With Ministerial Decree 10 August 2021, no. 1061, new ESF REACT-EU resources have been allocated for pathways of research doctorate active and accredited within the framework of the XXXVII cycle and for national doctoral programs.
The decree provides for the allocation of over 50 million euros for research doctorates in innovation themes and of 180 million euros to be allocated to doctorates in topics verde.
The allocation is intended for entities that have accredited, pursuant to Ministerial Decree 45/2013, doctoral programs under the XXXVII cycle and national doctoral programs, excluding online universities, based on the location of their registered office. 

The measure implements theAction IV.4 - PhD Programmes and research contracts on innovation topics and to theAction IV.5 - PhDs on green topics of the new Axis IV of the PON Research and Innovation 2014-2020 “Education and research for recovery – REACT-EU”, provided for by the new rescheduling of the Program for the purposes of the new thematic objective of cohesion policies “Promote overcoming the effects of the crisis in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its social consequences and prepare a green, digital, and resilient recovery of the economy” (Regulation (EU) 2020/2221 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020). 

In particular, Action IV.4 of the Programme aims to promote research activity on innovation topics, of digital and enabling technologies and, at the same time, to support the enhancement of human capital, as a determining factor for the development of research and innovation in Italy.
Action IV.5, on the other hand, aims to enhance the human capital to be employed in doctoral research programmes on topics oriented toward ecosystem conservation, to the biodiversity, to the reduction of the impacts of climate change and to the promotion of sustainable development.
Research activities must also be consistent with the guidelines defined in the SNSI and the PNR in order to promote the dissemination of an open approach to innovation and greater exchange between the research community and the productive sector.  

The doctoral research programmes, lasting three years, are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the University regulations, in compliance with the timelines relating to the doctoral programmes of the 37th cycle. Financial coverage of the selected scholarships will be until 31 December 2023 and the activities will be deemed concluded upon the doctoral candidate's admission to the final thesis. Scholarships must be awarded by the 2021 annual allocation for the purposes of using the resources of the PON Research and Innovation 2014-2020 for at least two of the three planned annual periods.

Politecnico di Bari has been allocated resources equal to no. 16 scholarships for the Innovation Theme and no. 15 scholarships for the Green Theme.

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