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ViewGovernment offers spending boost to universities

Increase of €500m takes higher education financing in Italy to highest level since 2007

ViewCOP26: Good intentions, bad execution

Larger problems with research policy are to blame for Italy’s fragmented climate science

ViewItaly news roundup: 8-21 October

This week: a research registry, concerns over skills mismatch, and university action against the mafia

ViewMinistry submits proposal for research recovery mission

Guidelines set out scope and scale of funding under Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan

ViewItalian fund modelled on ERC launches first call

Fondo Italiano per la Scienza will boost basic research with €50 million in grants

ViewItaly news roundup: 24 September to 7 October

This week: Nobel success, managerial demands, praise from the president and fixed-term funding concerns

ViewStruggle continues to improve openness on animal research

Italian institutions are failing to clearly communicate scale and purpose of animal experiments, conference hears

ViewItaly news roundup: 10-23 September

This week: an Italian ERC, a newly minted evaluation committee, and gender-equality guidelines

ViewBudgets announced for Italy’s public institutes

Ministerial decree sets 2022 spending limits, but research council calls allocation “inadequate”

ViewNational Recovery and Resilience Plan offers ray of hope

Covid-19 recovery money promises speedy payouts in Italy’s cumbersome public research funding system

ViewItaly news roundup: 27 August to 9 September

This week: infrastructure funding, support for Afghan scholars and G20 ministers’ declaration on research

ViewItaly gets first payment from EU’s Covid recovery fund

€30.9bn research, innovation and education component will support infrastructures, ecosystems and partnerships

ViewOpen-access talks continue at Italy’s research council

Publisher price hike has delayed signing of contracts despite subscription growth across the country

ViewItaly news roundup: 16-29 July

This week: CNR leadership change, gender equality, finance internships and policy insights for undergraduates

ViewAcademics slam proposed Italian PhD reform

Government draft on doctoral accreditation system increases bureaucracy and lacks funding, says university council

ViewItaly news roundup: 2-15 July

This week: a medical scholarships bonanza, trans-friendly rules at Piemonte, and Siena gender inequality

ViewReport gives green light to Italy’s energy transition

Country looks well positioned to boost research in sustainable tech and services, banking group finds

ViewUniversities welcome Covid-19 funds for PhD programmes

Funding for AI and sustainability doctoral programmes announced as part of national recovery plan

ViewItaly news roundup: 18 June to 1 July

This week: regional R&D deals, strong public trust in science and a coronavirus recovery meeting

ViewScientists oppose move to recognise biodynamic farming

Petitioners fear that proposed Italian law would channel funding to unscientific agricultural methods

ViewItaly news roundup: 4-17 June

This week: gender balance at the CNR, standardisation efforts, and Torino demands gender-equal panels

ViewItaly news roundup: 21 May to 3 June

This week: praise for Horizon Europe, brain drain, anger at the UK and more

ViewItaly plans its own version of the European Research Council

Questions remain after announcement of €150 million per year Fondo Italiano per la Scienza

ViewResearch minister promises recovery fund windfall

Cristina Messa pledges to work with universities to create step change for national research sector

ViewConsortia tasked with boosting European moon exploration

Space agency sees opportunity for ‘enabling’ lunar communication and navigation satellites

ViewAuditors call for ‘rationalised’ funding procedures

Delays and budget variations cause planning problems at Italian institutes, court finds

ViewItaly news roundup: 7-20 May

This week: disability access, contract extensions and a university push to end violence against women

ViewItalian recovery plan falls short of expectations

Scientists urge spending increase after blue-sky research gets small share of €221.5 billion spending pot

ViewPetition pitches individual-investigators programme

Biology organisation's members say Italy fails to adequately support curiosity-driven researchers

ViewItaly news roundup: 23 April to 6 May

This week: simplification for early career academics, a data institute for Trieste and ranking success