Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Email Format
Research ServicesLazio, Italy5001-10000 Employees
The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) is Italy's national public research council, charged with conducting, promoting, disseminating, transferring and enhancing research across a broad set of knowledge domains to support scientific, technological, economic and social development. Its activities cover interdisciplinary work across biotechnology, medicine, materials, environment and land, information and communications, advanced production systems, judicial and socio-economic sciences, and classical studies and arts. The organization operates through a nationwide network of institutes that diffuse expertise and foster collaboration with local firms and organizations, with a base in Rome, Lazio. In March 2026, CNR expanded its international collaborations by signing a cooperation agreement with the University of Ljubljana. The council positions itself within the research services sector as a public institution coordinating diverse scientific activities and facilitating knowledge transfer across public and private sectors.