University Research Committee

The University Research Committee normally meets once a month and whenever the Chancellor deems it necessary. The minutes of the meetings are public and can be consulted at the Chancellor's Office. The CRA publishes the calendar of scheduled ordinary meetings annually. Following the processing of the funding applications and upon completion of the evaluation procedures, the CRA decides on the allocation of contributions taking into account the Annual Research Plan (PRA) and its distribution. Requests for funding for research services (mission expenses for participation in conferences, costs for publications or proof-reading/translation, other) and for the organisation of scientific events must be addressed no less than five days in advance, with respect to the calendar of scheduled ordinary meetings, to the Chancellor in her capacity as President of the CRA at the address of the research office: segreteria.cra@unint.eu, using the forms below.

The resolutions of the CRA are communicated to the interested parties in written form and contain a summary evaluation of the request as well as the approved budget. The CRA may link the approval to a request for partial remodulation of the proposal or integration of the documentation or information provided. Approved funding requests are in any case linked to the objectives and expected results declared by the proposer. Unapproved funding requests may be resubmitted by the proposer after a remodulation that takes into account the observations of the CRA and the reasons for the funding rejection.

In cases of urgency, the Chancellor may use access to the research fund up to a maximum amount determined by the Board of Directors, after consulting the Board of Directors' representative within the CRA and any other member. Authorisations granted in this way must be ratified at the first subsequent meeting.

As far as research projects are concerned, the University promotes and supports, with a dedicated budget, project proposals in line with the research themes defined by the faculties and approved by the University Senate and Board of Directors and set out in Article 2 of the call for research projects. Starting from 2019, the CRA annually prepares a selection procedure aimed at groups composed of a coordinator and members from inside or outside UNINT, in order to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and the internationalisation of research. 
Participation in the annual call for research projects is done by filling in the form below.