Marina, Gennaro and Omar were selected to receive the Daniel Fahrenheit Scholarship funded by the Mayor of Gdańsk in consultation with the Fahrenheit Universities. They will start the internship on January 2027.

One year internship to conduct interdisciplinary research in Poland is an opportunity for overseas PhD students. Thanks to Mayor of Gdańsk and Fahrenheit Universities the winners are entitled not only to a scholarship at PLN 6,500 net per month for the entire duration of their stay, but also to free accommodation.

Following the evaluation of applications meeting the formal criteria, the committee selected the following winners of the 5th edition:

1^st place – Marina di Oliveira from Federal University of Uberlândia, whose researchs focus on the carbon-based electrodes, environmental remediation and monitoring of emerging contaminants. 

Host higher education institution: Gdańsk University of Technology

2^nd place – Gennaro Madonna, currently studying at University of Naples Federico II. The title of his research plan is Adenosine-dependent mechanisms of heart failure with preserved rejection fraction.

Host higher education institution: Medical University of Gdańsk 

3^rd place – Omar Ouzaguine from Ibn Zohr University. His research interests focus on the optimization of composites derived from MOF materials to enhance the efficiency of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Host higher education institution: University of Gdańsk 

The internship is scheduled to start at the beginning of January 2027.

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