Dear all, 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. In this call, it is possible to propose a PhD research program focused on marine mammals’ veterinary medicne and, more in particular, anatomy, physiology, pathology and diseases. The possible candidate, if successful in the selection will work within the Italian Stranding Network, cooperating with the Mediterranean Marine Mammals Tissue Bank and the Cetaceans’ stranding Emergency Response Team (www.marinemammals.eu). If interested, all the informations could be found in the following webpage: http://www.unipd.it/en/research/doctoral-degrees-phd-programmes/phd-programm... selecting the PhD Program in Veterinary Sciences - Research Topic Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory (http://www.dottorato.veterinaria.unipd.it/) 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