Phd Scholarships in Economics at Defap Graduate School in Public Economics, Italy

The selection procedure for admission to the Program, aiming to ascertain candidates? knowledge,?ability and aptitude for scientific research in subjects related to the School, is based on academic?merits. No more than 10 candidates are admitted to the Program. Seven scholarships are assigned on?academic merits to the candidates admitted to the Program. Each scholarship is for about ? 13.600?gross per year. The study grant is increased by 50% per month (for a maximum of eighteen months)?for time spent by the student at one of the partner institutions abroad.

The selection procedure has two stages

Stage one - candidates can apply by filling in the Pre-Application form (found in appendix). The?Pre-Application form must be sent with the documents listed in Art. 4 to the following address:

Prof. Massimo Bordignon

C/O Defap Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Piazza Buonarroti, 30

20145 ? Milan

Italy

The purpose of stage one is to give candidates a preview as to whether they are eligible to admission?to the Program. Eligible candidates will be encouraged to re-present their applications during stage?two ? the official Call for Applications (Bando di Concorso) ? which will appear in the Italian?Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) in July/August 2010 (see Art. 5 below). A candidate will be?considered eligible if s/he is deemed to have the necessary qualifications and capabilities to start the?Program. Whether s/he will effectively be admitted will depend on her/his ranking relative to the?other candidates.

There is no application fee at this stage.

All Pre-Applications received by June 30 will be reviewed.

Candidates will be notified of the outcome by e-mail by July 15 at the latest; each candidate will be?informed of her/his position in the ranking of eligible candidates.

Stage two ? the official Call for Applications (Bando di Concorso) will be published in the Italian?Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) in July 2010 and also posted on the University?s and on the PhD?Program?s websites. Candidates who have successfully passed the Pre-Application stage will be?invited by e-mail to submit a new application form while they will exonerated from submitting?copy of the documentation required on the Art. 4 of Call of Applications they have already?send at the stage one.

The Selection Committee will establish a ranking by means of a list of merit of all those candidates?who will be considered admissible. Candidates who had also participated at the Pre-Application?stage and been declared eligible can be sure to be included in this list of admissible candidates.?Candidates will be required to pay an application processing fee of ?60. Details of payment will be?available in the Call for Applications.

All candidates will be notified by e-mail of the definitive admission decision of the Selection?Committee.