European Innovation Ecosystems open calls by 15 October

EUInnovationEcosystems open calls by 15 October: 🔹Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys, 🔸Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys in widening countries, 🔹Preparatory action for setting up joint programmes among innovation ecosystems actors. Learn more 🔗 https://europa.eu/!FXntqR

Bicocca Foundation Appoints Stefania Grotti as Executive Director

Stefania Grotti has been appointed Executive Director of the Bicocca Foundation, the organization established earlier this year by the University of Milano-Bicocca with the aim of supporting the university in enhancing and promoting its advanced education, research, and technology transfer initiatives. The Foundation seeks to strengthen the connection between academia...

Horizon Europe draft work programs for 2026-2027 now available

The European Commission is currently preparing the Horizon Europe work program for 2026-2027 in consultation with the EU Member States. For the first time, this year the Commission is making draft versions of the individual parts of the work program publicly available in the run-up to the official publication. The final...

IIT and Sapienza University of Rome: A Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shows Promise as a Future Treatment for Frontotemporal Dementia

A common cholesterol-lowering drug, bezafibrate, could prove useful in treating frontotemporal dementia, a severe neurodegenerative disease. The discovery comes from a study led by Silvia Di Angelantonio, a researcher at the Center for Life Nano- & Neuro-Science of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Sapienza University of Rome, in...

Commission seeks feedback on the future European Innovation Act

The Commission has launched a call for evidence and a public consultation, inviting all interested stakeholders to contribute to the future European Innovation Act. A key deliverable of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy, the European Innovation Act will facilitate bringing innovative ideas to market across all sectors. It will aim to address...

Giulio Palummieri joins the Scientific Community of the Miami Scientific Italian Community

Dr. Giulio Palummieri is a Research Associate at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), University of Miami. His research focuses on the development of innovative combinations of DIANAs (Drug-Integrating Amphiphilic Nanomaterial Assemblies) and mesenchymal stem cells, with the goal of improving immunomodulatory approaches in pancreatic islet transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes...

An International Framework to Turn Innovation into Impact

by Alessia Fornoni, Assistant Dean for Research Training and Development, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Director of the Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center. In a global landscape marked by rapid economic, technological, and social transformations, the ability to understand and anticipate change is a strategic...

Thales Alenia Space signs a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to develop the first human outpost on the lunar surface

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to perform the preliminary design phase, including development of critical enabling technologies, of the pressurized Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module for the lunar surface. Planned for launch from NASA’s...

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