Research projects

Scientific research

Space It Up!
Innovation and Collaboration for the Future of Space
Theme Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and AI to predict extreme weather events
The consortium brings together research institutions, companies, and innovation actors from across the entire Italian space sector
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit)
Duration 2025 - 2028
Sponsors ASI
Funding for the Unit 56 k€
BlueLabNet 2.0
Implementazione rete di laboratori di tecnologie ambientali marine
BlueLabNet 2.0 aims to coordinate, harmonize, and enhance several Regional Research Infrastructures (IRs) working on the marine environment
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2026 - 2028
Total funding 583 k€
Funding for the Institution 583 k€
Funding for the Unit 165 k€
COMEM+
Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management
MSc in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management is a collaboration among five universities from four countries (NO, FR, ES, IT)
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2022 - 2027
Sponsors ERASMUS-EMJM-UN
Total funding 4.47 M€
Funding for the Institution 350 k€
Funding for the Unit 350 k€
CRESO
Rischio costiero e impatto socioeconomico a seguito dei cambiamenti climatici
Theme Climate Change and Coastal Hazards
Transboundary coastal zone management under climate change conditions
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2025 - 2027
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 1.8 M€
Funding for the Unit 440 k€
VAGUE
VAlorisation de l'enerGie prodUite par la mEr
VAGUE promotes marine wave energy across the Italy–France Maritime area, boosting blue economy through innovative technologies
Leading scientist Francesco De Leo (Head of unit)
Duration 2025 - 2027
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
RESILIENCE
Bays and estuaries resilience to climate change: morphodynamic response to extreme events
Theme Coastal Morphodynamics and Evolution
Leading scientists Andrea Margarita Lira Loarca (Collaborator), Giovanni Besio
Duration 2022 - 2025
Sponsors MICINN
Total funding 97.2 k€
RAISE
Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment
Theme Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models and AI to predict extreme weather events
An innovation ecosystem conceived by IIT, CNR and UNIGE, which is its proponent
Leading scientists Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit), Giovanni Besio
Duration 2022 - 2025
Sponsors MUR
Total funding 120 M€
Funding for the Institution 752 k€
Funding for the Unit 71 k€
RETURN
multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate
Theme Climate Change and Coastal Hazards
Extended partnership aiming to strengthen research chains on environmental, natural and man-made hazards
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (co-Principal Investigator)
Duration 2022 - 2025
Sponsors MUR
Total funding 160 M€
Funding for the Institution 4.22 M€
Funding for the Unit 156 k€
AIxtreme
Physics-based AI for predicting extreme weather and space weather events
Theme AI-based methods and Numerical Weather Prediction models for the green energy revolution
AIxtreme project aims to provide AI-based physics-inspired solutions for forecasting extreme meteorological weather/space events
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit)
Duration 2023 - 2025
Sponsors San Paolo
Total funding 1 M€
PROMPT
PReparedness for Operational Monitoring and Prediction of contaminant Transport in the Sea
Theme Mixing and Dispersion in the Ocean
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Project Coordinator)
Duration 2023 - 2024
Sponsors UCPM-PJG
Total funding 499 k€
Funding for the Institution 105 k€
Funding for the Unit 105 k€
ISYPORT
Sistema integrato per la mitigazione dei rischi della navigazione in aree portuali
ISYPORT addresses the challenge of navigational safety in port areas prone to the greatest number of accidents
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2020 - 2024
Sponsors PON 2014-2020
Total funding 4.87 M€
Funding for the Institution 445 k€
Funding for the Unit 226 k€
FOCUSMed
Enhanced Assessment of Future Coastal Multi-Hazards and Compound Risks in the Mediterranean Sea
Theme Climate Change and Coastal Hazards
The project aims to improve our understanding of the risks faced by coastal communities in the Mediterranean Sea
Leading scientist Andrea Margarita Lira Loarca (Principal Investigator)
Duration 2022 - 2024
Sponsors MUR
Total funding 150 k€
Funding for the Institution 150 k€
Funding for the Unit 150 k€
SINAPSI
asSIstenza alla Navigazione per l'Accesso ai Porti in SIcurezza
SINAPSI develops a DSS to increase the safety of navigation, reducing the risk of accidents and increasing port operations efficiency
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2019 - 2023
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 2.19 M€
Funding for the Institution 572 k€
Funding for the Unit 242 k€
AER NOSTRUM
Aria bene comune
Theme AI-based methods in concert with air-quality models for forecasting pollutant concentrations
AER NOSTRUM contributes to preserve and improve air quality in port areas while fostering a sustainable growth, complying with env-policies
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit)
Duration 2020 - 2023
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 215 k€
MINIERA
Metodi innovativi di estrazione di energia dall’ambiente
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Principal Investigator)
Duration 2020 - 2023
Sponsors San Paolo
Total funding 173 k€
SPLASH&CO
Stop alle Plastiche in H2O ai tempi del Covid
Theme Mixing and Dispersion in the Ocean
SPlasH&Co aims to deepen the study on the presence and dynamics of microplastics in the port marine environment
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2021 - 2022
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 494 k€
Funding for the Institution 240 k€
Funding for the Unit 127 k€
BE-READY
Best Rapid Environmental Assessment Decision System
Theme Mixing and Dispersion in the Ocean
BE-READY implements an Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS) for readiness and prepardness in case of pollution spills in port areas
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Project Coordinator)
Duration 2020 - 2022
Sponsors UCPM-EXT-AG
Total funding 471 k€
Funding for the Institution 110 k€
Funding for the Unit 100 k€
SICOMAR+
SIstema transfrontaliero per la sicurezza in mare COntro i rischi della navigazione e per la salvaguardia dell'ambiente MARino
SICOMAR+ promotes safety at sea increasing monitoring, improving quality of metocean forecasts and creating tools for emergency management
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2018 - 2022
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 7.04 M€
Funding for the Institution 290 k€
Funding for the Unit 290 k€
BlueLabNet
Implementazione rete di laboratori di tecnologie ambientali marine
BlueLabNet aims to coordinate, harmonize, and enhance several Regional Research Infrastructures (IRs) working on the marine environment
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2020 - 2022
Sponsors POR_FESR FSE 2014-2020
Total funding 1.16 M€
Funding for the Institution 582 k€
Funding for the Unit 120 k€
ForeMedSea
Quantifying extreme coastal water levels in the Mediterranean Sea
Theme Climate Change and Coastal Hazards
Leading scientist Andrea Margarita Lira Loarca (Principal Investigator)
Duration 2021 - 2022
Sponsors Compagnia San Paolo & UniGe
Total funding 33.6 k€
GEREMIA
Gestione dei reflui per il miglioramento delle acque portuali
Theme Mixing and Dispersion in the Ocean
GEREMIA aims to build a joint port water quality management plan to reduce the risk from sewage pollution and impacts on marine environment
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (co-Principal Investigator)
Duration 2018 - 2021
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 1.78 M€
Funding for the Institution 577 k€
Funding for the Unit 337 k€
HI-FI SIM
Simulazioni numeriche ad alta fedeltà e a risoluzione per la dispersione di goccioline di saliva nell'atto del parlare, del tossire e dello starnutire
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Principal Investigator)
Duration 2020 - 2021
Sponsors FISR-COVID19
Total funding 68.7 k€
SPLASH
Stop alle Plastiche in H2O!
Theme Mixing and Dispersion in the Ocean
SPlasH&Co aims to deepen the study on the presence and dynamics of microplastics in the port marine environment
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (co-Principal Investigator)
Duration 2018 - 2020
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 690 k€
Funding for the Institution 279 k€
Funding for the Unit 105 k€
MAREGOT
MAnagement des Risques de l'Erosion cotière et actions de GOuvernance Transfrontalière
Theme Climate Change and Coastal Hazards
MAREGOT is a project aimed at the prevention and joint management of risks arising from coastal erosion
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Collaborator)
Duration 2017 - 2020
Sponsors Interreg IT-FR
Total funding 4.96 M€
ICODEP
Impact of Changes in the fOreshore on coastal Defence Performance
ICODEP, Hydralab+ project, aims at understanding the effect of foreshore evolution during storms on coastal defence structures performance
Leading scientist Giovanni Besio (Head of unit)
Duration 2016 - 2017
Sponsors HYDRALAB+
RITMARE
Ricerca Italiana per il Mare
RITMARE is the leading Italian national marine research project on developing integrated policies for the safeguard of the sea environment
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit)
Duration 2012 - 2017
Sponsors MUR
Total funding 1 M€
APICE
Strategia comune del Meditterraneo per l'attuazione di azioni concrete a livello locale per la mitigazione delle emissioni nei porti, nelle industrie e nelle città
Leading scientist Andrea Mazzino (Head of unit)
Duration 2010 - 2013
Sponsors MED
Total funding 300 k€

Research projects

Scientific research

Innovation and Collaboration for the Future of Space

Implementazione rete di laboratori di tecnologie ambientali marine

Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management

Rischio costiero e impatto socioeconomico a seguito dei cambiamenti climatici

VAlorisation de l'enerGie prodUite par la mEr

Bays and estuaries resilience to climate change: morphodynamic response to extreme events

Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment

multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate

Physics-based AI for predicting extreme weather and space weather events

PReparedness for Operational Monitoring and Prediction of contaminant Transport in the Sea

Sistema integrato per la mitigazione dei rischi della navigazione in aree portuali

Enhanced Assessment of Future Coastal Multi-Hazards and Compound Risks in the Mediterranean Sea

asSIstenza alla Navigazione per l'Accesso ai Porti in SIcurezza

Aria bene comune

Metodi innovativi di estrazione di energia dall’ambiente

Stop alle Plastiche in H2O ai tempi del Covid

Best Rapid Environmental Assessment Decision System

SIstema transfrontaliero per la sicurezza in mare COntro i rischi della navigazione e per la salvaguardia dell'ambiente MARino

Implementazione rete di laboratori di tecnologie ambientali marine

Quantifying extreme coastal water levels in the Mediterranean Sea

Gestione dei reflui per il miglioramento delle acque portuali

Simulazioni numeriche ad alta fedeltà e a risoluzione per la dispersione di goccioline di saliva nell'atto del parlare, del tossire e dello starnutire

Stop alle Plastiche in H2O!

MAnagement des Risques de l'Erosion cotière et actions de GOuvernance Transfrontalière

Impact of Changes in the fOreshore on coastal Defence Performance

Ricerca Italiana per il Mare

Strategia comune del Meditterraneo per l'attuazione di azioni concrete a livello locale per la mitigazione delle emissioni nei porti, nelle industrie e nelle città

Technological transfer

Sviluppo sostenibile delle zone di pesca ed acquacoltura

Servizi per la Navigazione e Attività Marittime

Sicurezza Navigazione da Diporto