Oct. 26 – The Italian Embassy in Washington hosted yesterday the annual Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF) meeting. The event is particularly relevant for young and talented Italian scientists wishing to broaden their network in North America. The main purpose of the meeting remains to define the plans for the upcoming year, however there was also the time to award the ISSNAF Prize to Young Researchers and the Paola Campese Prize for Leukemia Research. The former is awarder to researchers in Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Environmental Studies, Technological Innovation, Physics, Astrophysics, and Mathematics; while the latter is awarded to the most innovative research to fight leukemia. The two winners, Iole Fiorito and Alessia Baccarini, were chosen from over 150 candidates by a jury of ISSNAF members, and they received the Medal of Representation from the Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero on behalf of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. ISSNAF’s President, Professor Vito M. Campese, also granted a $5.000 award to the both of them.
