Italian Education Minister
Stefania Giannini gave the go-ahead on Thursday for the
recruitment of 861 university researchers.
A recruitment decree signed by Giannini, which acts on
measures agreed in Italy's budget law, doubles the number of
"Type B" researchers, or those with three-year contracts, to
about 1,500 from 700.
Giannini said the aim was "to provide new energy for
university research" and the Education Ministry described it as
"an important injection of resources".
Universities will be able to confirm the researchers as
associated professors after their three-year contracts expire,
the ministry said in a statement.
Giannini also approved a measure to distribute 6 million
euros for the recruitment of ordinary professors in 2016.
Universities will have to use at least 20% of resources to hire
people that do not already work for them.
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