Science Writers in Italy

17/12/2024

E' arrivato quel momento dell'anno in cui devi pensare ai regali? Fatti un regarlo, diventa Soci* della nostra Associazione SWIM!

Tutte le istruzioni e i requisiti sul nostro sito: https://www.sciencewriters.it/about-us/come-iscriversi-how-to-subscribe/

08/11/2024

Siamo pronti per il Convegno Annuale 2024 che sarà ospitato presso IFOM a Milano, dove sarà possibile visitare i laboratori in cui si studia la formazione e lo sviluppo dei tumori a livello molecolare per identificare nuove terapie e strumenti diagnostici.

In programma abbiamo l'intervento di numerosi ospiti esterni e di "swimmers" su temi di attualità ed esperienze europee, e l'annuncio dei vincitori/vincitrici del premio annuale SWIM 2024.

Per la registrazione seguire il QrCode visibile nel programma 👇
La quota di partecipazione per i non soci è di 50 euro.

18/07/2024

"There was no mention of research in her speech to MEPs before the vote, but in her political guidelines published this morning, von der Leyen pledges to increase the EU’s research spending, and “expand” the European Research Council (ERC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC).

The ERC delivers grants to support primarily early-stage research, with a budget of more than €16 billion under Horizon Europe. French president Emmanuel Macron has called for the ERC to be reinforced, and ERC president Maria Leptin recently urged grant holders to lobby politicians for more funding.

The EIC supports researchers and innovators with grants and equity investments. Its €10.1 billion budget until 2027 makes it one of the biggest deep tech investors in the world, but its president has stressed the need for additional funding.

Meanwhile MEPs and the research community have been calling for the Horizon Europe budget to be doubled to €200 billion in the next framework programme, as member states continue to show no signs of spending 3% of GDP on R&D, targets which were proposed back in 2003.

Von der Leyen also wants to launch new public-private partnerships, propose a European biotech act next year as part of a wider life sciences strategy, and strengthen the university alliances designed to deepen cross-border links between institutions."

Ursula von der Leyen promised to put research and innovation “at the centre of our economy” as she laid out her plans for the next five years, before the European Parliament voted to confirm her second term as president of the European Commission. A total of 401 MEPs voted in favour of von der L...

25/06/2024

Today, the second call of the project opens, with the ambitious goal of supporting from all over the world in their daily duty of informing citizens on the many highly complex and multifaceted issues related to science discoveries and technological innovation. I recently had the opportunity to discuss the project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), at the annual meeting of Euprio - European Association of Communication Professionals in Higher Education in , with Marcin Mońko (who first proposed to the ERC to launch a competitive call), Valeria Delle Cave, who organised one of the pilots of the project at the ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA (IIT), and Christine Ro, who was hosted there as a grantee for a month.
We had two very lively and participated sessions, and I think that many of the communication professionals who were there are now considering, or have already decided, to sign in to be listed in our of candidate that is available on the project website. European citizens need and deserve excellent science journalism, and science journalists need and deserve better working conditions and more institutional support, while continuing to cherish their independence.
I am confident that our project – which is carried out by CESJ - Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and coordinator Enspire Science Ltd. – will show that something can be done to start addressing the issue, and to encourage the launch of more initiatives, both similar and complementary.
That said, I invite my colleagues science journalists to apply. In the first round we had 33 applications and awarded 7 grantees (which are starting their residencies in the next few weeks), and I expect to have many excellent proposals in round 2 as well, including some that didn't make it in round 1. The competition will be fierce, but it's worth a try.

Today, the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Initiative opens the second call for applications for its science journalism in residency programme. The application period will remain open until the 25th of September 2024, at 17:00 CEST. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), this initiati...

18/06/2024

“Highly cited” ≠ “reliable science”

Nature has retracted a 2002 paper from the lab of Catherine Verfaille purporting to show a type of adult stem cell could, under certain circumstances, “contribute to most, if not all, somatic cell …

27/01/2024

I’ll be there to discuss about and science in Italy, not only as a , but also as an European Research Council (ERC) myself, with the project, part of the Science Journalism Initiative, hopefully the first of many more initiatives to come. CESJ - Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism

ERCINITALY 2024 Evento annuale dell’Associazione ERCinItaly APS SAVE THE DATE: 19-20 febbraio 2024 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, 00185 Roma RM – Sala Marconi REGISTRATI ORA L’associazione ERCINITALY APS è nata nel 2021 per rafforzare la ricerca di base in Italia e ...

25/01/2024

Yesterday I received this e-mail, alerting me that a paper I had cited (twice) was retracted. The sender is called “ ”, and was designed and launched by an Oxford team including Ben Goldacre.
I think this is a really excellent idea, because plenty of retracted article are cited over and over again carelessly, and I also appreciate the fact that they ask for feedback, not only in terms of a yes/no about the knowledge of but also with the invitation to reply for a qualitative analysis.
(In my case, my mentions of the were both critical, and were referring to its retraction.)

18/01/2024

the consortium, part of the launched by the European Research Council (ERC), and the EFSJ - European Federation for Science Journalism invite to the online presentation - followed by a Q&A - of the newly launched program to offer for science journalists in in research institutions across .
The deadline for submitting applications for the first round of grants is 5 March 2024.
The online meeting with Q&A will be held on Zoom on THURSDAY 25 January 2024 at 18:00 CET.

To register, write to the Coordination and Support Office of FRONTIERS at: [email protected]