ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Support the internationalization of the Italian research system and strengthen Italian participation in major European research programmes and international scientific cooperation initiatives. With this objective the Ministry of the University and Research has allocated 30 million euros in the Triennale Plan of Research 2026-2028.
“Fortunately wanted by the Minister of the University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, the Plan has introduced for the first time certain times for the bands, a single fund for financing and stable resources for universities and research institutions – explains the MUR in a note -. The appropriation supports European partnerships, funding research and development projects in the international sphere and thus strengthening Italian participation in European programmes. The initiatives will focus on the development and experimentation of innovative technologies, in line with the main priorities of the Union: digital and ICT, health and biotech, green transition, agri-food and bioeconomy, technological innovation and enabling technologies, with a focus on microelectronics and semiconductors”.
As part of the total allocation of 30 million euros, up to 21 million euros are destined to co-finance Italian participation in selected projects in European research programmes shared between the European Union and Member States (European partnerships).
Further resources are devoted to targeted interventions: €6 million for semiconductor projects, an increasingly strategic area for industrial and technological competitiveness, and €3 million for bilateral agreements, to support the implementation and strengthen the role of MUR in the Mattei Plan and cooperation with strategic areas such as Central Asia and Latin America.
The funding will be granted to projects exceeding the European or international ratings and complying with the requirements required. With this intervention, it rises to more than 409 million euros the total of resources activated this year from the MUR for the first year of the Triennial Plan of Research. The funding for the internationalisation of research is part of a broader programming that has already seen the publication of the PRIN 2026 bands, funded with more than 270 million euros and PRIN Hybrid with a budget of 59 million and that previews, by 30 April 2026, also the launch of the new Synergy Grant, dedicated to high innovative projects supported with 50 million euros.
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