ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Humanities and new technologies together on the new frontiers of research, from artificial intelligence to quantum technologies, in a context that increasingly requires integrated skills. The Ministry of University and Research has published the call PRIN Hybrid 2026, the new financing line provided by the three-year Research Plan. Strongly 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 to finance them and stable resources for universities and research institutions. The PRIN Hybrid 2026 call for EUR 56.6 million to finance three-year projects expressing multidisciplinary and dialogue between scientific, technological and humanistic, social and artistic knowledge on the themes of new technologies. In fact, the projects will have to be measured on one of the following topics as part of the Macrosettori defined by the European Research Council (ERC): quantum technologies, high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, technologies and innovative healthcare routes. Proposals will also have to involve at least two of the three ERC macrosectors (sciences of life, physical sciences and engineering, social and humanities sciences), including the social and humanities sciences. This requirement also applies to those responsible for the individual operational units of the research group.
The PRIN Hybrid, such as the PRIN 2026 notice that preceded it, also finances projects that, by complexity and nature, require collaboration between multiple research units – in numbers between four and six – belonging to universities, institutions or different institutions, thus promoting the circulation of skills. A loan of EUR 1.2 million to 1.7 million is provided for each project. A 15% share of the total budget is reserved for projects submitted by researchers under 40 years of publication of the call. Derogations are also provided at age limits in case of maternity or paternity leave and long-term diseases, in line with European standards. Finally, a maximum limit of 30% of the total budget is envisaged for each theme line and a minimum of 10% inderogable, in concrete terms will depend on which and how many applications will arrive. Researchers from universities, research bodies and AFAM institutions may participate who have not applied to PRIN 2026. Applications may be submitted from 15.00 on 20 April to 15.00 on 4 June 2026. The PRIN Hybrid follows the publication of the PRIN 2026 call and, by 30 April 2026, the release of the Synergy Grant, a new tool dedicated to financing highly innovative research projects.
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