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NRRP

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) “Italy tomorrow” is a vast programme of reforms -including public administration, justice, simplification of legislation, competition, and taxation -accompanied by adequate investments.

The PNRR is part of the Next Generation EU (NGEU), often also referred to as the “Recovery fund”, the 750-billion-euro package, made up approximately half of grants, agreed by the European Union in response to the pandemic crisis. For the first time, common European debt will finance a post-pandemic recovery programme for EU countries. The main component of the NGEU programme is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which lasts six years, from 2021 to 2026, and has a total size of 672.5 billion euro.

The main component of the NGEU programme is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (Recovery and Resilience Facility, RRF), which lasts six years, from 2021 to 2026, and has a total size of 672.5 billion euro.
NGEU resources will finance the intervention plans of each Member State.

For Italy, the largest beneficiary in absolute value of the Recovery Fund, the available resources provided by NGEU under its Recovery and Resilience Facility amount to 191.5 billion.

The PNRR is structured around three strategic axes shared at European level: digitalisation and innovation, ecological transition, social inclusion.

PNRR resources

 

The total allocation of the PNRR is 235.14 billion, because in addition to the 191.5 of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, there are: 30.64 billion in national resources, through the Complementary Fund, and 13.97 billion from the ReactEU Programme, the Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe package, through the Transition Plan 4.0.

The PNRR is divided into 6 missions:

  • MISSION 1 “Digitalisation, Innovation, Competitiveness, Culture”
  • MISSION 2 “Green Revolution and Ecological Transition”
  • MISSION 3 “Infrastructure for Sustainable Mobility”
  • MISSION 4 “Education and Research”
  • MISSION 5 “Inclusion and Cohesion”
  • MISSION 6 “Health”

“Mission 4” directly concerns the world of education and universities, for which 30.88 billionwill be allocated. This section, further divided into two components, starts from the analysis of the critical issues affecting this sector and proposes structural interventions on multiple fronts, as described below.

 

Measure 4, Component 1

Strengthening the provision of education services: from nurseries to universities.
19.44 BN available for the following structural interventions:

  • Qualitative improvement and quantitative expansion of education and training services
  • Improvement of teacher recruitment and training processes
  • Expansion of skills and strengthening of school infrastructure
  • Reform and expansion of doctoral programmes

The planned investments facilitate access to university education, with new scholarships, and opportunities for young researchers, with the expansion of doctoral programmes.

Investment 4.1 Expansion of the number of research doctorates and innovative doctorates for public administration and cultural heritage

  • Total funds: 0.43 BN
  • Projects eligible for funding: 3,000 doctorates, activating three cycles from 2021, each with 1,000 scholarships
  • Topics: in particular STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
  • Objectives: to finance the expansion of the number of scholarships for research doctorates and for doctorates linked to the qualification of public administration action and in the field of cultural heritage.

 

Measure 4, Component 2

From research to enterprise.
11.44 BN available for the following structural interventions:

  • Strengthening research and dissemination of innovative models for basic and applied research conducted in synergy between universities and businesses
  • Support for innovation processes and technology transfer
  • Strengthening support conditions for research and innovation

The financial measures in this initial phase envisage the use of approximately 6 BILLION over 5 years, to be accessed through specific calls. The entities concerned are universities, public or private bodies engaged in research projects and organized in consortia based on the Hub & Spoke model.

 

POLIBA PROJECTS

NATIONAL CENTERS

The National Centers promote frontier research in technological areas consistent with the priorities of the European Research Agenda and with the contents of the National Research Plan 2021-2027.
The NCs are organized with a Hub & Spoke governance structure; the Hub carries out management and coordination activities, while the Spokes carry out research activities – they are aggregations of state universities, research bodies, and highly qualified public or private entities that conduct research activities.
They are aimed at the creation and/or renewal of research infrastructures and laboratories, the implementation and development of research programs and activities, fostering the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial initiatives with higher technological content such as start-ups and research spin-offs, and enhancing the valorization of research results.

The NCs in which the Polytechnic University of Bari is involved with the role of Spoke and Affiliated Entity are two.

 

NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HPC, BIG DATA AND QUANTUM COMPUTING

The activities of the National Supercomputing Center focus, on the one hand, on maintaining and strengthening the Italian HPC and Big Data infrastructure and, on the other, on developing advanced numerical methods and applications and software tools to integrate computing, simulation, data collection, and data analysis of interest to the research system and to the productive and social system, also through cloud and distributed approaches.

  • Proposing entity: National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
  • HUB: Foundation National Research Center in High-Performance Computing Big Data and Quantum Computing
  • Role of Poliba: Affiliated with Spoke 5 “Environment & Natural Disasters”, Spoke 8 “In-silico medicine & Omics data”, Spoke 9 “Digital society & Smart Cities” and Spoke 2 “Fundamental Research & Space Economy”.
  • Poliba budget: € 3.031.602,00
  • Foundation website: https://www.supercomputing-icsc.it/

 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

MOST - National Center for Sustainable Mobility, through collaboration with 25 universities, their respective research centers, and 24 major companies, has the mission of implementing modern, sustainable, and inclusive solutions across the entire national territory. The project’s areas and technological domains of greatest interest are: air mobility, sustainable road vehicles, waterborne transport, rail transport, light vehicles, and active mobility. The National Center will work to make the mobility system more “green” overall and more “digital” in its management, through lightweight solutions and electric and hydrogen propulsion systems; digital systems for accident reduction; more effective solutions for public transport and logistics; and a new mobility model, as a service, accessible and inclusive.

  • Proposing entity: Polytechnic University of Milan
  • HUB: Foundation National Center for Sustainable Mobility
  • Role of Poliba: Leader of Spoke 8 “MaaS and innovative mobility services” and Spoke 14 “Hydrogen and innovative fuels”. Affiliated with Spoke 11 “Innovative materials and lightweighting” and Spoke 7 “Networks and smart infra”.
  • Poliba budget: € 12.293.614,40
  • Foundation website: https://www.centronazionalemost.it/

 

EXTENDED PARTNERSHIPS

The EPs, organized with a Hub&Spoke governance structure, aim to strengthen research supply chains at the national level and promote their participation in European and global strategic value chains. The EPs fund research doctorates and fundamental and applied research activities, projects supporting the establishment and development of start-ups and research spin-offs, training activities in synergy between Universities and companies, with particular reference to SMEs, to reduce the mismatch between the skills required by companies and those offered by Universities.

The EPs in which the Polytechnic University of Bari is involved with the role of Proposing Entity, Spoke, and Affiliated Entity are three.

PE NEST - Network 4 Sustainable Energy Transition

NEST aims to create new synergies among the main research groups, large companies, SMEs, and startups, all operating in the energy sector, leveraging interdisciplinary expertise in order to develop technologies for the conversion and use of sustainable renewable sources, both environmentally and socially sustainable, and resilient for energy production and distribution. The ambition is to build competent Italian leadership, strongly integrated with the local area and businesses and capable of supporting future development towards sustainable and decarbonized energy production and distribution.

  • Proposing entity: Polytechnic University of Bari
  • HUB: NEST Foundation - Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition
  • Role of Poliba: Leader of Spoke 2 “Energy Harvesting & Off-Shore Renewable”. Affiliated with Spoke 4 “Clean Hydrogen and Final Uses”, Spoke 5 “Energy Conversion” and Spoke 7 “Smart Sector Integration”.
  • Poliba budget: € 7.566.729,89

PE RESTART - REsearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy smarter

RESTART has the ambitious goal of helping to shape the evolution of Telecommunications in Italy, revitalizing a sector that benefits from world-class expertise and experience, by focusing on the main topics of Telecommunications science and technology, including all types of related systems and networks, for human and non-human users.

  • Proposing entity: University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • HUB: Research and innovation on future telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy smarter
  • Role of Poliba: Leader of Spoke 2 “Integration of Networks and Services”. Affiliated with Spoke 6 “Innovative Architectures and Extreme Environments”, Spoke 1 “Pervasive and Photonic Network Technologies and Infrastructures”, Spoke 3 “Wireless Networks and Technologies” and Spoke 4 “Programmable Networks for Future Services and Media”.
  • Poliba budget: € 4.955.266,69
  • Foundation website: https://www.fondazione-restart.it/

PE MICS (Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy)

The PE carries out research activities on the themes of economic, environmental, and social sustainability, circularity, and digital transformation of materials, products, services, processes, factories, and production chains, with particular reference to the industrial sectors of Made in Italy.

  • Proposing entity: Polytechnic University of Milan
  • Role of Poliba: Entity affiliated with Spoke 2 “Eco-design”, Spoke 5 “Factories and processes for Society, Sustainability and Circularity” and Spoke 6 “Additive Manufacturing”. Leader of Spoke 7 “New and consumer-driven business models for resilient and circular supply chains”.
  • Poliba budget: € 4.190.359,00
  • Foundation website: https://www.mics.tech/

 

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES

BRIEF - BioRobotics Research and Innovation Engineering Facilities

The main objectives of the project for the BRIEF research infrastructure - Biorobotics Research and Innovation Engineering Facilities are to promote scientific discoveries in the fields of biomedical sciences, micro sciences, and nanosciences and to transfer basic research towards the development of enabling technologies, such as new materials, sensors, measurement and control systems, and intelligent data processing, with a view to creating biorobotic platforms to improve well-being and health and to promote environmental sustainability.

  • Proposing entity: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Role of Poliba: Co-proposer
  • Poliba budget: € 4.752.726,00

CTA+ - Cherenkov Telescope Array Plus

The ground-based gamma-ray astronomy observatory, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is listed among the highest-priority national RIs, consistently with the strong international financial, political, technical, and scientific involvement, as well as the location of its headquarters in Italy. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, it was not possible to cover all the costs of the originally planned CTA construction. Currently, the southern site in Chile does not include any of the 4 large-sized telescopes (LST) originally planned, and will have a reduced number of small-sized telescopes (SST) compared to its original baseline. In this context, CTA+ intends to provide the aforementioned additional telescopes, in particular 2 LSTs and 5 SSTs to be installed at the CTA-S site.

  • Proposing entity: INAF – National Institute for Astrophysics
  • Role of Poliba: Co-proposer
  • Poliba budget: up to a maximum of € 1.563.865,67

KM3NeT4RR - Kilometer Cube Neutrino Telescope for Recovery and Resilience

KM3NeT is the ambitious international project for neutrino research in the Mediterranean, which includes the underwater ARCA (Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) and ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) apparatuses. In their final configuration, the two KM3NeT sites will include 230 detection lines for ARCA and 115 for ORCA. The two apparatuses are optimized for very different experimental purposes: ARCA is aimed at the search for cosmic neutrinos up to extreme energies, while ORCA is dedicated to the study, with lower-energy events, of the so-called neutrino oscillations.

  • Proposing entity: National Institute for Nuclear Physics - INFN
  • Role of Poliba: Co-proposer
  • Poliba budget: up to a maximum of € 780.565,00

 

 

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURES (ITEC)

The objective of the ITECs is to strengthen and complete the research and innovation process chain by enhancing technology transfer mechanisms, encouraging the systemic use of research results by the productive sector, supporting the dissemination of a transformative approach to innovation, also through the mobilization of private skills and capital and the introduction of innovative management models.

The ITECs in which Poliba participates are two:

INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY IN ITALY

The primary purpose of ISM4Italy is to create a bridge between research and industrial application, accelerating the transition from TRL 3-5 to TRL 5-8, strengthening the partnership between universities and companies, implementing a new business model in which academic research is the driving force of industrial activities, improving the skills of industrial personnel, and extending the competitiveness of the Italian industrial environment. The infrastructure for sustainable mobility, to be applied in the aeronautical, automotive, and railway sectors, aims to integrate the experimental and technological demonstration capabilities of the reference sector, extending its domain towards an integrated national system and with a view to enhancement in terms of sustainable mobility.

  • Proposing entity: Polytechnic University of Turin
  • Role of Poliba: co-proposer

NATIONAL NETWORKED INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SIMULATION AND MONITORING OF THE ENERGY SYSTEM

Thanks to the joint participation of various scientific and technological disciplines, the infrastructure aims to address the issues of energy conversion, transport, and storage, with reference to different users and carriers, with an interdisciplinary and inter-territorial vision. In particular, the objective is to extend the field of action to the entire national territory, up to the implementation of an IT infrastructure interconnected in real time on the GARR network, capable of simulating and monitoring the national energy system.

  • Proposing entity: Polytechnic University of Turin
  • Role of Poliba: co-proposer

 

NEST Program - Cascade Calls

Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition (NEST)

 

OPEN CALLS

NOTICE NO. 2 CASCADE CALL FOR THE NEST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE0000021 - CUP D93C22000900001 - Rector’s Decree 120/25

Public notice for the submission of project proposals for Research activities carried out within the framework of the “Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition (NEST)” Project. The financial allocation for the call is €100.000,00, entirely intended for Southern Italy.

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Southern Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations, Consortium companies and Consortia of international relevance.
  • Procedure: Submission of the application by 15 February 2025.
  • Attachments:

EXPIRED NOTICES

NOTICE NO. 1 CASCADE CALL FOR THE NEST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE0000021 - CUP D93C22000900001 - D.R. 1011/24

Public notice for the submission of project proposals for research activities carried out within the framework of the “Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition (NEST)” project.

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Southern Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations, Consortium companies and Consortia of international relevance.
  • Financial allocation: € 1.500.000,00.
  • Procedure: Expired on 18 OCTOBER 2024.
  • Attachments:

 

MOST Program - Cascade Calls

National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)

 

NOTICE NO. 1 CASCADE CALL FOR THE MOST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE CN00000023 – SPOKE 14 - CUP D93C22000410001

Public notice for the submission of Project Proposals for Research activities carried out within the framework of the “National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)”, Spoke 14 “Hydrogen and New Fuels”.

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations.
  • Financial allocation: €2.285.714,00.
  • Procedure: Expired on 06 September 2024.
  • Attachments:

NOTICE NO. 2 CASCADE CALL FOR THE MOST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE CN00000023 – SPOKE 8 - CUP D93C22000410001

Public notice for the submission of Project Proposals for Research activities carried out within the framework of the “National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)”, SPOKE 8 “MaaS & Innovative Services”.

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations.
  • Financial allocation: €2.285.714,00.
  • Procedure: Expired on 06 September 2024.
  • Attachments:

NOTICE NO. 3 CASCADE CALL FOR THE MOST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE CN00000023 – SPOKE 8 - CUP D93C22000410001

Public notice for the submission of project proposals for research activities carried out within the framework of the National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST).

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations.
  • Financial allocation: € 620.000,00.
  • Procedure: Deadline 18 January 2025.
  • Attachments:

NOTICE NO. 4 CASCADE CALL FOR THE MOST PROJECT - PROJECT CODE CN00000023 – SPOKE 14 - CUP D93C22000410001

Public notice for the submission of project proposals for Research activities carried out within the framework of the “National Center for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)”, Spoke 14 “Hydrogen and New Fuels”.

  • Eligible entities: Public Administrations, Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Innovative Startups, Large Enterprises, Foreign companies with an operational headquarters in Italy, Universities and Bodies supervised by the MUR, Research Organizations registered with the ANR, Public and private Foundations.
  • Financial allocation: € 450.604,00.
  • Procedure: Deadline 18 January 2025.
  • Attachments:

 

PE RESTART Program - Cascade Calls

PE RESTART Program - RESearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy more smART

 

OPEN CALLS

NOTICE NO. 6 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001 - DR 978/24

Public notice for the submission of Project Proposals for Research activities carried out by Universities, Public Research Bodies and other Research Organizations.

NOTICE NO. 7 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001 - DR 977/24

Public notice for Research activities carried out by Business Incubators within the framework of the RESTART Project.

 

EXPIRED NOTICES

NOTICE NO. 1 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001

Notice for Research activities on "Design, development, and test of an integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial network architecture via real satellite and non-terrestrial communication links".

NOTICE NO. 2 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001

Notice for Research activities on "Design and investigation of advanced techniques and methodologies for integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks".

NOTICE NO. 3 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001

Notice for Research activities on "Impact of future networks and services on regulation, equity/neutrality, experimental facilities and user perception of technology".

NOTICE NO. 4 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001

Notice for Research activities on "measurements, modeling, and simulations of graphene-based THz communications".

NOTICE NO. 5 CASCADE CALL FOR THE RESTART PROJECT - PROJECT CODE PE00000001 – SPOKE 2 - CUP D93C22000910001 - Rector's Decree 233/24

Notice for Research activities on "Design, development, and test of an integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial network architecture via real satellite and non-terrestrial communication links".

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