Settore Ricerca Scientifica e Relazioni Internazionali Via Duomo 6 13100 Vercelli Tel 0161 261517.584 fax 0161 211358 ricerca@rettorato.unipmn.it Subject: - Announcement of 3 grants for foreign students CALL FOR APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 11 th January 2011 For the academic year 2010/2011 Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro (UPO), Italy, offers 3 grants for foreign students enrolled at the Universities listed in Annex 1. According to the Cultural Co-operation Framework Agreement between the Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro and these Universities, our University intends to foster and carry out the mobility of foreign students. Grants are available either for study for thesis or research activities at the Faculties or the Departments of the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro in the fields listed in Annex 1. The study/research activities last at least three months. The total amount of each scholarship is 2.745,00 Euro gross as a partial reimbursement of subsistence costs. The student does not become a student enrolled at the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro. At the end of the period, the student must prepare and submit a detailed report of his/her study/research activities to the Head of the Faculty/Department. Applicants should be required to meet the following criteria in order to be eligible: To have foreign (non-italian) residence; To be enrolled either on a Masters Degree course or on a Phd course at the foreign Universities listed in Annex 1. Candidates must be in possession of this requirement within the deadline date. To have an adequate knowledge of the Italian language will be evaluated positively. The application to the competition, written by filling in the relevant forms available at the website www.unipmn.it Area Internazionale Premi e Borse di Studio (http://www.unipmn.it/informazioni%20su/area%20internazionale/default.aspx?open= 10413&scrolltop=0) must arrive within the 11 th of January 2011 in one original copy and must be accompanied by the following documents:
- copy of the Certificate of the Bachelor s Degree with the list of the examinations and marks; - copy of the certificate of enrolment at the University; - Curriculum Vitae attesting possible relevant experiences either in terms of education or working activities as well as the list of publications; - His/her Study/Research plan: o students enrolled on a Master s Degree must submit a plan concerning their thesis; o PhD students must submit a plan concerning their research activities; - one recommendation letter by a professor or an expert who has supervised the study/research activities of the candidate; - invitation letter by an Italian professor who will supervise the study/research activities at the Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro ; - any other certificate that can be helpful for the evaluation of the candidate (e.g. linguistic competences, awards etc.) If the documents listed above are not written in Italian or English language, they must be accompanied by a translation (in Italian or English language). - copy of the ID card (passport or identity card), the same used to require the VISA card. The original signed copy of the application must arrive within the 11 th of January 2011 at the following address: Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro Settore Ricerca Scientifica e Relazioni Internazionali Via Duomo, 6 13100 Vercelli (Italia) Applications and documents arriving after the deadline will not be taken into consideration. The date of the postmark will not be accepted as evidence of meeting the application deadline. All the communications between the University and the candidates, concerning with this competition, will be only made by e-mail. In this way the University will use the e-mail address written by the candidates in their application form. Applicants will be selected by the International Relation Committee on the basis of the documents enclosed in the application form. The full score is 30 points. The judging committee will draw up a ranking of merit, on the basis of the evaluation of the qualifications. Just in case merits are equal, age will be a preferential element. The final ranking will be published on the web-site www.unipmn.it Area Internazionale Premi e Borse di Studio.
The study/research activities must be concluded by the 30th October 2011. The winners of the selection will define their stay with the Italian supervisor. For non-european Union students, the grant is subdue to the obtainment of the Italian VISA for study. Students must organize their study Visa with the Italian Consulate before coming. The documents normally required by the consular authorities are: - passport valid for at least 3 months (for some countries it must be valid for at least 6 months) longer than that of the visa applied for; - proof of possession of sufficient financial means for self-support during the stay in Italy; - confirmation of suitable accommodation in Italy; - personal health insurance. Non-EU students who wish to stay up to 3 months have to make a Declaration of Presence at the Emigration office (Questura) on their arrival. Non-EU students who wish to stay longer than 3 months will have to apply for a Permesso di Soggiorno within 8 days of their arrival. In accordance with the Italian law (decree 196/2003), the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro undertakes to respect the privacy of all personal data provided by the candidates: all data will be only used for the purposes of the selection and the scholarship award. This data must be supplied for the purposes of evaluation of the requisites for participation, on penalty of exclusion from the selection process. The person in question benefits from all the rights granted under the above-mentioned Legislative Decree, including a right of access to the data and the right to correct, update, complete or delete erroneous or incomplete data, or data gathered under conditions that do not conform to the law, and the right to oppose the processing of their personal data for legitimate reasons. For any further information contact ricerca@unipmn.it; erasmus@rettorato.unipmn.it
ANNEX 1 Cultural Co-operation Framework Agreements Signed by Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro EUROPA EUFT European University for Tourism Tirana (Albania) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Department of Humanities - prof. Carlo Brusa, carlo.brusa@lett.unipmn.it) Universiteti I Tiranës Tirana (Albania) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Department of Medical Sciences - prof. Gianni Bona, gianni.bona@med.unipmn.it) Haute Ecole Provinciale du Hainaut Occidental (Belgium) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Marco Arlorio, marco.arlorio@pharm.unipmn.it) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) Aarhus University Aarhus (Denmark) (UPO - Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Fabrizio Faggiano, fabrizio.faggiano@med.unipmn.it) Agro'Sup Dijon (France) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Marco Arlorio, marco.arlorio@pharm.unipmn.it) Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (France) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente e della Vita - Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Domenico Osella, domenico.osella@mfn.unipmn.it) Institut Jean Nicod, École Normale Supérieure Paris (France) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche ed Economiche - Department of Law and Economics prof. Salvatore Rizzello, salvatore.rizzello@jp.unipmn.it) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities dott. Cristina Meini, cristina.meini@lett.unipmn.it ) Université de Bourgogne (France) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Marco Arlorio, marco.arlorio@pharm.unipmn.it) Université Lumiere Lyon 2 (France)
(UPO Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences) Université de Rennes 1 (France) (UPO Facoltà di Scienze Politiche Faculty of Political Sciences) Université de Savoie UFR Chambéry (France) (UPO Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia Faculty of Humanities) Université Stendhal Grenoble III (France) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Marco Pustianaz, marco.pustianaz@lett.unipmn.it) Institut für Deutsche Sprache Mannheim (Germany) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities dott. Mirian Ravetto, miriam.ravetto@lett.unipmn.it) Rurh-Universität Bochum Bochum (Germany) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - dott. Marcella Trambaioli, marcella.trambaioli@lett.unipmn.it) Universitas Debreceniensis Debrecen (Hungary) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente della Vita - Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Mauro Botta, mauro.botta@mfn.unipmn.it) Universitatea Creştină "Dimitrie Cantemir" Bucureşti (Romania) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Carlo Brusa, carlo.brusa@lett.unipmn.it) Universitatea Din Bucureşti (Romania) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Giacomo Ferrari, giacomo.ferrari@lett.unipmn.it) Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia (Romania)* University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (UPO - Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Fabrizio Faggiano, fabrizio.faggiano@med.unipmn.it) Centre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (Sweden) Schweizerische Akademie für Militär und Katastrophenmedizin (Switzerland) Université de Genève (Switzerland)
Cardiff University Cardiff (United Kingdom) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente e della Vita Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Domenico Osella, domenico.osella@mfn.unipmn.it) Durham University Durham (United Kingdom) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente e della Vita Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Mauro Botta, mauro.botta@mfn.unipmn.it) AFRICA Ain Shams University Cairo (Egypt) (UPO Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine prof. Gian Carlo Avanzi giancarlo.avanzi@med.unipmn.it) Mansoura University (Egypt) Medicine prof.ssa Fabiola Sinigaglia, fabiola.sinigaglia@med.unipmn.it) NORD AMERICA Department of Food Science and Technology University of California, Davis (CA-USA) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof. Marco Arlorio, marco.arlorio@pharm.unipmn.it) University of California, Irvine (CA-USA) University of Montana - Missoula MT (USA) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente e della Vita - Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Domenico Osella, domenico.osella@mfn.unipmn.it) Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY-USA) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche - Department of Medical Sciences, dott. Antonia Follenzi, antonia.follenzi@med.unipmn.it) Siena College - Loudonville NY (USA) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Ugo Perone, ugo.perone@lett.unipmn.it) Syracuse University Syracuse NY (USA) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze dell Ambiente e della Vita Department of Environment and Life Sciences - prof. Domenico Osella, domenico.osella@mfn.unipmn.it)
CENTRO E SUD AMERICA Universidad Nacional de Cuyo - Mendoza (Argentina) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi Department of Economic Sciences and Quantitative Methods - prof.ssa Roberta Rabellotti, roberta.rabellotti@eco.unipmn.it) Universidad Nacional de Rosario Rosario (Argentina) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche Alimentari Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche - Department of Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - prof.ssa Maria Giovanna Martinotti, maria.martinotti@pharm.unipmn.it) Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Campinas, São Paulo (Brasil) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate Department of Advanced Technology and Sciences - prof. Leonardo Marchese, leonardo.marchese@mfn.unipmn.it) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi Department of Economic Sciences and Quantitative Methods - prof.ssa Roberta Rabellotti, roberta.rabellotti@eco.unipmn.it) Universidade do Estado de Minais Gerais Belo Horizonte (Brasil) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche ed Economiche - Department of Law and Economics - prof. Mario Losano, mario.losano@jp.unipmn.it) Universidade Federal do Maranhao - São Luís, Maranhão (Brasil) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche - Department of Medical Sciences - prof. Gianni Bona, gianni.bona@med.unipmn.it) Universidad Federal di Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte (Brasil) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Gianenrico Paganini, gianenrico.paganini@lett.unipmn.it) Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cientìficas CNIC L Havana (Cuba) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate - Department of Advanced Technology and Sciences - prof. Davide Viterbo, davide.viterbo@mfn.unipmn.it) Universidad de Chile Santiago de Cile (Chile) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi - Department of Economic Sciences and Quantitative Methods - prof.ssa Roberta Rabellotti, roberta.rabellotti@eco.unipmn.it) ASIA East China University of Politics and Law - Shanghai (China) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche ed Economiche - Department of Law and Economics - dott. Andrea Serafino, andrea.serafino@jp.unipmn.it) Nanjing University Nanchino (China) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici - Department of Humanities - prof. Edoardo Tortarolo, edoardo.tortarolo@lett.unipmn.it)
University of Wonsan (North Korea) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche - Department of Medical Sciences - prof. Gianni Bona, gianni.bona@med.unipmn.it) Bar Ilan University (Israel) (UPO Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche ed Economiche - Department of Law and Economics - dott. Bianca Gardella, bianca.gardella@jp.unipmn.it) (UPO Dipartimento di Studi per l Impresa e il Territorio - Department of Business Management and Territory Planning - prof. Alberto Musy, alberto.musy@eco.unipmn.it) Open University (Vietnam)* University for Medicine and Pharmacy (Vietnam)* Viet Duc Hospital (Vietnam)* Vietnam University of Commerce (Vietnam)* * Cultural Co-operation framework agreement no specific field of co-operation