The National Center at the 2024 Borsa della Ricerca Event

“While deeply focused on discovering groundbreaking medical treatments for disease, the National Center also offers Italy the tools needed to develop infrastructure that works to ensure the sustainability of Italy’s health care system.”  Understanding the scope of what the European Commission intended with National Recovery and Resilience Plans for the 23 Member States that they provided funding for includes identifying and addressing country-specific challenges. “Italy is in dire need of scaling up collapsing infrastructures, especially those in the southern region, which is why 40% of National Center funding includes building new or retrofitting old structures with state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities such as the Gene Therapy Center and RNA Production Platform. The National Center also focuses on improving historic territorial fragmentation by allowing researchers from across the country to take advantage of partnering facilities such as the Bari Computing Centre for Science, we also support technologically advanced entrepreneurial initiatives while promoting higher education through a national doctorate and the PharmaTech Academy.”

The 3-day event will end on Wednesday 23 with the awarding of the BdR Awards, prizes intended for start-ups and spin-offs to valorize the commitment and research of high-tech companies. Awards are presented by Barilla, Fortinet, Giuliani, NTET Group, Open Fiber, and Webuild.

Foundation staff writer Ellen Jane Corcoran