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Did HIV left Italy? A question for Italian Ministers

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di redazione
Submitted by redazione on 4 July, 2013 - 18:09

Guido Poli, from the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, made a plea (link in Italian) on behalf of several supervisors of projects involved in the National Research Programme on HIV/AIDS. Subjects of this call are the Italian Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, the Minister of University and Scientific Research, and the President of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), to whom the subscribers

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Challenging the crisis: the IZSV’s example

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Submitted by redazione on 2 July, 2013 - 11:12

The Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSV) not only managed to balance the books but was also able to get a final budget for 2012, approved at the end of May, with a gain of more than two milions of euro. Such a result is no small thing, considering the difficult period that the public administration is dealing with. Two millions of euro represents almost 5 per cent of the whole production, with a profit similar to that of an industry.

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The pursuit of quality: a guide to European peer review

di Francesco Aiello
Pubblicato il 01/07/2013

A report by the European Science Foundation (ESF) offers numerous and excellent advice which can be applied when assessing research project proposals. The European Peer Review Guide is primarily intended to help European financing bodies to improve and reconcile their assessment procedures, however, it can also serve as a guide to facilitate young scientists when preparing research projects.

Horizon 2020: 70 billion euros almost confirmed

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Submitted by redazione on 29 June, 2013 - 09:44

The deal is almost done: the new European Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 will receive roughly € 70 billion from 2014 to 2020. On 25 June, an agreement was reached between the (outgoing) Irish Presidency of the EU Parliament and the Commission to guard the "treasure" from any other budget cuts from now 'til next years.

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