Projects and strategic initiatives at Politecnico

Promoting high quality research and the talent of researchers

• “Create a network around your research idea" initiative  
  Internal call funding collaborative research projects proposed by researches in the early stage or the consolidation stage of their own research career.
• H2020@POLITO Project
  A project to enhance the participation in the European Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon2020.
• ERC@POLITO Project
  A project to enhance the participation in the in the European Research Council (ERC) programme supporting excellence in frontier research.
• Progetto E4E - Empowerment for Employability
  Un'iniziativa per la valorizzazione degli assegnisti di ricerca nell’ottica di una potenziale carriera professionale al di fuori dell’Accademia 
• Interdisciplinary inter-departmental Labs
  An initiative to support the creation of new interdisciplinary labs to develop inter-disciplinary research with a high strategic value for Politecnico.
• "La ricerca dei talenti" Project
  Internal call aimed at supporting research projects proposed by young researchers.

Strengthening an international scientific community

• Attraction and retention of excellent professors
  Politecnico negotiates appropriate starting grants with high scientific reputation professors from external organizations.
• Joint projects to support research with excellent international organizations 
  Internal call aimed to support research collaborations with prestigious international organizations. 
• Call for Joint Projects for the Internationalization of Research
  Internal call aimed at reinforcing long lasting collaborations with the best international universities.
• MITOR Project
  A programme aimed at intensifying the collaboration between Politecnico di Torino and MIT in order to foster innovative ideas and projects. 
• Visiting Professors
  Project aimed at enhancing and strengthening the internationalization process of our scientific community by attracting new Visiting Professors in strategic areas of training and scientific research at prestigious institutions.

Increasing the impact of research on society

• Call for Proof of Concept projects
  A call addressed to young researchers to fund the proof of concept of a patented technology, in order to increase the TRL and the possibilities for commercialization.