What is it?
Thesis is Scientifica’s initiative dedicated to recognising outstanding STEM theses while providing exclusive access to JobStem, Scientifica’s career placement and recruitment platform.
Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as recent graduates from Italian universities, the programme promotes academic research as a driver of innovation, recognising its value beyond immediate commercial applications.
What is it?
Thesis is Scientifica’s initiative dedicated to recognising outstanding STEM theses while providing exclusive access to JobStem, Scientifica’s career placement and recruitment platform.
Open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as recent graduates from Italian universities, the programme promotes academic research as a driver of innovation, recognising its value beyond immediate commercial applications.
Selected winners will receive one of
the following awards:
A €3,000 grant
A paid collaboration with one of our portfolio start-ups
A paid collaboration within Scientifica's research laboratories
How It Works
Each academic year, up to 10 theses written in either Italian or English are selected.
Timeline
The selection process takes place three times a year and considers only theses defended within the six months preceding the application.
Submit your thesis
Chiara Franco
July 2026 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Methodology for the Diagnosis of Chronic Skin Ulcer Infection through Thermal Imaging and Clinical Trial
FACULTY
Ingegneria Biomedica
UNIVERSITY
Politecnico di Torino
Danilo D’Agostino
July 2026 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Bacterial Polyhydroxybutyrate-based Electrodes for Microbial Photo-Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production
FACULTY
Materials Science and Technology
UNIVERSITY
Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”
Marco Ierani
March 2026 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Design, Fabrication and Demonstration of a Terahertz Metamaterial for Biosensing
FACULTY
Fisica
UNIVERSITY
Sapienza Università Degli Studi di Roma
Flavia Castelli
November 2025 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Development and Experimental Validation of a Water Resistojet
FACULTY
Ingegneria Spaziale e Astronautica
UNIVERSITY
Sapienza Università Degli Studi di Roma
Marco Meschini
November 2025 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Integrating Foundation Models within Cognitive Architectures: Perception and Planning in Dynamic and Unstructured Environments
FACULTY
Ingegneria Robotica
UNIVERSITY
Università di Genova
Maria Stella De Grandis
July 2025 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Integrating Machine Learning and Innovative EEG Biomarkers to Enhance Outcomes of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
FACULTY
Ingegneria Biomedica
UNIVERSITY
Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Loris Sallaku
March 2025 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene processing into crude oil and highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
FACULTY
Materials Science And Nanotechnology
UNIVERSITY
Università degli Studi Milano – Bicocca
Maddalena Cavallo
November 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Microstructure-Weighted Connectomics: Validation and application of a novel diffusion MRI protocol for mapping brain structural connectivity
FACULTY
Fisica Applicata
UNIVERSITY
Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Beatrice Annunziata Milano
July 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Lesion Network Mapping of functional disability
FACULTY
Medicina e Chirurgia
UNIVERSITY
Università di Pisa
Giorgio Carbone
July 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Deep Models of the Human Cortex to Predict fMRI Responses to Visual Scenes
FACULTY
Data Science
UNIVERSITY
Università degli Studi Milano – Bicocca
Noemi Sgambelluri
March 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Fostering Confidence: Evaluating Inter-Site Reproducibility of Bingham-NODDI Model Measures using Phantoms and In-Vivo Acquisitions
FACULTY
Fisica
UNIVERSITY
Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Angelo Mulas
March 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Comparison of octaweb configuration and annular aerospike nozzle for reusable launch vehicles
FACULTY
Ingegneria Aerospaziale
UNIVERSITY
Politecnico di Torino
Ilaria Rosa
March 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous materials for gas storage
FACULTY
Scienze dei Materiali
UNIVERSITY
Università degli Studi Milano – Bicocca
Ginevra Fulco
March 2024 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Studio degli Effetti della Radioattività Ambientale sui Quantum Bit Superconduttori
FACULTY
Fisica
UNIVERSITY
Sapienza Università di Roma
Daniele Cucurachi
November 2023 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Quantum-Enhanced Monte Carlo Markov Chain Optimization
FACULTY
Fisica
UNIVERSITY
EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Matteo Scuderi
November 2023 Edition
THESIS TITLE
Inseguimento di traiettorie ed evitamento di ostacoli tramite control barrier functions: implementazione via quadratic programming
FACULTY
Ingegneria Informatica e Automatica
UNIVERSITY
Sapienza Università Degli Studi di Roma