Armenise Harvard Results
Since its establishment in 1996, the Armenise Harvard Foundation has invested over USD 78 M at Harvard and USD 44 M in science in Italy, funding different research programs across the Atlantic. This is how everything started: with a love story.
At Harvard Medical School
Through April, 2026, the Foundation has overall invested approximately USD 78 M on HMS programs with annual spending of around USD 2.6 M, of which:
- Dean’s Basic Science Grant (DG): USD 41 M, with annual amounts of around USD 1.4 M
- Professorships (Prof): USD 7 M for the launch of the Professorship in Basic Biomedical Sciences and the Professorship in Neurology
- Quad: including HMS Junior Faculty Grants with more than USD 9.3 M, with annual totals of up to USD 600,000; Interdepartmental Grants, with over 10.2 M supporting six HMS basic science departments
- HiTS – System Pharmacology Lab: USD 9 M
Risultati HMS
USD by Program 1996 – 2026
Quad = Jr Faculty & Center Grants
HiTS = Therapeutic Sci. Program
DG = Dean’s Grant+ Academic Ass.
Prof = Professorships + MGH Neuro
Note: The entire Harvard Medical School benefits from the Dean’s Grant
#Recipients by program 1996 – 2026
In Italy
Through June 2019, overall the Foundation has invested approximately USD 44 M on Italian Programs with annual spending of around USD 1.5 M, of which:
- Career Development Award (CDA): provides 200,000 USD per year, for 3- 5 years, to young scientists to establish their own lab at a host Italian institute. This program constitutes more than 78% of the overall investment in Italy.
- PhD Program (PhD): supports talented young Italian science graduates who successfully apply to Harvard’s Division of Medical Science (DMS)
- Summer Fellowship (SF): $4,000 per student. Every year up to 10 students are selected to conduct two months’ research at Harvard Medical School and affiliate laboratories.
- Science Writers Fellowship (SWF): from 2000 to 2014 financed young Italian science writers working in Italy to visit Harvard
Results in Italy
USD by Program 1996-2026
Other= Summer Fellowship and others (SWF, PhD, Collaborative Grants)
CDA = Career Development Award + Travel Grant
MCA = Mid Career Awards (excluding 3 MCA INFACT)
Symp = Symposia
Others includes: SF, SWF and PhD
Sym includes: Symposia, Workshops and Meetings
# recipients by Program 1996-2026
Focus: CDA Impact
- Armenise Harvard Foundation investment in CDA Program: more than USD 35 M
- Other funding obtained by CDAs: more than € 147 M
- CDA publications since their return to Italy: more than 1,200
- Out of the 36 Career Development Awardees, 35 are currently in Italy, achieving great success in their research and career paths
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD – FOCUS
*ERC=European Research Council
**HHMI=Howard Hughes Medical Institute
***EMBO= Member European Molecular Biology Organization
Sources: Giovanni Armenise Harvard Foundation (GAHF), Pubmed, Web of Science, H-Index Scopus
ERC by Programs 1996 – 2026
To date, 13 Career Development Award recipients have secured 20 European Research Council grants after establishing their laboratories in Italy, reflecting a success rate significantly above the average.
STG= Starting Grant, COG = Consolidator, POC= Proof of Concept, AD= Advances, SYN= Synergy