Financial incentive for deserving students
UNIMORE students can access Study Awards that encourage merit. Until the academic year 2021-2022, the award was based solely on the grades obtained (average of examinations) and adherence to the timetable in the curriculum.
As of the academic year 2022-2023, a variant is being introduced that aims to reward individual educational planning.
Study Grant Features
In order to better appreciate the merit and training of male and female students, UNIMORE establishes study awards that can be allocated to the enhancement of training activities and to the development of projects that allow deserving students to access initiatives that can represent a real added value within their studies, and therefore positive implications in terms of career and employment, such as the enhancement of curricular and extra-curricular training activities.
From a type of award based solely on the assessment of curricular performance (average exam marks), we are therefore moving to a form of award that also aims to recognise project skills and encourage the realisation of the students' training needs.
Which training activities are allowed
The training activities that can be realised with the call for study awards are: curricular enhancement, development of soft skills relevant to one's course of study, language courses, other types of activities.
How much are the prizes
Instead of a predetermined number of study awards (for the editions up to the academic year 2021/2022, 300 study awards worth €550.00 each were announced), from the academic year 2022/2023 onwards a fund of € 200,000.00 (previous fund: €165,000.00) will be set up to pay out the awards in four brackets of €500 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 respectively, on the basis of individual applications received, up to a total amount equal to the allocated fund.
The sum of €200,000.00 will be allocated to each department on the basis of the number of members in the previous year.
The evaluation of the applications received and the admission to funding will take place in the first instance by considering the resources available to each structure; as a secondary step, any unallocated sums will be distributed to projects relating to other departmental structures.
Eligibility requirements
Due to the need to submit a training project to complete the application, the requirements have been changed: acquisition of at least 90% of the ECTS credits by the end of the regular session (A.Y. 2023-2024, 31/10/2024); weighted average of no less than 27/30, no grade in A.Y. 2023-2024 lower than 21/30 in profit examinations and submission of a training project.
The proposed training project must provide for its implementation in the calendar year in which the award is granted (for A.Y. 2023-2024, calendar year 2025).
How to apply
Similar to the previous version of the Call for Study Awards, the student submits the application via the Esse3 application, by accessing the “Competition Registration” section, but must also attach the training project he/she intends to carry out and for which he/she is requesting resources. It is the student himself who indicates the prize bracket to which he wishes to apply (500 - 1000 - 1500 - 2000 euros), while it will be the task of a specially constituted Scientific Committee composed of a representative from each Department to assess, during the selection phase, the congruity of the project submitted with the allocation requested and, if necessary, to recalibrate the economic bracket of the same.
When to apply
For the A.Y. 2023/2024, the application deadline for the Call for Study Awards is 11 November 2024 at 1 p.m..
Who can apply
All students enrolled in the academic year 2023-2024 in a Bachelor’s Degree Programme, Master’s Degree Programme or Single-Cycle Degree Programme at UNIMORE may apply for the Study Awards. Students who, in the academic year 2023-2024, have completed their studies by obtaining a degree are also eligible to apply, provided that they are enrolled in the following academic year in another degree programme at the University (which awards a degree of greater value than the one already obtained). Students who have completed their studies but are not enrolled in a UNIMORE degree programme may still apply for the “Degree Awards” call for applications.
How to obtain and use the Award
After the eligible student submits the application for the Study Grant through Esse3, the Benefits Office draws up a list of applications received, checks the merit requirement, the formal correctness of the project and the attached documentation. Subsequently, the Scientific Committee, which is made up of representatives of the Departments for this purpose, evaluates the applications received and formulates a merit list to which the funding will be linked. The next stage involves the student's acceptance and signing of the award agreement with the relevant clauses, preparatory to carrying out the project activity. Finally, upon completion of the project, the student must provide the declaration of completion of the activity. Spot checks may be initiated for the reporting of expenditure.