Residency/ PhD Program
for Physician Scientist

The project

The Physician Scientist project is promoted by Fondazione AIRC ETS (AIRC) and Fondazione Cariplo (FC), and supported by SEMM and UNIMI in the context of the Systems Medicine PhD program. It is designed to innovate and strengthen training pathways for physician scientists interested in cancer research, promoting their role in translating recent breakthroughs into patient benefit through personalized and precision medicine approaches. It combines advanced research with mandatory clinical practice

Is this

for you?

The Physician scientist project is dedicated to Physicians registered in their final year of Medical Specialty Schools in Italy. The applicants must be Medical Doctors that, at the time of the starting date of the PhD program will start their final year at any Italian Medical School of Specialty

What’s unique

about the project

Enhanced scholarship

Cutting edge cancer research

Clinical activities

How

To apply

From application to enrollment

One call per year is announced
2026 call timeline to be announced

Eligibility criterIa

Application Procedure

Selection Process

Still unsure?

Contact phd@semm.it before applying