Scuola Normale Superiore is awarding up to 86 fully funded PhD scholarships for Italian and International citizens at university campuses (Pisa and Florence). Scholarship includes tuition, fees, and a cost-of living stipend (14,187 euro per year, plus free meals). The PhD courses have a duration of three years, except for those in “Biophysical Sciences” and in “Neurosciences”, which have a duration of four years. All courses will start on 1st November 2015. Admissions are based on students’ academic work and interviews.

Study Subject (s):
Scholarships are awarded in the following fields: Philosophy, Modern Literature and Philology, Classics, History of Art, Modern and Contemporary History, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences, Neurosciences, Biophysical Sciences, Florence, Renaissance Studies (joint degree with the National Institute for Renaissance Studies) and Political Science and Sociology (joint degree with the University of Bologna).

The application deadlines are 28 February 2015 for the spring session and 31 August 2015 for the autumn session.

Further details:
http://scholarship-positions.com