Area Science Park announces the annual Prize for degree or doctoral theses that have emphasized the use of patents as a source of information.

The Prize includes three awards, one of these is dadicated to PhD these that used patents as a source of information. 

The Call is aimed at graduates and PhDs who have obtained a master's or specialist degree or the title of research doctor, at an Italian university, for no more than three years on the expiry date of the Call, without age or citizenship restrictions

The Award consists of three different awards:

€ 2,500 for a master's or specialist degree thesis;

€ 2,500 for a PhD thesis;

€ 2,500  for a master's or specialist degree thesis or a research doctorate whose results, studies and / or research carried out have led to the filing of a patent application or the birth of a new company.

More info and application here