The 2025 ISSNAF Year in Review highlights a year of significant growth, strategic engagement, and impactful contributions to the scientific and academic collaboration between Italy and North America.

Discover the ISSNAF 2025 Young Investigator Awards winners!

Discover the three finalists and their innovative research, which they will present to the jury chaired by Prof. Leila De Floriani (University of Maryand) and including Dr. Elisa Bertino (Purdue University) and Prof. Fil Menczer (Indiana University)

Discover the key highlights from a year of ISSNAF initiatives! The Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2007 under the patronage of the Italian Embassy to the United States. It was founded by 36 distinguished Italian scientists and academics, including four Nobel Prize laureates. Today, with a network exceeding 3,800 members, ISSNAF stands as the largest collective of Italian intellectuals

Warmest congratulations! Leila De Floriani is a full professor at the University of Maryland at College Park with a joint appointment...

Here are the highlights of a successful year!   2023 Annual Event   As in previous years, the 2023 ISSNAF Annual Event was held at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. and was honored by the High Patronage of the President of Italy.   The event on November 8 opened with a video message from the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci, followed by live addresses by Ambassador Mariangela Zappia, INFN Vice President Diego Bettoni and ISSNAF President Cinzia Zuffada. The mee

Ambassador Zappia was interviewed at the ISSNAF Annual Event 2022, held at Embassy of Italy in Washington DC on November 7th, 2022....