TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF GRANT

These terms and conditions provide important information concerning the Turin Humanities Programme grant.

RESIDENCY IN TURIN

Fellows will be required to reside in Turin for at least seven months per calendar year. All the activities of the program will take place in person, and the presence of the fellows is expected.

Longer absences during the core period of activities (from November to June) will need to be agreed upon with the Director of Studies.

The grant covers a period of two years, from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2027.

During their residency in Turin, the fellows will be responsible for their accommodation in a facility of their own choice.

RESEARCH CONDITIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Each fellow will be supervised by the Director of Studies, who will assist the fellows and monitor the progress of their research projects, reporting to the Senior Fellows and to Fondazione 1563.

A mid-term assessment will be conducted by the Director of Studies for each fellow in Spring 2026.

A successful assessment is a precondition for the confirmation of the fellowship for the second year.

In Autumn 2026, the fellows will provide an interim report on their research in the form of a 2.500-word paper to be presented in a round-table format to the Scientific Committee of the THP and the Director of Studies, and to be uploaded to the webpage of THP.

At the end of their fellowships, the fellows will be requested to submit to Fondazione 1563 a comprehensive report detailing the outcome of their research project in the form of a 5000-word paper to be  published in the series of the Turin Humanities Programme, a publication (both in printed and open access digital version) produced by Fondazione 1563 that will include the written contributions of the Junior Fellows, the Director of Studies, the Visiting Professor(s) and a selection of contributions of the speakers that participated in the academic activities of the cycle.

The research projects will have to be completed over 24 months. No extension will be allowed.

The fellows will inform Fondazione 1563 of any other publication linked to the research activities carried out within the framework of this fellowship, as well as of the presentation of such publications at conferences or seminars. As is customary, it is expected that publications deriving from research carried out during the fellowship will acknowledge the support of Fondazione 1563.

The grantees will provide Fondazione 1563 with a hard copy of any relevant publication linked to the research activities carried out within the framework of this fellowship.

Junior Fellows are expected to participate in the activities of the THP scientific community and contribute to the writing of the Turin Global History blog content.

VISA

In the case of successful applicants who require a visa to come to Italy, note that Fondazione 1563 is included in the list of institutes approved by the Ministry of University and Research to stipulate a hosting agreement with foreign researchers in order to support them in obtaining a research visa.

Applicants are responsible, financially and otherwise, for making all arrangements for securing a visa, and Fondazione 1563 cannot be responsible for the issuing of visas.

The grant may be awarded only once the successful candidate has obtained a visa.

Failure to obtain a visa by the timeframe indicated by Fondazione 1563 will result in forfeiture of the Fellowship.

In case of successful applicants travelling with dependents, the applicants will also be responsible for making all necessary arrangements for securing them a visa; they may be required to provide evidence of sufficient funding to cover living expenses, health insurance, and travel to and from Turin for each dependent.

For general instructions on Italian visa regulation, please visit the website of the Foreign Affairs Ministry: https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en

FELLOWSHIP PAYMENT

The grant will be disbursed in six instalments every four months starting from the beginning of the fellowship (November 2025), except for the last instalment that will coincide with the last month of the fellowship (October 2027).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS