Call for application 42nd cycle

Bando ordinario


Applications for participation in the competition, together with the corresponding payment, must be duly completed no later than 14:00 CET on 17 June 2026.

Educational goals and objectives

NETWORK ONCOLOGY AND PRECISION MEDICINE
The PhD Programme in 'Network Oncology and Precision Medicine' offers cutting-edge training in the field of personalized oncology, to train a new profile of researchers characterized by the convergence of different skills capable of integrating clinical and biological parameters to optimize stratification and the therapeutic strategies of cancer patients in the context of network oncology.
The PhD Programme welcomes master's degree graduates with medical-biological and scientific-technological educational backgrounds.
The three-year training plan is divided into didactic-scientific activities that aim to provide skills necessary to integrate biological, clinical, and diagnostic data through computational analysis to formulate the best personalized therapeutic strategy.
The relevance of this training course is determined by the need to integrate the numerous bio-molecular, clinical, and "omics" data of each patient, to develop personalized therapies.
Currently, the clinical impact of 'omics' data is limited because there is a lack of technological tools to effectively integrate them with the data more traditionally used in clinical practice and of a communicative register between the various professionals involved in the cancer patient's journey.
The different types of data available today for each patient (clinical, molecular, immunological, anatomopathological and imaging data), due to their complexity and dynamics, require new analysis techniques (networks) to be processed and used by both the oncologist and the pharmaceutical industry.
Therefore, the training of professionals with skills from different disciplines is necessary to analyze and integrate these data effectively.
The PhD Programme offers a wide range of training activities (lectures and seminars) and research activities (bio-molecular and clinical-translational) conducted in the laboratories and facilities available at the structures belonging to the PhD Program.
In these research and assistance "hubs", PhD students will be able to develop new models and algorithms based on innovative computational approaches, such as network medicine, applied to oncology which will be necessary for the development of personalized therapies.
The research projects are characterized by their multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary nature, combining basic research with clinical/translational research. This approach will allow PhD students to develop innovative and competitive skills at a national and international level, facilitating the technological transfer of therapeutic targets and the creation of diagnostic methodologies and algorithms in the oncology field. Some of the College's professors and PhD students are involved in projects aimed at technological improvement and development.

Number of positions available


Sapienza Scholarships Affliliated Institutions or Excellence Industrial PhD Without scholarship
4 2 0 2

Themes, curriculum and specific competence



Scholarships funded by affiliated Institution and Departments of Excellence

1 scholarship funded by the affiliated Institution: FONDAZIONE PER LA RICERCA GENOMICA ED EPIGENOMICA ETS – FORGE

1 scholarship funded by the affiliated Institution: ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ (ISS)

Sapienza scholarships: 4

The call includes additional places reserved for scholarship recipients from foreign countries.


Admission Procedure

Qualifications assessment The candidate will submit a project, between 6.000 and 8.000 characters (spaces included, bibliography excluded; please respect the minimum and maximum dimensions), in order to assess his/her research potential and his/her ability to organise the various stages of the project.
The project is submitted only for competition purposes and is not an obligation as far as the actual research activity of the admitted candidates is concerned.
This project must be written in English, be in line with the objectives of the doctoral program, and be structured according to the following scheme
Title; Background and Rationale; Aims; Experimental Design, Expected Results, References.

The research project will be evaluated according to the following criteria
- Originality and innovative content
- Clarity and ability to synthesise, as well as knowledge of the state of the art
- Feasibility of the project and relevance to the doctoral training objectives

In addition, the Motivation letter proposed by the candidate will be evaluated.

Candidates who obtained at least 40/60 in the assessment of their project and motivation letter are admitted to the oral exam.
Oral interview Aspects of the submitted project will be discussed during the oral examination.
- Discussion of topics related to the proposed research project
- Discussion of the educational objectives of the phd course
- Exposition and synthesis skills

The minimum positive score for the oral test is 40/60.
language INGLESE

contacts and info Dott. Giacomo Scardigli (Referente didattico-amministrativo del Corso) giacomo.scardigli@uniroma1.it 06 49918261
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Curriculum studiorum

Graduation date and grade of the Master's degree
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Masters's degree

Required documentation

§ research project
mandatory
The applicant must present a research project, between 6.000 and 8.000 characters (spaces included, bibliography excluded; please respect the minimum and maximum dimensions), that allows the assessment of his/her research potential and his/her ability to independently organise the different phases of the project.
It must be written in English and organised according to the following scheme Title; Background and Rationale; Aims; Experimental Design, Expected Results, references.
The project submitted for the competition will be considered only for the evaluation of the exam., the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026
§ letter of motivation (by the candidate)
mandatory
The applicant should briefly describe his/her research experience and future research interests, paying particular attention to the disciplines involved in the PhD programme (minimum 2000, maximum 3000 characters, including spaces)., the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026

Language Skills

the candidate must know the following languages
ENGLISH

Exam Schedule

Qualifications assessment
day07/07/2026
notesnone
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/NETWORK-ONCOLOGY-AND-PRECISION-MEDICINE_nD3663.aspx
date of publication07/07/2026
contactsDott. Giacomo Scardigli, giacomo.scardigli@uniroma1.it, tel. 0649918261

Oral interview
day14/07/2026
notesnone
time10:00
classroomBignami (Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale)
addressViale Regina Elena 324 00161 Roma
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/NETWORK-ONCOLOGY-AND-PRECISION-MEDICINE_nD3663.aspx
date of publication14/07/2026
contactsDott. Giacomo Scardigli, giacomo.scardigli@uniroma1.it, tel. 0649918261


Evaluation scale

Qualifications assessment

Valutazione titoli

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 60

Originalità e contenuto innovativo del progetto presentato
Originality and innovative content of the proposed project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 20

Chiarezza e capacità di sintesi nella stesura del progetto e conoscenza dello stato dell’arte
Clarity, ability to synthesise and knowledge of the state of the art of the project

Punteggio massimo/max score: 15

Fattibilità del progetto e pertinenza con gli obiettivi formativi del Dottorato
Feasibility of the project and relevance to the educational objectives of the doctoral programme

Punteggio massimo/max score: 20

Lettera di motivazione
Letter of motivation

Punteggio massimo/max score: 5
In italiano o inglese. Il candidato dovrà descrivere brevemente l’esperienza di ricerca e gli interessi scientifici futuri, con particolare attenzione alle discipline coinvolte nel corso di dottorato. Minimo 2000, massimo 3000 caratteri, spazi inclusi.
In English or Italian. The applicant should briefly describe his/her research experience and future scientific interests, with particular focus to the disciplines involved in the PhD programme. Minimum 2000, maximum 3000 characters, including spaces.
Oral interview

Prova orale

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 60

Discussione delle tematiche relative al progetto di ricerca proposto
Discussion of the topics related to the proposed research project and the motivations of the candidate

Punteggio massimo/max score: 25

Discussione degli obiettivi formativi del Dottorato
Discussion of the educational objectives of the PhD

Punteggio massimo/max score: 20

Capacità espositiva e di sintesi
Presentation and ability to synthesise

Punteggio massimo/max score: 15

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