ISSNAF,
Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation

 

Background

Scientific and technological research and development (R&D) is evolving at an extremely fast pace and is the basis for the astonishing progress of human kind. Future progress is tightly linked to our ability to unravel new discoveries through R&D, which has become progressively more complex requiring multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaboration with no boundaries. In fact, in the era of globalization, efficient interchange among scientists in different countries has become an essential ingredient for technological progress.

In the past, both Italy and the United States have drawn enormous benefits from reciprocal collaboration. At the grass roots of this collaboration are the visits and exchanges of scholars. The ISSNAF initiative wants to assure the continuing success of this collaboration through a “Network of Italian Scientists” that will facilitate scientific exchanges in both directions of the Atlantic.

Mission Statement

The ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation) is a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting R&D interaction among those Italians active in North-American and Italian Academic and non-Academic Institutions, in the fields of Biological, Human, Medical, Mathematical, Physical and Social Sciences, Engineering and Information Technology.

To realize this mission and vision, ISSNAF has set the following primary objectives:
1. Provide networking opportunities to facilitate contacts between Italian Academic and non-Academic Institutions and those Italians who have demonstrated scientific and technological ability in North America
2. Facilitate sharing of know-how and information between Italians involved in R&D and other constituencies in academia, government, industry, and the public at large both in Italy and in North America.
3. Facilitate joint R&D projects between Italian and North American Scientists and Scholars.
4. Foster the creation of fellowship programs for an exchange of Scientists and Scholars.
5. Act as interface between ISSNAF member and Italian organizations on R&D activities and issues of competitiveness.
6. Identify significant research opportunities yet untapped in Italian industry and academia, and help stimulate their growth
7. Create an on line journal to:
- Report to the Italian public and to policy makers outstanding scientific, technological and academic achievements of fellow Italians;
- List the R&D opportunities and position openings announced by ISSNAF members.