I am an Associate Professor of French Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of Catania, Italy. Alongside my academic career, I have over ten years of experience in research funding consultancy, specializing in what I call grant design—a strategic methodology that goes beyond grant writing.

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Grant design is an approach I developed through long-term academic practice: it focuses on shaping research ideas into coherent, competitive, and evaluation-ready projects from the earliest conceptual stage, aligning scientific vision, structure, and funding criteria.

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My background includes an MA from the Sorbonne, a PhD from Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, and postdoctoral research at the University of Zurich. I am a two-time Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and have worked across major funding schemes (FIS, PRIN, MSCA, ERC, Banting, Newton, INTERREG).

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I have supported 50+ researchers in designing and securing highly competitive research grants.

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Over €2M in competitive research grants personally secured, including:

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• Italian Science Fund (FIS 2023) – Principal Investigator — €1,320,937

• PRIN PNRR 2022 – Co-Principal Investigator — €299,517

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Fellowship (2022) – Principal Investigator — €172,750 (Score: 92.2/100)

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (2019) – Principal Investigator — €253,111 (Score: 93.4/100)

• IDEX Doctoral Fellowship (2015) – Principal Recipient — ~€60,000