We want encourage development, growth and progress by research
The Miami Scientific Italian Community mission may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Planning and implementation of projects related to academic research, industrial research, technological innovation, as well as auditing and monitoring of technology;
- Conducting studies and research, surveys and polls;
- Performing, collecting, processing, disseminating studies, research and documentation;
- Promoting and implementing initiatives in editorial writing, audiovisual or electronic;
- Promoting presentations and organizing training activities, and continuing education;
- Collaborating with associations, corporations, universities, and research study groups, and other public and private institutions;
- Establishing internal committees and / or study groups dedicated to specific cultural, scientific, educational, organizational issues relevant to its members;
- Representing and protecting the interests of its members;
- Assisting its members in developing and initiating projects and activities;
- Promoting relationships amongst professionals across fields and categories;
- Supporting the development of new entrepreneurship in the field of advanced technologies;
- Promoting the lawful transfer of technological know-how;
- Providing training, including lifelong learning, technology innovation in collaboration with the institutionally responsible and training of researchers in the field of innovative technologies;
- Promoting collaborative endeavors through creation of network with equivalent structu- res at national, EU and international level.
Italy and the United States boast a high degree of cooperation in the fields of science and technology. The legal foundation is set by the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed in Rome on April 1, 1988, which is subject to triennial review. The agreement covers the areas of greatest interest to both countries and all major agencies and research institutions. To view the current agreement, click here.
For the 2019-21 term, these are the four scientific priority sectors for the two Countries, each with a bilateral working group:
- Health and life sciences:
- i) Precision medicine in oncology and related biotechnologies
- ii) Innovative technologies for health in aging (including robotics)
- Physics and Astrophysics
- Resilience to natural disasters
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT), advanced materials and manufacturing, cybersecurity, quantum technologies and quantum communications.
The US institutional framework: an overview
The organization of science and technology research in the United States comprises several federal agencies. The main government agencies responsible for the distribution of financial resources for research and development are:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Department of Energy (DoE)
- Department of Defence (DoD)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
American science policy depends largely on the choices of two decision-making centers: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) e Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which are part of the Executive Office of the President (White House). The Agencies and Departments mainly play the role of enforcers of policies specified by OMB and OSTP.