{"id":9795,"date":"2026-08-21T07:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/?p=9795"},"modified":"2026-08-21T07:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:55:25","slug":"call-for-application-for-awards-in-the-fields-of-science-and-innovation-from-the-italian-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/08\/call-for-application-for-awards-in-the-fields-of-science-and-innovation-from-the-italian-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for application for awards in the fields of Science and Innovation from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) announces the open calls for application for the following awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Avviso_Premio-Science-She-Says_Tokyo2026.pdf\"><u>Science, She Says<\/u><\/a>\u201d Award, an initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), is presented to an outstanding junior female scientist who has remarkably contributed to the advancement of science and technology, while performing her research in the region of Asia and the Pacific. Eligibility criteria: non-Italian citizenship, max. age 40 as of 15 September 2026, resident in Japan at least since 1 January 2024.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/avviso-Italian-Bilateral-Scientific-CooperationAward_Tokyo2026.pdf\"><u>Italian Bilateral Scientific Cooperation<\/u><\/a>\u201d Award is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) launched to recognise the work of Italian scientists who have contributed to scientific and technological progress through their research carried out abroad. The Award is intended to contribute to the improvement of Italy\u2019s relations with other countries and international organisations in these fields by funding the Researcher\u2019s stay, for a period of three months, at an Italian research institution. Eligibility criteria: Italian citizenship, max. age 40 at the time of publication of this notice, resident in Japan at least since 1 January 2021, with 3-7 years of experience since obtaining PhD.<\/li>\n<li>The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Growth and Export Promotion, and PNICube, the Italian Association of University Incubators and Business Plan Competitions, announce the 9th edition of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/avviso-Linnovazione-che-parla-italiano_Tokyo2026.pdf\"><u>Innovation that Speaks Italian<\/u><\/a>\u201d Award, recognizing the high innovative value of technological start-ups founded by Italian citizens and operating abroad. Eligibility criteria: Italian citizenship, university degree (at least partially attended in Italy), founder\/co-founder of a start-up operating in Japan for no more than 5 years. <em>(NOTE: call and application in Italian language only)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The application <strong>deadline is 11:59pm of 20 September 2026 (Japan time)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) announces the open calls for application for the following awards: The \u201cScience, She Says\u201d Award, an initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), is presented to an outstanding junior female scientist who has remarkably contributed to the advancement of science [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-9795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomazia-scientifica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9815,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9795\/revisions\/9815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}