biotechnology (CBA), Laboratory of Experimental Neuroscience (Tower A4).
If you are interested, please contact the person in charge of the
research project directly: Dr Elisabetta Caspani, PhD - 3334025641 - elisabettamaria.caspani@hsanmartino.it