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Scholarship increase for stays abroad

Scholarship increase

PhD students are entitled to get a 50% increase of their scholarship when staying abroad for reasons related to their doctoral research and studies, for periods authorized by the Coordinator of the PhD Programme (periods of stay abroad of up to 6 months) or by the Academic Board (periods of stay abroad of up to 12 months).

Who can apply

The increase of the scholarship can be allocated to students with scholarship. Starting from the 38th cycle, the same financial support is also granted to PhD students without a scholarship, with the exception of those who are recipients of a scholarship or financial support as part of specific mobility programmes (Art. 9 par. 6 of Ministerial Decree 226/2021).

The increase is recognised till the end of the last year of the PhD programme. PhD students are therefore not entitled to get the increase of the scholarship for the research periods spent abroad between the end of the last year and the final exam.

The scholarship increase will be paid only for an uninterrupted period of at least one month. The increase cannot exceed 12 months (18 months when an individual agreemet with a foreign univeristy for a binational Doctoral Programme – “co-tutelle de thèse” – is in effect).

The increase of the scholarship is paid considering the exact period (days) abroad.

Before leaving

Doctoral students have to send to the email address of the Offerta Formativa Office (dottorati@unitus.it) the scholarship increase request form (see attachment) authorized by the Coordinator of the PhD Programme  (for research periods not exceeding 6 months) or by the Academic Board  (for periods lasting more than 6 months).

PhD students have to pay retirement contribution to INPS calculated on the amount of their scholarships (art. 2 par. 26 Law 335/95 and further amendments). For this reason, doctoral students without a scholarship who apply for the scholarship’s increase must also register to “Gestione Separata INPS”.

At the end of the period abroad

Doctoral students have to submit to the Offerta Formativa Office a certificate issued by the foreign Institution where the research has been carried out (see fac-simile), stating the exact date of arrival and the date of departure.

Important: the certificate must be in the original and the date must be equal or subsequent to the final date of the period spent abroad; the certificate has to be signed and stamped, better if printed on a headed letter.