EUR 1 million awarded for a high scientific value discovery in the field of Life Sciences.
Publicly acknowledge the commitment and talent of researchers/research teams which, through their discoveries, research and inventions, stood out for their contribution to the progress of scientific knowledge and the improvement of the quality of life of citizens.
They can be proposed by all the scientists included in the Top Italian Scientist list of the VIA-Academy having an H-index equal to or greater than 50, in the areas related to the Life Sciences specified each year in the rules.
H-Index measures the productivity and impact of scientific and research activity on the basis of citations received.
Self-applications are not allowed: scientists can indicate the name of one or more researchers that they consider deserving of the Award.
For more information on the application procedure: premio@lombardiaericerca.it
It consists of 15 top scientists selected by Regione Lombardia on the basis of the H-index of the VIA-Academy ranking.
Starting from 2018, Regione Lombardia has chosen to financially support also the inventions made by students in higher education in the Lombardy region.
Healthy ageing: the functional process of developing and maintaining skills that guarantee the person well-being in old age.
From this year, the entire assignment process takes place through a digital platform that uses Blockchain technologies, to make all the steps leading to the appointment of the winner transparent and traceable. It is the first experiment of this kind by a public administrationPresident of the Jury: Silvia Priori, Cardiologa, IRCCS Maugeri e Università Pavia.
President of the Jury: Silvia Priori, Cardiologa, IRCCS Maugeri e Università Pavia
Precision Medicine: a set of therapies and medical products that selectively affects the specific alterations caused by a particular disease in a particular patient, especially through genetic, metabolic and protein screenings.
The trial of ex vivo genetic therapy for the treatment of Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa or "Butterfly Children Syndrome", conducted for the first time in the world. The clinical application has allowed to regenerate the entire epidermis of a 7-year-old patient who was in serious danger of life and who has now returned to a normal life.
President of the Jury: Remuzzi Giuseppe, Mario Negri Institute, Clinical Sciences Nephrology
The award of the 2017 edition, dedicated to the subject of Life Sciences, was given to the neurologist Giacomo Rizzolatti, director of the CNR Research Unit at the University of Parma, author of the discovery of mirror neurons, considered the "Neurophysiological" basis of empathy and therefore of sociality.
President of the Jury: Alberto Mantovani of Humanitas, winner of the European Oncology Award 2016 and Robert Koch Award 2016.