Italy - MUR

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research

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MUR is Italy's key RTD policy actor and funding agency at the state level. MUR is in charge to prepare and submitting the National Research Programme (PNR – Piano Nazionaledella Ricerca) proposal to the Government and directly managing it. In preparation for the new PNR, MIUR adopted, in March 2013, a new strategic document called “Horizon 2020 Italy” aimed at defining a reference framework coherent with the European one. 

Besides, the Ministry, in charge of the definition of strategic priorities in research and higher education, has the following responsibilities: 

  • coordination, assessment and evaluation of the national university system and advanced training schools; supporting and fostering basic research in university and research institutions, programming intervention in public research institutions; 
  • coordination, regulation and funding of national research institutions; 
  • coordination of the research activities promoted by other Ministries; 
  • monitoring and supporting the integration between the research system and industries; integration between public research and applied research; 
  • promoting and supporting research in the industry system; 
  • funding research programmes for southern regions; 
  • promoting initiatives such as the Funds for the diffusion of scientific culture (PUS); 
  • enforcement of EU and international rules on university education and research. 
The Ministry also has key responsibilities for international co-operation. It concludes bi- and multilateral agreements on research and technology collaboration and coordinates Italy's participation in the European Union's Framework Programme.

Lead Person:
Dr Gianluigi Consoli is in charge as Head the of EU programmes Office within MIUR. He is also the Italian representative in several EU initiatives (ERAC, COST, GPC, EU-LAC). He is in charge of the administrative, legal and financial aspects in all the ERANET ERANET+, ERANET Cofund projects, and CSAs participated by MIUR.