"We are committed to ensuring that our Foundation serves as a reference point for the promotion and expansion of scientific knowledge and innovation, by supporting access to advanced education and fostering cross-disciplinary exchange and cutting-edge academic paths such as those offered in Pavia.” With these words, President Sergio Dompé summarized the deeper purpose of the Dompé Foundation's mission, which has renewed its commitment to the University of Pavia through the establishment of a new €225.000 fund to support doctoral research programs.

The announcement was made during a ceremony held on June 11th at the Department of Drug Sciences at the University of Pavia, on the occasion of the naming of a classroom in honor of Franco Dompé, graduated in Pavia in 1937 and a central figure in the history of the family business. The new program will finance, over three years, three doctoral scholarships for the PhD in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Industrial Innovation, starting from the 2026/2027 academic year.

This initiative marks a further step in a collaboration that began in 2021, which has already seen the Foundation support young talents enrolled in the English-taught master’s degree programs in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies and Industrial Nanobiotechnologies for Pharmaceuticals. With this new fund, the Dompé Foundation's total contribution to the University of Pavia now amounts to €825.000.

During the meeting, the value of a training model capable of combining scientific quality, international vision, and social responsibility was emphasized. This model positions knowledge as a strategic infrastructure for the future, where an entrepreneur's personal history becomes a lever for generating new opportunities.

The conference was attended by Francesco Svelto, Rector of the University of Pavia; Renata Crotti, Professor of History of Pharmacy; Sergio Dompé, President of Dompé Foundation; and Marcello Allegretti of the Dompé Foundation's Scientific Committee, who participated in a round table moderated by Bice Conti, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Industrial Nanobiotechnologies. The scholarship recipients Fatemeh Salehi, Marco Destito, and Emaan Jamil from the Master's Degree in Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies at the University of Pavia also joined the discussion, as did Simona Collina, Director of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.