The Armenise-Harvard Foundation offers University students enrolled in an Italian public or private university in a Master’s Degree program (4th and 5th year) with a focus on biomedical research (e.g. Biology, Biotechnology, Neuroscience, etc.) or in the 4^th, 5^th, or 6^th year of Medicine the unique opportunity to apply for their Summer Fellowship Program and spend two months, July and August, in a laboratory of the Harvard Medical School or affiliated hospitals in Boston.

In addition to the research activity, selected students will also attend career development seminars aimed at reinforcing their transferable skills (e.g. cv drafting, job applications, career planning within and outside academia), where they will meet Italian scientists and professors in Boston, who will discuss their education and career choices.

Successful applicants will be awarded a fellowship for 4.000 USD to contribute to the expenses for the round-trip flight to Boston, accommodation during the fellowship, health insurance and visa costs.  

Thanks to an agreement established between Department CIBIO and the Armenise-Harvard Foundation, Department CIBIO will contribute to the 2026 call by financially supporting up to one fellowship if the student enrolled in the Department CIBIO Master Programs in Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology or in Quantitative and Computational Biology will be among the recipients.

The Call for the 2026 Summer Fellowship is now open (deadline December 1st, 2025)

Please find all information in the call for applications.

Students interested in applying are kindly requested to carefully read the information contained in the Armenise-Harvard Summer Fellowships Call website and respect the following steps.

Starting Documents

• Send an email to the Department CIBIO reference person for this initiative, Prof. Luca Fava (luca.fava@unitn.it), notifying the interest in applying for the Armenise-Harvard Summer Fellowship Program, attaching the completed Pre-application form_CIBIO-Armenise Fellowships downloadable from the Department Cibio Armenise-Harvard Summer School web page.
• Complete the official application procedure as described in the Armenise-Harvard Foundation official website.
• Armenise-Harvard Summer fellowship awardees must inform by email both the Armenise-Harvard Foundation and the Department CIBIO-University reference person, Prof. Luca Fava, of their acceptance.

Fellowship

The University administration handles the management and the disbursement of the fellowships according to these rules:

• One part of the fellowship (75%) is paid within five working days before the departure; the remaining part is paid after the conclusion of the internship activity upon approval of the student report by the Consiglio CIBIO.
• Within 15 days of their return, the students must provide the University with the complete list of termination documents.

Armenise-Harvard fellows will present their internship activity to new applicants during the annual Armenise-Harvard Fellowship Program presentation day that will take place at the beginning of the new academic year.
For additional information, please contact the person responsible for the program, Prof. Luca Fava.