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.
The University of Trento is mainly involved in Mission 4, with interventions in the following investments:
- PhD fellowship programmes, NRRP calls
- 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
Consorzio iNEST – Ecosistema dell’innovazione - Calls
- BBMRI research infrastructure
- Trentino DataMine research infrastructure
- Innovative PhD scholarships, NRRP calls