Minister Bernini: “We have invested 11 billion against brain drain”
The G7 dedicated to research, innovation and technology will be hosted in Bologna from 9 to 11 July
ROME – Let Italian researchers stay and bring back the brains who have fled abroad. “Perhaps also accompanied by foreign researchers”. To do this, infrastructure and research centers are needed. And in this the Government “invested 11 billion euros” thanks to the Pnrr. The strategy was claimed by Anna Maria Bernini, University Minister, speaking in the Senate on June 27. Brain drain is a “huge issue”, confirms Bernini, who lists the main actions implemented by the Ministry of the University “with respect to a rightly very high expectation on the part of the subjects who turn to us.We we are a factory that produces the future, we are a hub that constantly produces the futureWe are the custodians of expectations, talents, dreams of students”. Bernini talks about the need to “use the heart, therefore knowing how to intercept talents, the head, to evaluate the quality, flexibility and relevance of the training offer, but above all to provide funding”.
ON SCHOLARSHIPS WE HAVE 881 MILLION EURO: RECORD FIGURE
On scholarships, the minister quotes, “we have invested 881 million euros this year alone. This is an all-time record figure. I say this without fear of contradiction”. In student dormitories, however, “we have invested 1.2 billion euros – continues Bernini – because the capable and deserving must not only be able to study at a university, but also have a place where being able to sleep and study physically.” As regards research doctorates, “we have invested 775 million euros – states the minister – in particular on industrial and innovative ones”. And he points out: “Infrastructures are the essence of innovation and progress, but we don’t just mean the tracks, but rather the intangible and research infrastructures, through which researchers are made to stay or return who have left, perhaps also accompanied by foreign researchers who come to do research with us We have invested 11 billion in this, thanks to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan”. In particular, recalls Bernini, there are five national research centers on which the Government has based its strategy (“Five Gems”), engaged in topics considered priority: high performance computing (HPC), i.e. supercomputing; big data and quantum technologies; recovery of biodiversity; sustainable technologies, gene therapies and RNA technology drugs; technological agriculture. “It is in this way that we will bring our brains back – states Bernini – accompanied by other foreign brains who must come to study, work, live and consume in Italy. I intend to consume culture, because we are the place where everything was born “. The agritech research centre, recalls the minister, has the Federico II University of Naples as its leader. “Agriculture is not just the work of people or tractors – underlines Bernini – but is based on drones, satellites, genomics, metabolomics”.
THE G7 ON RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN BOLOGNA
In Bologna, however, the G7 dedicated to research, innovation and technology will be hosted from 9 to 11 July. “We will talk about precisely this – explains Bernini – that is, how strategic infrastructures and the investments we are making now, which mean a future for the new generations, not current spending, can not only be an opportunity, a way to study, but have an immediate impact on the company , because all basic research has an application on business and an application that can improve the quality of life of all of us and increase the quality of our years. In short, we can make us live longer and better This is our objective, as the Ministry of the University and as a Government”, comments Bernini. Senator Francesco Silvestro is satisfied with the minister’s words and says he is confident in the work of the G7 in Bologna. “Encouraging research, both public and private, serves to create an environment where talents grow, businesses thrive and opportunities for citizens improve”, claims Senator FI, who recalls how “the opportunities for training and personal growth offered in other parts of the world lead some young Italian scholars to choose to expand their knowledge abroad of skills. This is a positive fact, if at least some of them make their professional growth available to Italian research institutes and universities It is therefore necessary for institutions to promote innovation in every area. strong> by attracting researchers from abroad and retaining the best talent within our country, stemming and counteracting what is called brain drain.