FIS 3 — Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (Round 3)
Supports individual researchers in Italy through frontier basic research awards across major scientific domains.
The Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS) is Italy's national analog to the European Research Council, established under Decree Sostegni bis (art. 61, D.L. 73/2021) and structured into ERC-mirrored career-stage tracks: Starting Grant for emerging researchers (50% of budget), Consolidator Grant for mid-career researchers (20%), and Advanced Grant for established researchers (30%). FIS 3, the third ro…
Frontier fundamental research across all disciplines — Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE), Life Sciences (LS), and Social Sciences and Humanities (SH) — awarded to individual PIs at Italian universities and research bodies.
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