Visiting Fellowship One month for scholars involved in international research projects

The invited Visiting must have an active permanent or temporary position at university or international research institutions. They are hosted by the UniBo Departments.

The ISA offers Multicampus Visiting Fellowships in a single cycle at the campuses of Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini. 

The duration of the fellowship is one month during the entire reference year of the call for applications.

The Visiting Fellowship provides assignees with a gross lump-sum compensation of 5000 euros to cover travel, transportation, food expenses and visa expenses.

The application for Visiting Fellowship must be completed online by the University of Bologna hosting academic via the platform POL – Personale Online during the period of the Call for applications.

As a rule, Calls for applications are published on Portale Bandi.
For the accademic year 2026, periods are:

• February– December 

The application must contain the following information about the ISA Visiting:

• Personal and academic information (name and surname, date and country of birth, residence address, professional position, e-mail address, phone number, university and department of origin, personal website);
• Short scientific profile ;
• Motivation of the proposal describing the reasons and the planned activities, also in relation to the period of stay;
• Title and synopsis of the ISA lecture that the ISA Visiting will deliver at the Institute during his/her stay and other teaching activities – if planned – on the Degree and PhD courses of the University of Bologna;
• Preferred  period of stay;
• An explicit declaration by the Proponent confirming a formal approval by the Head of Department to host the ISA Visiting (an approval via e-mail is sufficient);
• A scanned copy of the ISA Visiting’s valid Passport or ID document ;
• Curriculum vitae et studiorum and publications list covering the last 5 years.