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UniCredit & Universities Foundation has launched the 2^ edition of the Post-Doc Research Grant competition, to award the best 5 research projects in economics or finance submitted by young European researchers.
The competition is open to researchers of any nationality, employed at any European university within the regions in which UniCredit is present.
The main aim of the competition is to support academic research in Europe as well as to reinforce cooperation among universities.

Each grant is worth €10,000 gross per year. Grants will be awarded for a maximum duration of two years. Each grant will be paid directly to the research winner.

To be eligible, applicants must:

1) be born after 1975 at the time of applying (while for women the birth date may be increased by one year per child);
2) have a PhD in economics or finance;
3) be assistant professor or research assistant, or employed in any equivalent position at any accredited European university within the regions in which UniCredit is present (while nationality is not relevant as an eligibility requirement). Associate and full professors are all excluded from the competition.
4) present a research project not yet financed with funds generating income increase.

Candidates may only apply online. Applications can be submitted until 30 November 2011. The five winners will be announced by mid-January 2012. 

The winners of the 1^edition are ( Bicocca University of Milan), (Parthenope University of Naples), (University Federico II of Naples).