Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Lidietta Giorno Lidietta Giorno cnr

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Lidietta Giorno Lidietta. Giorno@cnr. it Serbia - Italia Belgrade 25 -26 June 2012 1

History • Established in 1923 • For long time, CNR has acted as Advisor to the Government in matters of research and as a Funding Agency for university research • 1989: Ente di Ricerca, autonomous but supported by Ministry of Research • The present configuration was defined in 2003 (DL n. 127/2003) CNR is today essentially a Research Performing Organization 2

Strategy “La luce della scienza cerco e ‘l beneficio” “The light of science I am looking for and its benefits” 3

Mission ü To perform research in its own labs ü To promote innovation and competitiveness in the industrial system ü To promote the internationalization of the research system ü To provide technologies and solutions to emerging public and private needs ü To advise Government and other public bodies ü To contribute to qualification of human resources 4

Capabilities ü Full range of scientific areas, except Particle Physics, Space and Astronomy/Astrophysics ü Premises widespread over the country ü 7500 employees of which 4500 researchers ü 2000 junior scientists completing their training ü Diffused cooperation with universities and other research operators 5

Scientific Network - 7 Macro-areas called Departments in charge of programmes: * Earth system Sciences - Environmental Technologies * Bio-Agrifood Sciences * Biomedical Sciences * Chemistry - Materials Technologies * Physical Sciences - Technologies of the Matter * Engineering - ICT - Energy and Transport Technologies * Human and Social Sciences - Cultural Heritage - Institutes (105) in charge of performing research activities and developing capabilities - A matrix structure: Institutes do not report hierarchically to Departments - Departments represent the demand side while Institutes represent the supply side. 6

Milano 7 Pavia 2 Segrate 2 Torino 2 Pallanza 1 Moncalieri 1 Trento 1 Trieste 1 Padova 4 Venezia 2 Genova 2 Bologna 3 Cassana 1 Parma 1 Faenza 1 Sesto Fiorentino 5 Firenze 3 Pisa 7 Ancona 1 Perugia 1 Porano 1 Roma 18 Monterotondo 5 Aquila 1 Bari 5 Lecce 1 Monserrato 1 Cagliari 1 S. M. La Palma 1 Napoli 12 Avellino 1 Ponticelli 1 Pozzuoli 3 L. MAIANI. Oct. 6. 1 Ercolano 08 Potenza Mangone 1 Arcavacata di Rende 1 Catania 1 Messina 1 Palermo 1 Meeting CNPq Brazil

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Scimago Institutions Rankings 2011 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche world Ranking 18 9

32 Bilateral Agreements Country Lebanon (CNRS-L) Argentina (CONICET) Morocco (CNRST) Azerbaijan (ANAS) Mexico (CONACYT) Moldova (ASM) Peru (CONCYTEC) Poland (PAN) Portugal (FCT) Albanian (ASA) Brazil (CNPq) Bulgaria (BAN) Chile (CONICYT) China (CAAS)-(CAF)-(CASS) Egypt (ASRT) France (CNRS) Georgia (SRNSF) Germany Tceck Rep. (AVCR) Slovak Rep. (SAV) Russia (RAS) Spain (CSIC) (DFG) Taiwan (NSC) Japan (JSPS) Turkey (Tubitak) India (CSIR) Hungary (MTA) Israel (MOST) USA (NEH) 10

Oceanographic infrastructures Urania 11

Italian scientific base in Antartide 12

CNR scientific base in the Artic Polar Circle 13

Ev. K 2 – Everest project 14

Cultural Heritage Department Institute of Archeological Heritage - Monuments and Sites (IBAM) Virtual Museum, Iraq Six thousand years of history witnessed by artefacts accompanied by information cards, videos, micro-clips and interactive geographical maps. The virtual exhibition, which is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council of Italy, employs the most advanced and engaging procedures of communication and cultural heritage fruition. Prehistoric room Achemenide – Seleucide room 15

NEUTRON ANALYSIS TECNIQUES ON LORENZO GHIBERTI ‘S “HEADS OF PROPHETS ”. 16

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Membrane Reactor MOR Nanotech Microtech Biotech Mode ling Biomed

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