During the period of health emergency caused by the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the University of Genoa played an active role in supporting scientific research.

The University promoted a campaign to fund studies on the new Coronavirus, in collaboration with the staff of the Policlinico San Martino Hospital in Genoa.

Different from other initiatives launched in the same period, UniGe funding was earmarked specifically for research and not directly for healthcare support, in keeping with one of the University's main institutional missions: to foster the advancement of scientific knowledge.

The results of this research activity helped to improve the ability to combat secondary outbreaks and return contagions in subsequent years.

During the most critical phase of the health emergency caused by Covid-19, the University of Genoa launched a fundraising campaign to guarantee access to higher education for all students who risked not being able to matriculate or having to interrupt their studies due to the economic difficulties their families were experiencing as a result of the severe economic crisis following the pandemic.

The University felt it was its duty to commit itself as an institution, recognising its responsibility to support and protect young people, in order to preserve a valuable social and cultural heritage for the entire country. The aim was to prevent a generation of graduates from being lost and to prevent economic constraints from denying them the right to study and the opportunity to build their future.

In addition to the measures taken directly by UniGe to facilitate access to and continuation of studies - in cooperation with the University Education Commission, the University Orientation Commission, the Education Department and the Business and Territorial Relations Service - the University has also appealed to colleagues, retired staff and the Alumni community, inviting them to contribute to the campaign to extend the measures already in place.

The proceeds of the collection, together with donations from organisations, associations and companies, have been earmarked for support measures for students, both already enrolled and future ones, in particular for freshmen in the 2020/2021 academic year.

As was the case with the Covid-19 epidemiological study, professors and researchers were able to donate part of the residual (and not) of the commercial contracts already concluded to the campaign, thus helping to ensure that young students can continue their studies.

The funds raised enabled the creation of scholarships and other facilities for enrolled and prospective students, deserving of support.

During the health emergency caused by the spread of the Covid-19 virus, the University of Genoa promoted the initiative One hour's pay, aimed at supporting a research project dedicated to studying and combating the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

Teaching and technical-administrative staff and collaborators of the University voluntarily donated the equivalent of one hour's salary.

The initiative represented a concrete gesture of solidarity and participation on behalf of the university community, in line with UniGe's commitment to promoting scientific research at the service of the community.