Research doctorates, calls for tenders for 19,000 places with business incentives – Corriere.it

Over 726 million euros allocated by the Pnrr and which will be used for relaunch research doctorates and encourage links between higher education and businesses. The Ministry of University and Research plans for the next academic year, as reported by The sun 24 hoursalmost 19,000 scholarships for doctorates. But ours is a country far behind these figures that are still little used: we are below the European average. This is why the relaunch is based on tax relief for businesses, simplifications and agreements.

Most of the resources for the 18,770 new stock exchanges will be of interest innovative doctorates with companies, the sectors concerning the Pnrr, public administration, digital and environmental transition and cultural heritage follow. Each scholarship will be able to count on an allocation of 60 thousand euros. the total investment for innovative doctorates is 30 thousand euros, in co-financing with private companies. To ban the scholarships for next year, I am two ministerial decrees signed by Anna Maria Bernini which encourage companies to use research doctorates trained with Pnrr scholarships or researchers (with no age limit) through a contribution exemption for those who activate an innovative doctorate and take on permanent contracts. The companies that co-finance the scholarships have relief of up to 7,500 euros for each recruitment for 24 months starting from 1 January 2024 and up to 31 December 2026 with a ceiling of two positions that can be activated for each funded doctorate. A decree of the Mur will establish times and modalities.
We need a closer, more incisive relationship between research and business, because industry is made competitive by research. We believe in our potential: investing in human capital is the right path, Minister Bernini said a couple of weeks ago.

Resources will be allocated to legally recognized state and non-state universities and special order universities. To access the loans, the start-up deadline is December 30th. Scholarships not awarded this year can instead be used in the 2024-2025 academic year. a first step on a path that will follow a closer dialogue with businesses. The Mur, underlines the Sole24Ore it has launched an information activity with business associations, setting up a dedicated platform to facilitate, in the context of research, the meeting between supply (university) and demand (companies).