In the past, the Association has actively contributed to balancing the University’s budgets and providing scholarships to deserving students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with the aim of expanding the pool of promising young individuals who can attend this University.

Since the 1980s, the Association has primarily funded research grants for young Luiss graduates who wanted to pursue further studies with faculty and embark on a career in science. The decision was made to focus primarily on this objective because it was considered vital for the enduring survival of the values embodied in the “Luiss Project.”

The results have been satisfactory: over the years, more than 130 research grants have been awarded, which have boosted the academic careers of the best Luiss students.

In accordance with Article 2 of the Statute, the Association has also developed its own cultural activities in recent years, promoting conferences and economic and social research projects on current issues in collaboration with the University’s faculties and research centers, as well as local economic and professional associations.
 

• In May 2009, the conference “Towards the G8: Strategies to Overcome the Crisis” was held, featuring speakers such as Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Guido Rossi, Paola Severino, and the Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Angelo Scola.
• Also in 2009, the Association helped fund the Shadow G8 Project.
• The Association then sought to foster the creation of a high-quality school that, following the examples of France’s ENA and the U.S.’s Harvard Kennedy School, would be fully dedicated to training future public managers. This is how the School of Government Project came about, fully supported by the Association.
• The Association funded the 2011 and 2012 LIGEP (Luiss International Group on Economic Policy) Projects. LIGEP is an international group of experts that convenes to discuss and analyze current economic issues with the aim of developing concrete proposals.
• More recently, the Association provided funding to support the University in its EQUIS accreditation process. This process, which was successfully completed in October 2015, allowed Luiss to fully join the global elite in management education.
• The Association also awarded a two-year research grant named after Loris D'Ambrosio, titled "Substantive and Procedural Guarantees in Corporate Criminal Law," which was given to the top graduate of the Master's program in Corporate Criminal Law.
• Finally, the Association funded 9 three-year research grants and 4 four-year research grants for the winners of the selection process for admission to PhD programs for the 2017/2018 academic year in the fields of “Law and Business,” “Politics: History, Theory, Science,” “Economics,” and “Management.”