Call for Scholarship Applications
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice offers 9 residential scholarships to PhD students and postdoc students who must not be over 40 years old on 30 June 2026, interested in spending two consecutive months in Venice at the Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture between January and December 2027.
How to apply and selection
Candidates shall send their scholarship application, complete with the required documents (see below), in .pdf version to: centrobranca(at)cini.it by 30 June 2026 (online applications will be considered as valid if received by 11.59 PM on 30 June 2026).
Every application shall include the following documents:
- application form (downloadable from “Centro Vittore Branca” in vittore-branca-center);
- degree certificate(s) with marks for individual exams;
- copy of a degree dissertation (for PhD students) or doctorate thesis (for postdoctoral researchers) and copies of any other relevant academic works;
- curriculum vitae, including knowledge of languages (knowledge of Italian recommended);
- research project (around 1,500 words) of the study program that the candidate will follow specifying aims, time scale, and materials and documents to be consulted at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini;
- One reference letter from professors and scholars who supervise or have supervised the candidate on university headed paper.
Candidates considered to be suitable on the grounds of the documents presented will be invited for a video-interview in English with one or more directors of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and may be asked to provide supplementary information.
The scholarship will be awarded by the Fondazione with no right of appeal. Both positive and negative results of the assessment of the scholarship applications will be communicated in October 2026. Anyone who has already been awarded a Vittore Branca Center scholarship to the Vittore Branca Center is not eligible to apply again, whereas those who have applied but received no scholarship can apply again.
Contacts
Centro Vittore Branca
T. + 39 041 2710253
centrobranca@cini.it
For more information, please see here:
https://www.cini.it/en/cini_news/the-vittore-branca-international-center-residential-scholarship-announcement/.
