Italian Fund for Science (FIS)
The Italian Fund for Science (FIS), established by the "Decreto Sostegni bis" (DL 73-2021), provides support for fundamental research within the framework of highly qualified research programs.
2024-2025
The third FIS call (2024) has allocated €475 million, distributed across three funding lines:
- Starting Grant (50% of the funds) for emerging researchers
- Consolidator Grant (20% of the funds) for mid-career researchers
- Advanced Grant (30% of the funds) for established researchers.
The maximum project duration is 5 years.
The minimum funding per project cannot be lower than:
- €1.0 million for the Starting Grant scheme
- €1.2 million for the Consolidator Grant scheme
- €1.5 million for the Advanced Grant scheme.
The maximum funding per project cannot exceed:
- €1.3 million for the Starting Grant scheme
- €1.6 million for the Consolidator Grant scheme
- €1.9 million for the Advanced Grant scheme.
Projects must be submitted in English by a Principal Investigator affiliated with Italian research institutions no later than March 18th, 2025.
2022-2023
The second FIS call (2023) allocated over 330 million euros, distributed across three funding lines:
- Starting Grant (50% of funds) for emerging researchers
- Consolidator Grant (25%) for researchers with intermediate experience
- Advanced Grant (25%) for established researchers.
The projects, with funding ranging between 1.2 and 2.5 million euros each, had to be submitted in English by a Principal Investigator at Italian research institutions between October and November 2023.
The University of Turin has secured a total funding of € 7.287.931,71 divided into three Starting Grants and two Consolidator Grants.