Gemma Boscaro holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, a Master’s degree in Reception and Inclusion of Asylum Seekers and Refugees from the University of Roma Tre, and a second Master’s from the Vrije University of Amsterdam in Social Sciences.

She has international experience as a junior project officer in NGOs based in Spain and in the UK in the field of immigration and international cooperation, as well as work experience in the Italian third sector as financial officer for Erasmus, ESC, and VET projects.

She joined the CMCC Fundraising Office in April 2023 as Fund Raiser and her main activities include monitoring, scouting, and analyzing funding opportunities for climate-related research activities at national, European, and international levels; contributing to the preparation of the grant proposals (administrative and financial contents and other general contents); liaising with researchers and partners to collect data and inputs needed for proposals drafting and submission; supporting the negotiation of the contracts with the financing bodies and liaising with CMCC researchers, consortium partners, funding authorities and other CMCC departments for what concerns the administrative & legal requirements; and supporting any other FR unit related duties and activities as required as well as contributing to internal reports derived from the above work, and present those at CMCC workshops, meetings, internal training sessions.