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

The Italian Ministry of Universities and Research – within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – finances 250 research positions for young researchers.

The call is open to researchers of any nationality who meet these requirements

• be no more than 40 years old or no more than 45 years old and no more than 7 years from their doctorate
• have no experience in managing grants and/or coordinating national or international research groups
• not have had any permanent full-time contract as a researcher/tenured professor.

The call is divided into two distinct strands.

Strand MSCA Individual fellowship / Postdoctoral fellowship

This strand is dedicated to MSCA Individual fellowship / Postdoctoral fellowship grantees, whose project has been completed within 5 years before 3 July 2024.
The call provides for funding of up to € 300,000 for a three-year project.
If selected for funding, the applicant will be hired as temporary researcher (RTD-A) within 2 months from funding approval and in any case no later than 31 March 2025.

The call deadline is on 1st October 2024.

Strand SOE – Seal of Excellence

This strand is dedicated to those who have received Seal of Excellence for their MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship in the last two years.
The call provides for funding of € 250,000 for a three-year project.
If selected for funding, the applicant will be hired as temporary researcher (RTD-A) within 2 months from funding approval and in any case no later than 31 March 2025.

The call is open until 19 December 2024 on a “first-come, first-served” basis, i.e. the Ministry will evaluate and finance the proposals as they are sent and until funds are exhausted.

Strand ERC Starting Grant or Consolidator Grant

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.