{"id":67586,"date":"2025-03-05T01:13:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/?post_type=protagonista&#038;p=67586"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:37:45","slug":"guido-venosta-and-airc-the-great-initiatives-the-biennial-award-for-new-therapeutic-approaches-to-neoplasms","status":"publish","type":"protagonista","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/protagonista\/guido-venosta-and-airc-the-great-initiatives-the-biennial-award-for-new-therapeutic-approaches-to-neoplasms\/","title":{"rendered":"Guido Venosta and AIRC \u2013 The Great Initiatives: the \u201cBiennial Award for New Therapeutic Approaches to Neoplasms\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1982, Guido Venosta, President of AIRC, promoted alongside the Association the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC) as an asset-holding entity designed to secure a guaranteed flow of funds for oncological research over time. Once a certain asset solidity was achieved, FIRC began to support, among other systematic projects of great scope and significance, initiatives that transcended traditional research funding.<\/p>\n<p>Among these was the establishment in 1996 of a biennial award \u201caimed at recognizing the outstanding merit of researchers who have translated the achievements of scientific knowledge into therapeutic intervention tools\u2014that is, into techniques and systems to more effectively combat the disease, significantly enhancing both the chances of cure and the quality of life for patients today.\u201d (VENOSTA, Dal profit al nonprofit, p. 19).<\/p>\n<p>The award consists not only of a prestigious recognition of the work performed, but also of a cash prize of 50,000 euros, representing the practical component alongside the ideal one\u2014an essential combination to achieve one\u2019s goals successfully, according to Guido Venosta\u2019s teachings.<\/p>\n<p>After his death in 1998, the award was renamed in his memory as the Guido Venosta Award, and it continues to be presented today by the AIRC Foundation through a ceremony at the Quirinale, during the National Cancer Research Day celebrations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; gap=&#8221;15&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1743114134466-d5a2daea-0ae3-6&#8243; include=&#8221;67915&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>Bibliography:<\/b><br \/>\nG. VENOSTA,\u00a0<i>Dal profit al nonprofit. Storia di un\u2019esperienza<\/i>, Milan, 1997.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1996, the FIRC \u2013 Italian Foundation for Cancer Research established a biennial award for those who have translated the achievements of scientific knowledge into therapeutic interventions, significantly increasing both the chances of cure and the quality of life for those currently afflicted. After his death in 1998, the award was named in honor of Guido Venosta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":67913,"template":"","tags":[57],"class_list":["post-67586","protagonista","type-protagonista","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-airc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonista\/67586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/protagonista"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonista\/67586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67916,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/protagonista\/67586\/revisions\/67916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazioneguidovenosta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}