Unipd first in Italy for funding received under FIS3 2024-25
28.11.2025
With 26 approved projects, the University of Padua ranks first in Italy for funding received under FIS3, the Italian Science Fund 2024-25. The competitive procedure for the development of fundamental research activities evaluated projects from all research areas pertaining to the macro-sectors and scientific-disciplinary sectors determined by the ERC, with particular attention to interdisciplinary projects that cross the boundaries between different research fields, pioneering projects that address new and emerging research areas, and projects that introduce innovative unconventional approaches and/or scientific inventions.
The funded projects from the University of Padua, totalling approximately 33.5 million euros, cover all three macro-sectors envisaged by FIS3: 9 projects for LS (Life Sciences), 9 for PE (Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Information and Communication, Engineering, Universe and Earth Sciences), and 8 for SH (Social Sciences and Humanities).
"The outcome of the FIS3 call represents a recognition that makes us deeply proud as an academic community. The 26 selected projects testify to the quality of the research that develops every day in our University: research that stems from the curiosity, dedication, and ability of our researchers to question the present to boldly imagine the world of tomorrow," emphasises Daniela Mapelli, Rector of the University of Padua. "This result, which confirms the vitality of our scientific community, rewards many departments and confirms one of the most precious characteristics of the University of Padua: its authentic multidisciplinarity. A cultural heritage that allows every field of knowledge to grow and strengthen, contributing to a broad and forward-thinking vision of the great scientific and social challenges that the future poses to us. Research is our most powerful infrastructure: it generates knowledge, fuels innovation, enables us to respond to societal needs and, above all, to anticipate them. In a time of rapid change, investing in research means believing in the collective ability to build new and sustainable solutions, capable of improving the future for everyone."
"Heartfelt congratulations to the winners of this challenging and prestigious competition!" comments Fabio Zwirner, Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Padua. "In addition to their individual merits, this collective success also rewards the University's decades-long commitment to promoting and supporting the project work of its researchers and attracting additional talent from outside, particularly young people, supported by the competence and dedication of the research support office staff".
