Scholarships
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice offers 9 residential scholarships to PhD students and postdoc students who must not be over 40 years old on June 30, 2025, interested in spending two consecutive months in Venice at the Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture between January and December 2026.
The residential scholarships are offered, within the interdisciplinary context that characterizes the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice to Italian and International scholars wishing to further their studies of Italian culture, especially that of the Veneto – in one of the following fields: art history, history of Venice, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, drama, early printed books, comparative cultures and spiritualities, digital humanities.
Candidates shall propose a research topic preferably focused on the archives and documents at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Application deadline: 30 June 2025
Info: centrobranca@cini.it
“Benno Geiger” 3-month scholarship for literary studies
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini offers one 3-month residential scholarship to enable studies focused on the Benno Geiger Archive, which is preserved on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, as well as on other literary archives held at the Fondazione.
The scholarship is in accordance with Elsa Geiger Ariè’s will and is associated with the “Premio letterario Benno Geiger per la traduzione poetica”, an annual poetry translation prize, set up to commemorate her father.
The 3-month residential scholarship (not extendable) is offered to Italian and foreign graduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers who must not be over 40 on 30 June 2025.
The scholarship must be associated with a research residency at the “Vittore Branca” International Center for Studies of Italian Culture in the period from October 2025 to October 2026.
Application deadline: 30 June 2025
Information: premiogeiger@cini.it