Dear Collegues I'm forwarding you the following call for PhD grants. The University of Padova, through funding from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, offers research fellowships for foreign students to attend Doctoral Courses. During the 3-year doctorate programme, successful candidates are entitled to full board and lodging. If you have any available candidate interested in submitting a research proposal on marine mammals *veter**inary sciences*, please give her/him this link ( http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1053) with the indication of selecting the Doctoral Course in Veterinary Sciences and preparing a research topic related to marine mammals anatomy, diseases and/or pathology. This could be an interesting opportunity for cooperation. If you need further information this is my email: sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it. Sincerely Sandro Mazzariol -- Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione (BCA) Università degli Studi di Padova Cetaceans strandings Emergency Response Team (CERT) AGRIPOLIS - Ed. Museo Viale dell'Università 16 35020 - Legnaro (PD) tel.: +39 049 827 2963 fax: +39 049 827 2973 skype: smazzariol