The Italy-USA Foundation promotes at the Italian Parliament the America Award; it is a prestigious recognition of great civil and institutional work. The award is mainly seen as a means to acknowledge and encourage initiatives and work aimed at favoring relationships between Europe and the United States of America. Clearly famous, eminent figures that have distinguished themselves in their work and have achieved the utmost excellence in their respective fields of interest and activities, and important results in favor of transatlantic friendship, will be considered. Last years the jury has awarded among the others Tra i premiati delle scorse edizioni ricordiamo Andrea Bocelli, Carla Fendi, Gianni Letta, Carlo Cracco, Valentina Vezzali, Jean-Claude Trichet, Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, José Manuel Barroso, Alberto Angela, Brunello Cucinelli, Bebe Vio, Mario Andretti, Enrico Vanzina, Silvio Garattini, Tony Renis, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Manuel Agnelli, Jean Todt, Beatrice Venezi, Gianni Riotta, Edward Luttwak, Alan Friedman, Mario Moretti Polegato, Laura Biagiotti, Joe Bastianich, José Maria Aznar, Bruno Vespa, Alessandro Benetton, Francesca Fagnani, Giovanni Allevi, Lucia Annunziata, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Paul Bremer, Ronn Moss, Alberta Ferretti, Christian De Sica, Ennio Morricone, Ilaria Capua, Umberto Veronesi, Renzo Arbore, Renato Balestra, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Alain Elkann, Paolo Limiti, Gualtiero Marchesi, Paolo Mieli, Monica Maggioni, Paolo Nespoli.. The XIV edition of the prize will be held in Rome, at the Chamber of Deputies, on 4 October 2024. The Prize is an exclusive work of art in silver, rose bronze and palladium. It’s possible to submit nominations for the awards, including a short motivation, by sending an email before May 30, 2024. Unsigned nominations or nickname signatures will not be taken into consideration.

The Italy USA Foundation promotes the 2024 edition of the America Innovation Award, a recognition for the innovators behind the best Italian startups. Alongside the America Award, the historic recognition intended for the most prestigious personalities of clear international fame, the America Innovation Award aims to valorise every year 300 entrepreneurial talents from our country who have conceived and created innovative and competitive startups in the world of the global market and the challenges world. A recognition of international prestige, which represents a qualification and certification of quality in front of investors. In addition to the award parchment, which will be delivered in an official ceremony in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies, the innovators will receive a scholarship to benefit from the exclusive online master’s degree of the Italy USA Foundation in “Leadership for international relations and made in Italy ”. The winners of the America Innovation Award and the related scholarship are selected by the Italy USA Foundation, through the Business Registry and the Chamber of Commerce system, on the basis of various parameters indicative of the competitiveness values and innovative investments of the startups. Self-nominations are not possible. The Italy USA Foundation master’s degree is carried out in collaboration with the ICE Agency and Gedi Gruppo Editoriale who commission the project work, has the participation of institutional personalities, and is directed by prof. Stefania Giannini and chaired by Ambassador Umberto Vattani, with the collaboration of an internationally prestigious teaching panel made up of over 35 teachers.

The Italy USA Foundation has renewed for 2024 the call offering 200 Next Generation scholarships for the online master’s degree “Leadership for international relations and Made in Italy”, with the aim of concretely supporting young people in their entry into the world of work global and international challenges. The master’s website from which to submit your application is masteritaliausa.org, Next Generation Scholarships section. The master’s degree is carried out in collaboration with the ICE Agency and GEDI Gruppo Editoriale who commission the project work, and is directed by the former Minister of Education, University and Research, prof. Stefania Giannini, chaired by Ambassador Umberto Vattani, president of the Venice International University, and makes use of an internationally prestigious teaching panel made up of over 35 teachers. “It is young people – indicated University Minister Anna Maria Bernini in her message to the master’s students – who have the task of imagining and creating the Italy of the future. I hope that this training experience will contribute to forming open, visionary, courageous and international minds. The country needs your tenacity, your enthusiasm and your creativity.”

A delegation of students who won the scholarship for the Foundation’s master’s degree in “Leadership for international relations and made in Italy” participated in the XIII edition of the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation, held at the Chamber of Deputies on 6 October 2023. The students, presented to the public by the Hon. Catia Polidori, executive director of the Italy USA Foundation, also met the awarded personalities: José Manuel Barroso, Ferruccio de Bortoli, Angelica Krystle Donati, Francesca Fagnani, Ronn Moss, Davide Oldani, Luca Parmitano, Stefano Pontecorvo, Jean Todt, Beatrice Venezi.