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Eugenio Coccia, President of the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation, interviewed by Antonio Lo Campo for Tuttoscienze, La Stampa

The Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Massimo Dell’Utri, travelled to L’Aquila today for an institutional visit to the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation (GST) and its two founding institutions, the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%.

An internationally renowned scientist, Professor Eugenio Coccia is Professor of Astrophysics at the Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila and has been Director of the Institute for High Energy Physics in Barcelona for several years.

Cosmic School, an educational programme aimed at bringing students closer to STEM subjects, comes to an end after involving approximately 1,800 students from 13 schools during the current academic year.

The SPACERAISE 2026 International School officially launched today, bringing together a prestigious faculty of 60 instructors, including university professors and aerospace specialists from international agencies such as NASA and ESA. Among the distinguished lecturers is Nobel Laureate Michel Mayor, renowned for the first discovery of an exoplanet. The program welcomes 280 selected participants representing 61 countries across four continents. To support this global cohort, 220 scholarships have been awarded. The intensive three-week course begins today and will conclude on May 22.

Simone D’Agostino and Benedetta De Flaviis are the winners of the first edition of the Master’s Degree Award dedicated to the memory of engineer Ascolino Bernardi, who passed away prematurely in 2024.

SPACERAISE brings together the expertise of the Gran Sasso Science Institute, the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation, and key industrial partners, combining advanced research with concrete applications in the space domain. The program also offers merit-based scholarships aimed at national and international candidates.

An educational program designed to introduce high school students to STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), essential foundations for future careers in the technology sector.

The results of the CORE Project – Voice-Enabled Collaborative Robots for Enhanced Industrial Safety and Efficiency – were presented publicly in L’Aquila. CORE simplifies the use and programming of robots and cobots in industrial environments through voice interaction. As a result, industrial robotics is now more accessible and sustainable, even for small and medium-sized enterprises that are the backbone of the Italian economy.

The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and the Gran Sasso Tech Foundation – GST of L’Aquila have signed a cooperation agreement to develop joint research projects, organize and promote courses, conferences and symposia, and exchange information and academic publications.