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ViewItaly news roundup: 29 April to 12 May

This week: applied research funding, biomedical research priorities and a digital team-up

ViewItalian PhD candidates struggling with cost of living

Survey of more than 5,000 PhD students finds most are living on minimum bursary

ViewFurther controversy hits Italy’s promotion evaluation process

Evaluator publicly protests against perceived “nepotism and parochial interests” in researcher evaluation

ViewNewer researchers are driving up standards in Italy, data show

Revised research evaluation exercise indicates that new hires are bringing greater quality

ViewItaly news roundup: 15-28 April

This week: the future of fundamental research, Horizon 2020 success and a university ranking

ViewA long battle

Italy’s researchers are wary of promised improvements to legislation around animal research

ViewPavia welcomes Ukrainian university to EU Alliance

Lviv-based institution joins EC2U, gaining access to European initiatives

ViewItaly news roundup: 1-14 April

This week: PhD bursaries, an effort to improve reproducibility and research in Antarctica

ViewItaly news roundup: 18-31 March

This week: departments of excellence, reform concerns, the Human Technopole and PhD guidelines

ViewOverhaul of Italian research praised by Milan vice-rector

Senior researcher Maria Pia Abbracchio says reformed schemes must now become “systemic, predictable and reliable”

ViewPublic professors and PhDs plummet in Italian universities

UnRest group hopes data on system can improve quality of debate about Italian higher education

ViewItaly news roundup: 4-17 March

This week: Partnership grants, ERC winners and support for refugee researchers

ViewItaly’s billion-euro bet on research

Country set to fund dozens of research sites with €4.48 billion EU pandemic-recovery cash

ViewItalian universities vie to become innovation hubs

Innovation ecosystems scheme has €1.3 billion in EU pandemic recovery money up for grabs

ViewItaly news roundup: 18 February to 3 March

This week: an animal research ban is delayed and rectors move slowly towards gender balance

ViewGender equality comes a step closer

EU initiatives could finally bring meaningful change for Italy’s female researchers

ViewItaly news roundup: 4-17 February

This week: ERC success, reports of the death of the National Research Agency and more

ViewItalian research experiencing small boom, says major report

Researcher numbers and spending on the rise but problems remain with PhDs and gender equality

ViewItaly news roundup: 21 January to 3 February

This week: degrees in public administration, European curricula and PhD extensions

ViewResearchers welcome €749m national interest project boon

Latest round of ‘PRIN’ funding adds to wave of competitive calls keeping research offices busy

ViewItalian universities look to build with recovery fund windfall

Research infrastructure and other facilities to be awarded €1.4 billion of EU Covid-19 comeback cash

ViewItaly news roundup: 1-20 January

This week: PhD accreditation, a strong ERC showing and a French tie-up

ViewThe fight for funding

Investment could help boost research and tackle chronic inequalities, but doubts remain

ViewThe value of evaluation

A growing concern about research metrics is causing Italy’s researchers to question funding decisions

ViewItaly news roundup: 3-16 December

This week: AI programme for 2022-24 gets approval, EMBL budget boost and CRUI promotes peace

ViewItaly tops call for Mediterranean collaboration

Italian researchers lead nearly half of winning projects to boost science diplomacy

ViewResearchers petition against favoured status of doctors

Italian contract law puts non-medical researchers at risk of job insecurity, says ARSI group

ViewItaly news roundup: 19 November to 2 December

This week: Italian researchers abroad, young women entrepreneurs and a funding windfall for international talent

ViewLobby group brings together Italian ERC winners

Grant-holders unite to push for more blue-sky research and retain talent in the country

ViewItaly’s universities demand centre stage in Covid-19 recovery

Academia is poised to boost the economy through science, tech and digitisation, rectors say