For the academic year 2013/2014 the University of Padova, Italy, offers 15 research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral/International Courses - Deadline: 19 September 2013 - The call for application is available at the following address: http://www.unipd.it/en/research/doctoral-degrees-phd-programmes The announcement concerns a limited number of fully funded grants for foreign (non-Italian) graduate students to be awarded on the basis of qualifications only and requiring no entry examination. The grants include all University and Department fees, full board at the University accommodation and provide an additional personal scholarship of 13.638,47 euros per year for a total of 3 years. Doctoral courses will start on January 2nd , 2014 and will end on December 31st, 2016. Application is to be made following carefully the instructions in the announcement. The PhD School in Statistics (http://www.stat.unipd.it/phd ) highly encourages foreign students to apply for admission. All lectures are given in English. Interested applicants are invited to contact the Course Director ([log in to unmask]) for any advice. Some summary information about grants and admission procedures for foreign students can be found at http://www.stat.unipd.it/phd/admission. Prof. Monica Chiogna Chair, Phd School in Statistics University of Padova Italy You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.