Established in 2020, from Mrs Ida Merz to honor the memory of her grandparents, Maria and Giuseppe Merz
- to support on a competitive basis a young Italian researcher
- for annual cancer research projects, renewable for a second year, carried out in an Italian Institute
- in collaboration for selection and organizational activities, with the Italian Cancer Society (SIC)
The recipient of the Pezcoller Foundation - SIC - Maria and Giuseppe Merz Fellowship 2021-2022 is
- Dr. Roberto Cuttano, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (S. Giovanni Rotondo), with the cancer research project:
"MicroRNA profiling of lymph node metastases in NSCLC: a new route to unveil molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in metastatic lung cancer".
Fellowship ceased
