Launch of the “ban IRP 2021-2023”, which will receive 3.3 million from Città della Speranza

This is an important and growing investment by the non-profit organization, which for the previous call (2019-2020) had allocated 2 million euros, allowing the development of 13 studies of excellence.
The new projects, which will start on 1 January 2021 and will last three years (two years for the Moving category), must fall into one of the following categories:

• IRP Starting Grant: is aimed at young talented researchers who are starting their own group or independent research program (maximum amount per project: 220,000 euros);
• IRP Consolidator Grant: is aimed at Principal Investigators who want to consolidate their independent research group or program and continue to develop a successful career (maximum amount per project: 330,000 euros);
• IRP Advanced Grant: is aimed at Principal Investigators already established in their field of research and whose results are proven (maximum amount per project: 440,000 euros);
• IRP Moving Grant: is aimed at researchers who have completed their PhD and wish to consolidate their training, for a period of at least 18 months, in a research centre in Italy or abroad to acquire technical skills not available in the host institution (maximum amount per project: 100,000 euro).

The full call and the forms are available at this link. Applications must be submitted by September 30, 2020 to grantoffice@irpcds.org.