Founded as legal person on 18 November 1923, the National Research Council (CNR) stands as Italy’s foremost public research institution, engaging in a wide range of multidisciplinary endeavors. CNR‘s overarching objective is to conduct research, foster innovation, facilitate the global reach of Italy’s research capabilities, offer counsel to the government and public entities and nurturing human resource development.

In the CNR‘s research world, the main resource is the available knowledge which means people, with their skills, commitment and ideas. This capital comprises more than 8.000 employees, of whom more than half are researchers and technologists. Some 4.000 young researchers are engaged in postgraduate studies and research training at CNR within the organization’s top-priority areas of interest. A significant contribution also comes from research associates: researchers, from Universities or private firms, who take part in CNR’s research activities.