The PRIN program funds two-year projects which, due to their complexity and nature, may require the collaboration of several professors/researchers and/or whose funding needs exceed the normal availability of individual institutions.
Projects may address topics related to any field of research within the three macro-sectors determined by the ERC:
- Life Sciences (LS);
- Physical sciences, chemistry and engineering - Mathematics, physical sciences, information and communication, engineering, universe and earth sciences (PE);
- Social Sciences and Humanities (SH);
Funding
PRIN is funded for the year 2022 with 741.814.509,15 euro (net of the share allocated to evaluation and monitoring activities). The amount of 222.544.352,75 euro, equal to 30% of the allocation intended for funding the submitted proposals, is reserved for projects submitted by PIs under 40 years of age on the date of publication of this call.
The total allocation intended for project funding is distributed as follows:
- LS macro-sector: €259,635,078.20, equal to 35% of the total available funding (of which €77,890,523.46 is reserved for projects submitted by PIs under the age of 40 as of the date of this call);
- PE macro-sector: €259,635,078.20, equal to 35% of the total available funding (of which €77,890,523.46 is reserved for projects submitted by PIs under the age of 40 as of the date of this call);
- SH Macro-sector - Social Sciences and Humanities: 222.544.352,75 euro, equal to 30% of the total available allocation (of which 66.763.305,83 euro reserved for projects submitted by PIs under 40 years of age on the date of this call).
A minimum amount of 218.144.020,80 euro, out of the total financial allocation of the call, must be allocated to the regions of Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily).
Who can participate
Scientific coordinator (or “Principal Investigator” – PI), the person responsible for coordinating several operational units of a project, including their own, from an administrative and legal perspective, assuming the related responsibilities for the project as a whole, may be:
- permanent professor/researcher;
- fixed-term researcher referred to in paragraph 3, letters a) and b) of article 24 of law no. 240 of 30 December 2010, whose contract is not charged to funds earmarked for specific projects already subject to public funding.
For projects reserved for under-40s, the PI must not have reached 40 years of age on the date of publication of the call on the Ministry website (02/02/2022).
Periods of maternity leave (18 months for each child), parental leave, and other documented reasons (such as, for example, long-term illness of the PI, exceeding 90 days) constitute exceptions to the age limits for access to the quota reserved for PIs under 40 years of age.
Local coordinator, responsible for leading an operational unit, namely the group of professors/researchers forming the research team, and may be:
- permanent professor/researcher;
- fixed-term researcher referred to in paragraph 3, letters a) and b) of article 24 of law no. 240 of 30 December 2010, whose contract is not charged to funds earmarked for specific projects already subject to public funding.
Each professor/researcher may appear, whatever their role (PI, unit coordinator, participant), in only one proposal under this call.
Participation in the PRIN 2022 call is permitted for all those who, in any capacity, are funded under the PRIN 2020 call.
Maximum funding amount and disbursement
The maximum funding for each project is 250,000.00 euros.
The contribution for the implementation of the projects is transferred in a single advance payment directly to the universities/entities/institutions hosting the research units.
Research units
The minimum number of research units is 2 (the research units within the same project must necessarily belong to different universities/entities/institutions).
Any involvement of national research organizations (up to a maximum of one per project) must be explicitly indicated by providing for a research sub-unit within the PI's research unit.
Duration
2 years
The application
The application is drafted in English. At the applicant's discretion, an additional version in Italian may also be provided.
The application consists of two parts:
- Administrative form (Part A)
The administrative form provides a brief description of the proposal, the indication of the PI and the unit leaders, as well as the PI’s deputy in the event that the PI is unable to continue the project coordination activity, to be identified among the leaders of the research units, the indication of the ERC sector in which the research is placed, one or more ERC sub-sectors (listed in Annex 1 to the call), from three to six keywords, and finally the economic aspects of the project.
- Research proposal (Part B)
The research proposal (Part B) consists of two parts:
- Part B1: detailed description of the project containing the objectives, the state of the art, the methodology of the proposal, the expected impact, and the financial aspects;
- Part B2: curriculum vitae and publications of the PI and the other unit leaders (up to 20 for each).
SALARY TABLES (requests for hourly cost rates should be sent to: sabino.balducci@poliba.it )
| Attachment | Size |
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 Presentation of the PRIN 2022 Call |
6.42 MB |
| SAMPLE APPLICATION SUBMISSION PRIN 2022 ITA |
204.89 KB |
| SAMPLE APPLICATION SUBMISSION PRIN 2022 ENG |
344.31 KB |
| ERC SECTORS |
211.5 KB |
| CRITERIA FOR COST DETERMINATION |
198.21 KB |
| EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA |
150.09 KB |
