The Career Development Award Program is designed to foster the development of outstanding, early-career scientists currently working abroad so that they may fulfill their potential and make significant contributions to their field of research in Italy. The Award provides $200,000 per year, for 3-5 years, to young scientists to establish their own lab at a host institute in which they can conduct independent research in the biological sciences.
At the same time, the Foundation hopes the Award will provide an incentive for Italian research institutes to strengthen their departments by providing a sufficiently attractive package to entice applications from the best possible candidates.
To date, the Armenise-Harvard Foundation has supported 30 young scientists who have established labs in Milan (EIO, IFOM/FIRC, Istituto San Raffaele, University of Milan, CNR), Rome (La Sapienza; EBRI), Padua (VIMM, University of Padua), Trento (CIBIO -University of Trento, IIT Rovereto), Palermo (University of Palermo), Trieste (SISSA), Pavia (University of Pavia), Naples (Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine), Turin (IIGM, University of Turin), and Camerino (University of Camerino), Genoa (IIT Genoa). Fields covered include: neuroscience, plant biology, biochemistry, immunology, cancer biology, proteomics and genetics, synthetic biology, and stem cells.
Deadline: July 15, annually