| Evaluation of the Submitted Research Project |
Together with the application, each candidate must submit a research project written IN ENGLISH, following the attached template file and including all the required information specified in sections A) and B).
The project must comply with the following text length limits:
a) Project title (max 300 characters, including spaces)
b) National and international state of the art of the proposed research (max 5000 characters, including spaces)
c) Description of the general and specific objectives of the project and methodological approach (max 10000 characters, including spaces)
d) Innovation of the research, and the potential to achieve an advancement of knowledge with respect to the state of the art (max 5000 characters, including spaces)
e) Description of the research activities within a three-year program of annual activities (max 5000 characters, including spaces)
f) Estimated cost budget (e.g., consumables, equipment necessary for carrying out the research, stages abroad, participation in congresses, publications, etc.) (Brief table)
g) List of bibliographic references (max. 4000 characters, including spaces)
The committee will evaluate the project for admission to the oral examination, focusing in particular on the following aspects:
i) clarity and completeness in the definition and description of research objectives, strategy used to achieve them and timetable of the three-year program.
ii) relevance of the project to the educational objectives of the doctorate, especially with respect to the research topics defined in the curricula.
iii) innovativeness of research and potential to achieve an advancement of knowledge with respect to the state of the art in the scientific sector.
Please note that the project must be original, not previously published in the scientific literature, and different from the candidate's master's thesis project. It is required solely for the purpose of the selection process. If admitted, the doctoral research project may be entirely different from the one submitted and will be planned in collaboration with the academic supervisor and approved by the Academic Board.
Candidates who score at least 42/60 in the project evaluation are admitted to the oral test. |
| Oral interview |
The oral examination will focus on the topics of the proposed research project, both from a theoretical perspective (e.g., background, rationale, connection to the topics addressed in the master’s thesis and/or to broader subjects in pharmacology or toxicology) and from an experimental perspective (e.g., the methodologies outlined in the project, expected results, and the candidate’s previous research experience with those methodologies). The examination may be conducted, at the candidate’s choice, either in Italian or in English. If conducted in Italian, it will also include a brief assessment of the candidate’s English proficiency, according to procedures established by the committee.
The minimum positive score for the oral test is 42/60. |