The National Recovery and Resilience Plan, NRRP, is the Italian response to the Covid-19 global crisis and to the obstacles that, in the past decades, have hampered Italy's economic, social, and environmental growth. The NRRP is part of Next Generation EU, the programme that aims to support the economic recovery of Member States.
The Italian NRRP amounts to € 191.5 billion being allocated by the EU and additional resources, € 30.6 billion, allocated by Italy. The total amount of available funds is € 222.1 billion.
All the actions outlined in the NRRPs follow the Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle to protect the environment.
The Plan has six missions:
- Mission 1 “Digitalisation, innovation, competitiveness, culture and tourism”
- Mission 2 “Green revolution and ecological transition”
- Mission 3 “Infrastructure for sustainable mobility”
- Mission 4 “Education and research”
- Mission 5 “Inclusion and cohesion”
- Mission 6 “Health”
Mission 4 is entirely focused on Education and Research and aims to identify critical issues and strengthen the education system, digital and technical skills, research and technology transfer.
The mission has 2 components:
- Component M4C1: Strengthening the provision of education services: from nurseries to universities;
- Component M4C2: From research to business.
M4C1 - Investment 4.1: Extension in number and career opportunities of PhDs (Research-oriented, Public Administration and Cultural Heritage)
- PhD fellowship programmes, NRRP calls
M4C2 - Investment 1.1: Fund for the National Research Programme (PNR) and Research Projects of Significant National Interest (PRIN)
- Ministerial Decree no. 737 of 25/06/2021 Criteria for allocation and use of the Fund for the promotion and development of the policies of the National Research Programme (NRP)
- PRIN 2022 Call and NRRP PRIN 2022 Call
M4C2 - Investment 1.2: Funding projects presented by young researchers
- Calls for Young Researchers
- Funded projects:
- Young Researchers MSCA grants winners:: Christoph HUBER-HUBER, CIMEC, CUP E73C22000480001, project ID MSCA_0000027 T-GAZE - Can hippocampal theta explain the natural gaze rhythm?; Simona MONACO, CIMEC, CUP E73C22000490001, project ID MSCA_0000051 PrefAcE - Predictions for Action Execution: the neural basis of movement intention;
- Young Researchers “Seal of Excellence” holders: Umberto CECCHINATO, DSRS, CUP E63C22002940006, project ID SOE_0000021 DAN-CRO Dangerous Crowds in Renaissance Italy. Violence, Music and Street Festive Experiences in Public Spaces; Firas DHAOUADI, DICAM, CUP E63C22002950006, project ID SOE_0000185 PROMETHEUS - Hyperbolic reformulation of dispersive mechanics: theory and numerics.
M4C2 - Investment 1.3: Partnerships extended to universities, research centers, companies and funding of basic research projects
M4C2 - Investment 1.4: Strengthening research structures and supporting the creation of “national R&D leaders” on some Key Enabling Technologies
M4C2 - Investment 1.5: Establishing and strengthening of "innovation ecosystems for sustainability", building "territorial leaders of R&D
Consorzio iNEST – Ecosistema dell’innovazione - Calls
- https://www.consorzioinest.it/bandi/bandi-spoke-2/
- Young Researchers Call (italian version)
M4C2 - Investment 3.1: Fund for construction of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures
- BBMRI research infrastructure
- Trentino DataMine research infrastructure (italian version)
M4C2 - Investment 3.3: Introduction of innovative doctorates that respond to the needs of innovation by enterprises and promote the hiring of researchers by companies
- Innovative PhD scholarships, NRRP calls
Mission 6 relates to interventions under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health.
The mission has two components:
- Mission 6 Component 1 (M6C1): Proximity networks, facilities and telemedicine for local health care
- Mission 6 Component 2 (M6C2): Innovation, research and digitization of the National Healthcare Service
M6C2 - Investment 2.1: Enhancement and strengthening of biomedical research in the NHS
- PNRR Proof of Concept (POC) "development of a decision support system - mULtiomic sofTwaRe bASed on preclinical models and pOiNt-of-care clinICal and lung ultrasound data for the personalized management of children with Community Acquired Pneumonia (ULTRASONIC-CAP)"
The University of Trento is also involved in the National Plan for Complementary investments (NPC) to the NRRP within the Innovative Health Ecosystem sector, which aims to create an innovative healthcare ecosystem through clinical-transnational networks of excellence that can pool available technologies and existing expertise in Italy.
The University of Trento is involved in the following projects:
