Italian National PhD Programme in AI for Society

Applications are open for 30 fully funded PhD positions in Cybersecurity under the National Ph.D. Programme in Cybersecurity (Ph.D.-CySec) , coordinated by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Lucca, Italy . This interdisciplinary doctoral programme brings together cybersecurity , artificial intelligence , machine learning , data science , computer science , software engineering , privacy and cryptography , cyber law , public policy , risk management , and digital governance . It is desi...

Applications are open for the 42nd Cycle National PhD Programme in Sustainable Development and Climate Change coordinated by Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia in collaboration with leading Italian universities and research institutions. This is a fully funded PhD opportunity in Italy with 35 funded positions across a broad interdisciplinary agenda, including climate science, environmental sustainability, public policy, health, economics, engineering, energy, agriculture, artificial intel...

Fondazione Bruno Kessler is offering a PhD position on Modeling and Simulation of Urban Digital Twins in Trento, Italy. The project sits at the intersection of urban informatics, modeling and simulation, data science, and artificial intelligence, with a strong focus on building analytical methods for complex city-scale systems. An urban digital twin is described as a dynamic digital model of a city, continuously fed by real-world data and designed to reproduce city behaviour. In this project, th...

Three fully funded PhD scholarships are available in Italy through the National PhD Program in Artificial Intelligence coordinated by the University of Pisa and linked to the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the Italian National Research Council (IIT-CNR). The opportunity is aimed at candidates interested in advanced artificial intelligence research, especially in green, continual, and decentralized AI , causal AI , and AI for next-generation mobile health solutions . The research them...

Fully funded PhD opportunities in Italy are being advertised for the 2026/27 cycle, with 104 scholarships available across a broad range of research areas. The call spans science, engineering, health, humanities, economics, AI, biotechnology, sustainability, and digital innovation, making it suitable for applicants with interdisciplinary interests and strong research ambitions. The funding package is substantial: selected PhD candidates receive an annual stipend of €17,602.57 pre-tax, plus an ad...