Researchers from all around the world

The University of Verona welcomes researchers from all around the world.

The main funding opportunities are:

• PNRR Young Reserachers
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
• ERC grants
• Rita Levi Montalcini Programme.

The office is at disposal of the researchers who want to come to our university to carry out their investigations.

PNRR Young Researchers

This is an initiative of the Ministry of Universities and Research, funded within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), dedicated to attracting talented young researchers.

The measure is aimed at:

• researchers who have completed their MSCA Individual fellowship / Postdoctoral fellowship
• who have received the Seal of Excellence for their MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship proposal
• Principal Investigator (PI) who has received funding for an ERC Starting Grant or Consolidator Grant proposal
• who have applied for an ERC Starting Grant or Consolidator Grant proposal and scored an A in the final stage but were not funded.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships ― funded under Horizon Europe Programme ― are the main tool from European Union to support the transnational mobility and career development of the most talented researchers.
All researchers with a PhD degree and not more than 8 years of experience in research can participate. All research topics can be funded: from physics to linguistics, from life sciences to mathematics.

European Research Council grants

The European Research Council (ERC) finances frontier research projects carried out by outstanding researchers of any nationality and age, hosted by European research institutions. The funding programme is open to proposals in any discipline and on any topic. The contribution allows the principal investigator to establish or enlarge his or her research group to carry out an ambitious project.
The main types of grant  are the Starting Grant for researchers with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, the Consolidator Grant for researchers with 7-12  years of experience since completion of PhD, and the Advanced Grant for established researchers.

Rita Levi Montalcini Programme

The Rita Levi Montalcini Programme of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) allows young researchers working abroad to come back to Italy and be hired by a State university to carry out their research activity.
Researchers must have received the PhD degree between 3 and 6 years before the call deadline, and they must have been working abroad in a university or research centre for at least 3 years.

Rita Levi Montalcini call 2022-2024 (deadline 15/1/2025)

The call was published by Ministerial Decree no. 1652 of 18 October 2024, published in the Official Gazette on 16/12/2024. (English version)

Applicants must meet the following two requirements

1. have been awarded the PhD degree of PhD, or equivalent title, between 31/10/2016 and 31/10/2021 (this window can be brought forward to 30 April 2015 in the event of suspension of the PhD course for maternity and paternity leave, for serious and documented illness and for national service)
2. be currently employed abroad for at least three years in teaching or research activities at qualified foreign university or research institutions, without any relationship or position at an Italian university in the last three years.

The call finances 54 full-time fixed-term researcher positions (so-called tenure-track researchers).

Maximum duration of the research project is 6 years.

Applications must be submitted via the Cineca-MUR portal by midnight on 15 January 2025.