Aware that investments in Research and Innovation are one of the main drivers of development and could effectively contribute to revive the Italian economy and increase competitiveness, Fondazione Roma has in recent years paid special attention to biomedical research. The Foundation has launched Calls for Proposals for research projects since...

The Hospice and the Foundation’s Increasing Commitment to Patients affected by ALS and Alzheimer’s Disease. In the years between 1997-1998 when, in Italy, there was a lack of interest in topics related to palliative care, the Chairman of Fondazione Roma, who had visited a state-of-the-art oncology centre in the United...

In this area some of the Foundation’s main projects are illustrated and examined. Due to the strictness of the methods of implementation, originality and innovative nature, these projects may indeed be considered the ‘cases of excellence’ accomplished by the Foundation during the general development of its activities.

Fondazione Roma Supports Socio-economic Research The financial crisis has clearly emphasised the inadequacy of the traditional Welfare State, which needs to be thoroughly updated, remodelled and rationalised by eliminating misspending, radically streamlining bureaucracy and politics and, above all, introducing courageous reform policies. In order to pursue a concrete and sustainable...

Urgent Needs in Education: Grants for Schools and Universities Investing in education and training means investing in people and their future, promoting economic growth, increasing productivity, encouraging social progress and contributing to the reduction of inequality. In recent years these fundamental sectors have regrettably been largely neglected in Italy’s economic...

Commitment to non-profit organisations and the Mediterranean Region. Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo, incorporates the value of solidarity and its function as a trait d’union between Mediterranean cultures and civil society. This Foundation operates in the social, health, education, cultural and artistic fields, supports scientific and welfare research...

Aware that innovation represents a fundamental means to modernise Italy’s economic system, a strategic factor to reinforce its competitive position and to directly and indirectly protect and increase employment, the undertakings accomplished by the Foundation in the field of scientific research are correlated to its substantial commitment to Health. Even...

Fondazione Roma operates in the Health sector both through its private projects and by fostering activities in line with its goals and quality standards. One of the first private projects was the Hospice, which has been a centre of excellence in the field of palliative care since 1999. This health and...

Fondazione Roma operates in five sectors: Health Scientific Research Aid to the Underprivileged Education Art and Culture Consistent with the Italian law and the Foundation’s statute and in order to pursue the purpose of public interest and benefit established upon its constitution, the institutional activities of Fondazione Roma are performed...

In the past few years the profile of the Fondazione Roma has become such as to free and diversify it from the former banking foundations’ historical role and develop an independent ability to plan, in the belief that by setting in motion energy and ideas aimed at offering innovative solutions...