The Supporting Talent in Research @University of Padua – STARS @UNIPD 2025 Call for proposals funds 30-month individual research projects, promoting high quality, innovative and ambitious research, with the final goal to strengthen the University ability to attract external competitive funding, particularly the European Research Council grants.

The Call (deadline: 21 March) and related attachments are available at the following links:

• https://www.unipd.it/stars2025 (Italian)
• https://www.unipd.it/en/stars2025 (English)

The International Research Office (contact person: Giulia Salvo) is available to provide clarification on the call and selection criteria: talent.stars@unipd.it.

To obtain the letter of commitment signed by Prof. Andrea Caracausi, Head of DiSSGeA Department, it is necessary to send an abstract or draft of the project and an updated CV to research.dissgea@unipd.it, copying matteo.millan@unipd.it and andrea.caracausi@unipd.it, by 10 March.

DiSSGeA offers dedicated support to the application process: specifically, the ERC@DiSSGeA group can provide scientific advice, while the Research Office can review the project’s budget. To access these services, drafts of the project (using the template provided in the application form) must be sent to research.dissgea@unipd.it by 21 February.