National Research Council, CNR ^{Universities & Research Centres}

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche is the largest public research facility in Italy. Founded in 1923, it has worked in the past as a government consultant on research and as a funding fund for university research grants. Since 1989 the CNR is a research institution, with the mission of carrying out research projects, promoting innovation and competitiveness of the national industrial system, the internationalization of the national research system, and providing technologies and solutions to emerging needs in the public and private sectors. . Objectives that are achieved through a wealth of human resources that has over 8000 employees, half of which is represented by researchers and technologists. About 4,000 young researchers are involved in post-doctoral research activities in the laboratories of the Institute, while an important contribution comes from collaborations, including international ones, with researchers from universities and companies, thus strengthening the national research system.