The Paolo Brancaccio Scholarship is an initiative promoted by the Lions Club Napoli Megaride, the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, the Brancaccio family and - from the 2022 edition - by the SFC (Sistemi Formativi Confindustria) company of Rome.
The scholarship was established to keep alive the memory of Paolo Brancaccio, who died prematurely in 1995 following a diving accident.
The first edition was held in June 1996, with the only suspensions in 1998 for the death of Prof. Nino Salvatore and in 2020 and 2021 due to the health emergency linked to COVID.
The Scholarship announcement requires that the winner carry out an internship of at least three months in a highly qualified foreign institute, to conduct research in the field of marine sciences.
Every year, an Organizing Committee defines the details of the call, evaluates the candidates' CVs and awards the prize during a public ceremony at the Stazione Zoologica. Starting in 2022, two young scholars are awarded.
Paolo Brancaccio, former President of the Leo group - Lions Club Napoli Megaride - in the year of its establishment, was a model student in the engineering faculty at the Federico II University of Naples. He had completed all 29 exams of the degree course with excellent grades and was ready to discuss his final thesis. After graduation, Paolo was supposed to participate in an internship abroad, organized with the support of Prof. Nino Salvatore, then President of the Stazione Zoologica.
“The Call for the Scholarship promotes young generations and requires that the winner complete an internship of at least three months at a prestigious foreign institute to conduct study activities in the field of marine sciences. In this sense, the initiative represents a unique opportunity that allows Paolo's dream to be carried forward, transforming his passion into a living and vibrant legacy for other lovers of the sea.”.”
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