The purpose of the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation is to support the research of promising young scientists to contribute to the creation of new areas of research in the biological sciences in Italy, and to strengthen and develop collaborative relationships between Italian scientists and those at Harvard Medical School in Boston (HMS).

The Career Development Award consists of three-to-five years of funding allocated to an independent investigator at a host institute in Italy. The program is aimed at young and talented scientists, to enable them to contribute significantly to their areas of research. Funding will become available July 1, 2016.

Applicants must:

➼ be young emerging scientists with proven productivity,  and ability to operate as independent researchers. (Previous experience working with or at HMS is desirable but not an essential requirement)
➼ have a minimum of three years’ experience of post-doctoral research in basic biological sciences (including at least two years abroad) and be no more than 10 years from having received a doctorate
➼ be researchers outside of Italy (both in the application stage and at the time of acceptance of the award) who wish to become part of the community of researchers in Italy
➼ have an agreement for the development of a new research project at a suitable host institution in Italy (preferably other than the institution where the candidate has already done doctoral study, post-doctoral research or held a job)
➼ not have a pre-existing contract with an institute in Italy.
 
The Career Development Award is $ 200,000 per year and the funds may cover the costs related to compensation of the researcher (commensurate with the position occupied by the host institution), salaries of the other members involved in the indicated research project and equipment / infrastructure.

The Career Development Award Program intends to enable researchers to join the Italian scientific community to pursue a specific research project. Therefore, the nominee cannot accept concurrent grants in support of the same research project at the host institution.  Exceptions to this may be made only under exceptional circumstances and should be communicated promptly to the Armenise-Harvard Foundation.
 
Deadline for the submission of applications is July 15, 2015
 
Further information and application forms for all programs are available here

or by contacting Elisabetta Vitali, The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation,
401 Park Drive, Suite 22 West, Boston, MA 02215 USA Tel:  +1 617.384.5182        
Elisabetta_vitali@hms.harvard.edu