Umberto Pensato: Dedicated Funding Pathways for Stroke Research in Italy
Umberto Pensato, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Humanitas University, Research Collaborator at the University of Calgary, shared on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, published in Neurological Sciences, adding:
”Despite stroke having a huge societal burden in Italy (affecting an estimated 100.000 people per year, projected to increase massively), it remains disproportionately underfunded – with no dedicated research funding agency, very few stroke-dedicated calls within broad national funding programs, and little chance to compete for European grant calls.
The results are that many Italian researchers chose better-funded topics or moved abroad, and that there is significant variability in care quality (stroke burden already far exceeds the availability of staff with neurovascular expertise in Italy).
Here, we propose two possible complementary approaches:
- A dedicated funding agency for stroke research (to fund fellowships, research positions, and seed grants)
- Dedicated stroke calls within the existing national funding program
Thanks a lot to Valeria Caso for her mentorship on this project, and to Urs Fischer, Maurizio Paciaroni, and Andrew Demchuk for their generous support and great advice in tackling this issue.
Please feel free to reach out if you want a copy of the manuscript or if you have any idea to share on the topic.”
Title: The case for a national stroke research funding strategy in Italy
Authors: Umberto Pensato, Maurizio Paciaroni, Andrew M. Demchuk, Urs Fischer, Valeria Caso
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