PhD students are encouraged to seek opportunities in order to supplement their scholarhsip's funds for traveling abroad, either it be to conferences or research periods in other countries. Besides conference-specific award grants which you and your supervisor already know of, here is a short list of such opportunities which PhD students have benefited from in the past:
- FENS: https://www.fens.org/careers/grants-and-stipends
- FULBRIGHT: https://www.fulbright.it/
- ALDO FASOLO: https://www.intobrain.it/it/finalmente-2-0/azione-3-premio-aldo-fasolo-2025-per-la-comunicazione-in-neuroscienze/bando-2025/
- CANADA-ITALY INNOVATION AWARD: https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/italy-italie/innovation-2025.aspx?lang=eng
- MITACS GLOBALINK RESEARCH AWARD: https://www.mitacs.ca/our-programs/globalink-research-award/
- VINCI (co-tutelle between Italy and France - only Yr1 and Yr2 PhD students): https://www.universite-franco-italienne.org/menu-principal/bandi/programma-vinci/
Do you know of an award that ought to be added to this list? Please write to: phd.cimec@unitn.it