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2012

IBSA Foundation was born

Following the will of Arturo Licenziati and under the guidance of Silvia Misiti, IBSA Foundation for scientific research is founded, with the mission of spreading a science for all through accessible information and activities that support research, training and dissemination by combining humanistic and scientific culture.

2012

IBSA Foundation Fellowships

The first call for IBSA Foundation Fellowships is launched. Intended for researchers under 40, these scholarships aim to enhance research projects in scientific areas that are generally underfunded.

2013

Scientific forums

IBSA Foundation organises its first scientific forum, followed by 25 more over the following years. These are free and public days, in which international speakers delve into frontier issues in science and health.

2016

Parole fertili (“Fertile Words”)

Creation of this narrative and sharing project, conceived as a digital story-sharing community to allow people who encounter difficulties in procreation to share their story and read other experiences.

2017

IBSA Foundation Scholarships

Since the first academic year, with a ten-year agreement, IBSA Foundation has been supporting the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of USI – Università della Svizzera italiana, assigning scholarships renewable annually for Bachelor’s and Master’s students.

2017

Scienza a regola d’Arte (“State-of-the-Art Science”)

Together with MASI Lugano, IBSA Foundation organises the first meeting of a series of conversations between scientists and artists to foster dialogue between apparently distant disciplines such as art and science. From 2017 to 2022, 10 events were organised.

2018

Let’s Science!

IBSA Foundation inaugurates Let’s Science!, the creative and multisensory path of scientific dissemination dedicated to the youngest. The aim of the project is to promote science and health through exhibitions and experiential workshops, while directly involving the kids also in the creation of informative comics.

2019

Ticino Scienza (“Ticino Science”)

IBSA Foundation, together with science journalist Paolo Rossi Castelli, launches Ticino Scienza, an online newspaper to inform about the intense research activity – public and private – present in the Canton Ticino.

2020

Cultura e salute (“Culture and Health”)

IBSA Foundation and the City of Lugano present the project Cultura e salute (“Culture and Health”), created to promote synergies between the world of culture and that of health and to demonstrate the benefits of cultural activities on people’s well-being. Among the initiatives: the website www.culturaesalute.ch, university courses for medical students at USI Lugano, applied research projects and thematic conferences.

2022-23

Carlo Cattaneo House

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, IBSA Foundation moves to the historic Casa Carlo Cattaneo in Castagnola–Lugano, completely renovated. This place of cultural importance is transformed into a laboratory of research and thought, a new point of reference for the City of Lugano.

2023

SciArt SwitzerlAnd

IBSA Foundation, MASI Lugano and LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura organise the first SciArt SwitzerlAnd meeting, a project born within an international research path on Science and the Arts to promote scientific culture within cultural institutions.

2024

Lugano Happiness Forum

IBSA Foundation organises the Lugano Happiness Forum, the first in Switzerland dedicated to the study of happiness and human well-being, bringing together international experts to share the latest scientific discoveries on the topic.

2025

Social Prescribing

IBSA Foundation, the City of Lugano and USI’s Institute of Family Medicine launch the first pilot clinical study of social prescribing in Switzerland, with the aim of promoting the medical prescription of cultural activities for patients over 65.

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