{"id":137308,"date":"2025-05-27T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/opportunita\/borse-di-studio\/per-cittadini-stranieri\/progetti-speciali\/litalia-corre-verso-il-futuro\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:08:58","slug":"litalia-corre-verso-il-futuro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-opportunita\/opportunita\/borse-di-studio\/per-cittadini-stranieri\/progetti-speciali\/litalia-corre-verso-il-futuro\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Runs Towards the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Scholarships for Italian-language master\u2019s degree programs in <\/em>\u201cSports Science and Technology\u201d <em>and<\/em> \u201cSports Management\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last academic year, this Ministry launched\u2014in collaboration with the <strong>University of Rome \u201cForo Italico<\/strong>\u201d, one of the most prestigious institutions for scientific research and academic training in the field of physical education and sports science\u2014the <strong>first edition<\/strong> of the \u201c<strong><em>Italy Runs Toward the Future<\/em><\/strong>\u201d scholarship program.<\/p>\n<p>The program provides\u00a0<strong>scholarships<\/strong>\u00a0for young student-athletes from the following countries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Angola<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethiopia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ghana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kenya<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mozambique<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nigeria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Senegal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tanzania<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Uganda<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recipients can choose to enroll in either the master\u2019s degree program in \u201c<em>Sport Science and Techniques<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>Sport Management<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>2nd Edition &#8211; Call for Applications for the a.y. 2026-2027 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the 2026-2027 academic year, the MAECI will offer <strong>up to 20 scholarships<\/strong> worth \u20ac9,000 each. These scholarships will have a duration of <strong>9 months<\/strong>, beginning on <strong>October 1, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Each recipient may <strong>apply to renew the scholarship<\/strong> for the second year of study through a separate call for applications to be published <strong>during the 2026-2027<\/strong> academic year, provided they have earned <strong>at least 36 university credits<\/strong> by <strong><u>September 30, 2027<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the second edition of the program are open <strong><u>from June 3, 2026<\/u><\/strong>, and will close <strong><u>on June 30, 2026<\/u><\/strong>, at 12:00 PM Rome time.<\/p>\n<p>The application procedures are described in Article 5 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026_Bando_borse_SPORT_def.pdf\"><strong>CALL FOR APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding the courses, please refer to the pages on the \u201cForo Italico\u201d University website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Sport Science and Techniques<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniroma4.it\/index.php\/piano-di-studi-lm47\/\">https:\/\/www.uniroma4.it\/index.php\/piano-di-studi-lm47\/<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sport Management<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniroma4.it\/index.php\/piano-di-studi-lm68\/\">https:\/\/www.uniroma4.it\/index.php\/piano-di-studi-lm68\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>First Edition \u2013 Renewals for the a.y. 2026\u20132027 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scholarship <strong>recipients from the first edition of the program<\/strong> (2025\u20132026 academic year) who intend to continue their studies in the 2026\u20132027 academic year may <strong>apply to renew their scholarship<\/strong> for the second year of study. To do so, they must have <strong>earned at least 36 university credits<\/strong> by <strong><u>September 30, 2026<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By that date, interested students must submit their application to <a href=\"mailto:concorsi.ammissione@uniroma4.it\">concorsi.ammissione@uniroma4.it<\/a> , along with a <strong>copy of their passport<\/strong> and a <strong>transcript<\/strong> of their completed courses.<\/p>\n<p>When applying for scholarship renewal, the student must also <strong>submit an internship proposal<\/strong>. Failure to submit this proposal does not in itself prevent scholarship renewal, but it is expected that the internship will be completed by the end of the second year of the master\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scholarships for Italian-language master\u2019s degree programs in \u201cSports Science and Technology\u201d and \u201cSports Management\u201d Last academic year, this Ministry launched\u2014in collaboration with the University of Rome \u201cForo Italico\u201d, one of the most prestigious institutions for scientific research and academic training in the field of physical education and sports science\u2014the first edition of the \u201cItaly Runs [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":31145,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-137308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191807,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137308\/revisions\/191807"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}