Call for applications National PhD programmes

The Call for application for the admission to the National PHD Programmes of the 39° cycle with administrative seat at Politecnico di Torino is now open!

National PhD Programme in Artificial Intelligence – Industry
National PhD Programme in Materials, Sustainable Processes and Systems for the Energy Transition

After reading the Call, please submit your application from the Apply@polito platform.

Application - opening date	Application - closing date	Ph.D. programmes start date
15/06/2023	17/07/2023 (12 PM – CET time)	01/11/2023

Doctorates of national interest are doctoral programmes designed and established by a consortium of highly qualified and internationally recognized universities and research institutions who jointly carry out training and research activities. The main seat of work is the University/Institution funding the scholarship, with the aim of contributing to the progress of research and systematizing the skills and complementarities of partner universities and institutions.

The National PhD Programme in Artificial Intelligence – Industry gathers together the following Universities for the 39° cycle:

The National PhD Programme in Materials, Sustainable Processes and Systems for the Energy Transition gathers together the following Universities and Institutions for the 39° cycle:

Positions and scholarships

All the available positions for the National PhD Programmes for the 39th cycle are covered by a scholarship with predefined research topic.

An update of the positions available in the second session of the 39th cycle will be published below every Tuesday and Friday.

Available scholarships for the National PhD Programme in Artificial Intelligence – Industry

Reserach Theme	Funding Institution(s)	Main seat of work	Type of Scholarship
Advanced AI-based solutions for enhancing human-machine interaction in neurorobotic devices for industry 4.0	Università di Padova/MUR	Padova	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
AI for building indicators	Università Politecnica delle Marche/MUR	Ancona	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
AI for mobile application UI automatic testing and enhancement	Università del Molise/MUR	Campobasso	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
AI-based multi-agent systems for high dimensional control problems for energy management in buildings	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
AI-Driven Approaches for Biofabrication in Neuroscience: Advancing Biological Data Analysis and Industrial Applications	DAUIN/MUR	Torino	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
AI-Driven Approaches for Enhanced Hardware and Operating System Security	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Artificial Intelligence for the Prevention and Reduction of Environmental and Climate Risks and Greenwashing	Università Politecnica delle Marche/MUR	Ancona	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Artificial Intelligence for Trustworthiness of Computing Systems	DAUIN (Politecnico di Torino)	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Automated Assessment and Improvement of the Quality of Training Data for Machine Learning Models	Università del Molise/MUR	Campobasso	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Autonomous navigation of mobile robots to operate in barns and to monitor animal health	Politecnico di Milano/MUR	Milano	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Continual Learning in Industrial Applications	Università di Verona/MUR	Verona	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Deep models for low-level image processing and vision	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Development of integrated methods across Control Theory and Artificial Intelligence for optimal control and predictive maintenance in industrial automation	Università dell'Aquila	L'Aquila	Theme-bound scholarship
Digital Twins of Neuromorphic Neural Networks for the next generation of RISC-V systems	Politecnico di Torino	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Effective and efficient spatial and spectral super resolution for surface quality monitoring	Università di Milano Bicocca/MUR	Milano	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Enabling complex computer vision tasks on the edge	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Enhancing Embedded Architecture Security in Automotive Systems through Artificial Intelligence	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Enhancing Hardware Security in RISC-V Architecture through Artificial Intelligence	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Foundations of Intelligent Systems	Università di Milano/MUR	Milano	MD 118 Digital Transitions
Generative AI for Public Administration	Politecnico di Milano/MUR	Milano	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Generative deep learning and evolutionary machine learning for innovative structural engineering applications	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Graph-theoretic models in machine learning and computer vision	Università di Venezia Ca' Foscari/MUR	Venezia	MD 118 Digital Transitions
Identification, model updating and seismic retrofit of structures and infrastructures through AI	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Learning and optimization approaches for smart Electrical Vehicles	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Learning skills for compliant robots	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Multi-modal Learning for Reliable and Efficient Robotic Object Manipulation	MUR/Centro interdipartimentale SmartData/COMAU	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Reliable and large-scale visual geolocalization	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Topological and geometric methods in AI	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR
Toward efficient neural models for Computer Vision Tasks	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/Focoos AI	Torino	MD 117
Visual geolocalization from 2D/3D data	Politecnico di Torino/MUR	Torino	PhD Scholarship PNRR

Available scholarships for the National PhD Programme in Materials, Sustainable Processes and Systems for the Energy Transition

Reserach Theme	Funding Institution(s)	Main seat of work	Type of Scholarship
Electron diffraction and microscopy for the study of advanced materials for energy transition	Università di Roma La Sapienza/MUR/JEOL Spa	Roma	MD 117
Multiscale characterization of advanced materials and innovative devices for energy transition	Università di Roma La Sapienza/MUR	Roma	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Sustainable unconventional materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications by integration of organic- and calcogen-based radical dopant	Università di Napoli Federico II/MUR	Napoli	MD 118 Public Administration (PA)
Sustainable biocatalytic processes for waste valorization and production of new high value compounds	Università degli studi di Torino/MUR	Torino	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Passive radiative emitters for daytime sub-ambient cooling	INRIM	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Utilization of oxygen generated by the electrolysis of water for hydrogen production	Università del Salento/MUR	Lecce	MD 118 Digital Transitions
Computational design of molecular solar thermal fuels	Università di Bologna/MUR	Bologna	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Innovative and sustainable semiconducting materials for ionizing radiation detection	Università di Bologna/MUR	Bologna	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
2D thermoelectric materials for wearable electronic	CNR (CNR-IMM)	Bologna	Theme-bound scholarship
Sustainable materials for sodium-based battery	CNR (CNR-ITAE)	Messina	Theme-bound scholarship
Thermoplasmonic solar membrane distillation for seawater desalination	Università dell'Aquila/MUR	L'Aquila	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Next-generation solar cells based on quantum materials	Università dell'Aquila/MUR	L'Aquila	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Protection against exposure to nanomaterials	Università dell'Aquila/MUR	L'Aquila	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)
Green hydrogen production with water splitting catalyzed by quantum materials	Università dell'Aquila/MUR	L'Aquila	MD 118 Digital Transitions
Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into added-value chemicals	Università di Palermo/MUR	Palermo	MD 118 Digital Transitions
Development of low-dimensional material based light-driven nanoscale devices	IIT	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Innovative approaches for the production from renewable sources of high-quality bioactive fractions	IIT	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
ADVANCED and IN-OPERANDO characterization of catalysts for key reactions (CO2RR, CORR, HER, OER, ORR) in the energetic transition	IIT	Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Water-based production of high energy lithium-ion cells	DISAT (Politecnico di Torino)	Politecnico di Torino	Theme-bound scholarship
Development and characterization of coatings for corrosion protection of nuclear fuel claddings in Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) environment	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/NEWCLEO	Torino	MD 117
Development of advanced structural materials resistant to liquid lead corrosion for Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) applications	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/NEWCLEO	Torino	MD 117
Development of protective coatings on structural steels for Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) applications	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/NEWCLEO	Torino	MD 117
Development and characterizations of structural steels welds for Lead Fast Reactor (LFR) applications	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/NEWCLEO	Torino	MD 117
Development and optimization of mechanical recycling processes of polyolefins aimed at achieving the requirements required by food contact	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/Aizoon Technology Consulting	Torino	MD 117
Energy storage materials and processes for supercapacitors	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/NOVAC	Torino/Modena	MD 117
Design of photoelectrochemical devices for a direct transformation of sunlight and CO2 into chemicals for energy storage	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/GEMMATE	Torino	MD 117
Development, functionalization and integration of MEMS devices in innovative analytical GCs	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/Pollution	Budrio (BO)/ Bologna	MD 117
Physical Models for spice simulation of wide band gap device	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/VISHAY	Torino	MD 117
Models for evaluation and simulation of complex magnetic ferrite component for E_mobility	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/VISHAY	Torino	MD 117
Design criteria for Silicon and SiC power module based converters	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/VISHAY	Torino	MD 117
Designing and testing wide bandgap power devices to achieve higher reliability and ruggedness	Politecnico di Torino/MUR/VISHAY	Torino	MD 117
Advanced Gas Separation membranes for hydrogen technologies	Politecnico di Torino	Torino	MD 118 Research on Recovery and Resilience Plan topics (RRP)