PRIN 2022
Through the “PRIN 2022” call for applications, published on 2 February 2022 (Director’s Decree 104/2022), the MUR will fund public research projects aiming to promote the national research system, strengthen collaboration between universities and research centres, in line with the NRRP goals, and encourage participation of Italy in the initiatives of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
The funds available under the PRIN 2022 call amount to approximately €740 million. At least 40% of these funds must be allocated to the South.
Some €220 million (30% of total funds) are reserved to projects submitted by Principal Investigators under 40 years of age at the date of publication of the call for applications.
The projects will be funded for a term of two years. The maximum contribution per project amounts to €250,000; at least two research units must be involved.
By the application deadline, a total of 7.817 project proposals had been submitted nationwide. Academic staff at the University of Bologna submitted 990 projects in total, 382 of which as Principal Investigator (PI) and 608 as Local Supervisor (Responsabile di Unità Locale – RL). The total amount of funding requested by our University was €91,540,614.
The University of Bologna’s PRIN 2022 projects
A total of 516 projects submitted by the University of Bologna have been awarded funding, including 188 as PI and 328 as Local Supervisor.
The overall contribution awarded to our University amounts to €38,119,585.
The projects are currently underway and are expected to conclude between 27 September 2025 and 28 February 2026.
NRRP PRIN 2022
Through the “NRRP PRIN 2022” call for applications, dated 14 September 2022 (Director’s Decree 1409/2022), the MUR will fund public research projects concerning one of the emerging strategic themes linked to the objectives of a cluster within the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027. The call for applications aims to promote the national research system, strengthen collaboration between universities and research centres, in line with the NRRP goals, and encourage participation of Italy in the initiatives of the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
The programme is structured around two separate lines of intervention: line of intervention A “Main” and line of intervention B “South”.
The total budget available is €420 million. Having regard to line of intervention A “Main”, in which the University of Bologna is entitled to participate, total funding amounts to €168 million.
The projects will be funded for a term of two years. The maximum contribution per project amounts to €300,000. At least two research units must be involved.
By the application deadline, a total of 4.475 project proposals had been submitted nationwide. Academic staff at the University of Bologna submitted 461 projects in total, 187 of which as Principal Investigator (PI) and 274 as Local Supervisor (Responsabile di Unità Locale – RL). The total amount of funding requested by our University was €54,461,415.
The University of Bologna’s NRRP PRIN 2022 projects
A total of 161 projects submitted by the University of Bologna have been awarded funding, including 66 as PI and 95 as Local Supervisor.
The overall contribution awarded to our University amounts to €14.929.002.
The projects are currently underway and are expected to conclude between 29 November 2025 and 28 February 2026.
