
Awards
Awards announced by the University of Padua
Awards: "Sapere vivere bene" 2^edition - Deadline: 30 September 2025
Target Audience:
Candidates no older than 35 years of age at the date of publication of the call for applications, who have obtained a Master’s degree or a single-cycle Master’s degree at the University of Padua in any scientific-disciplinary field between January 1, 2024, and the application deadline, and who have developed or are developing thesis work — including interdisciplinary theses — on the topics and objectives specified in the call.
Award Type:
3 prizes will be awarded as follows:
- 1st place thesis: €2,000.00
- 2nd place thesis: €1,500.00
- rd place thesis: €1,000.00
Doctoral Dissertation Award in Artificial Intelligence in Entrepreneurship and Management (AIEM) - Deadline: 31-05-2025, 1 p.m.
The award is open to Ph.D. graduates who have presented and successfully defended their doctoral theses
between January 1, 2024, and the closing date of this announcement.
Awards - DFA Galileo Galilei - Deadline: May 6, at 12.00
4 prizes in the gross percipient amount of 1,000.00 euros each aimed at applicants with a master's degree in Astrophysics and Cosmology or Physics or Data Physics from the University of Padua in the calendar years 2023 and 2024.
"Mille e una lode" Award (second or third year students only)
The University of Padova offers 1,000 merit-based awards to excellent students in each degree programme.
You are eligible for the Mille e una lode award if you are:
- enrolled at the University of Padova as a second or third year student;
- ranked in the top 3% of your class, considering the average ECTS and scores gained until August of the current academic year.
How to apply: you are not required to apply specifically for the programme, as the scholarship is assigned automatically to top students in their class.
Amount of the award: the award consists of services for a total value of euro 1,000 each. Successful students can chose among:
- funding to study abroad (or increase in your Erasmus scholarship);
- funding for curricular internships in Italy or abroad;
- funding for post-lauream internships, to start within 12 months after graduation;
- funding for tutoring (50 hours);
- benefit from a fee waiver up to a maximum amount of 1,000.00 euro.
“Mille e una lode” award can be combined with regional and mobility scholarships.
The ranking of winners will be published by October. Students are required to choose the type of merit-based scholarship via Uniweb personal area (section "iniziative")from8 to 22 January 2024.
Students who fail to make their choice within the closing date will lose their right to the merit-based scholarship.
Awards Francesco Canella - Italian Food and Wine
The two scholarships, of € 6,000 and € 4,000 respectively, are awarded to students regularly enrolled in the academic year 2024/2025 in the second year of the Master’s Degree in Italian Food and Wine.
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