Overview
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- Italy
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Description
The National Research Council (CNR) is a national public research body with multidisciplinary skills, supervised by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR). Founded in 1923, it has the task of carrying out scientific research projects in the main sectors of knowledge and applying the results for the development of the country, promoting innovation, the internationalization of the "research system" and promoting the competitiveness of the industrial system.
Every day, the CNR faces the challenges of our time in multiple sectors: human and planetary health, environment and energy, food and sustainable agriculture, transport and production systems, ICT, new materials, sensors and aerospace. But also human sciences and protection of cultural heritage, social sciences, bioethics, quantum sciences and technologies, artificial intelligence, enabling technologies.
The activities are carried out through a wealth of human resources of about 8,500 employees operating throughout the national territory, of which over 7,000 engaged in research and research support activities. The scientific network consists of 88 research institutes and seven departments for macro-thematic areas. An important contribution comes from collaborations, including international ones, with researchers from universities and companies.
The CNR is also the largest non-university institution involved in the research doctorates of Italian universities, with the aim of contributing to the higher education of young people through paths characterized by the highest scientific profile, innovation and quality of research.