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Companies

The National Research Council of Italy pays a particular attention to the cooperation with the industrial system. Actions include joint research programmes, research contracts, consulting, licensing and patent releases, foundation of research consortia and spin off companies, and many other initiatives aimed at enhancing the technology transfer processes to companies and business sectors.

A specific Structure devoted to Technology Transfer and Valorisation of research coordinates and connects the Cnr activities as regards the following topics: marketing research; intellectual property rights protection management and enhancement through the setting up of new technological enterprises; design and implementation of the technology transfer processes. 

PRISM2025 - Nominations are open

News 25/03/2025

Cnr-Ism has established the Istituto di Struttura della Materia Prize (PRISM) to recognize the significant contribution of a researcher in the field of the study of the Structure of Matter in the last five years. 
Nominations can be made by filling out the form available at the link by June 30th, 2025

"Microbes-4-Climate" launches its 1st Transnational Access (TNA) open call

News 31/03/2025

Microbes-4-Climate" (M4C) announces the launch of its Transnational Access (TNA) Call with opening on 31 March 2025 and will run until the 30 of June 2025. This programme offers researchers across Europe and beyond the opportunity to access state-of-the-art research infrastructures (RIs), to promote novel collaborations and further drive for scientific breakthroughs in microbial and environmental sciences

A new Cnr Laboratory on Life Cycle Thinking

News 18/06/2025

The Cnr LCT Laboratory is the new joint laboratory for Life Cycle Thinking that involves 11 Cnr research Institutes. The Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) is a quantitative, multidisciplinary and scientific approach adopted to assess life cycle of environmental, social, and economic impacts of human activities

Human-AI collectives make the most accurate medical diagnoses

Press release 20/06/2025

Diagnostic errors are among the most serious problems in everyday medical practice. AI systems offer new ways to efficiently support medical diagnoses. An international research team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and in collaboration with partners from the Human Diagnosis Project (San Francisco) and the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Cnr, investigated how humans and AI can best collaborate

ILL: green light to extend operations until 2033

News 03/06/2025

Green light to extend operations until 2033 at the ILL, the world-leading facility in neutron science and technology: the Institute has just received a firm commitment from its Associate countries, France, the UK and Germany, to continue operation until 2033. The National Research Council of Italy (Cnr) manages an agreement ensuring the involvement of the Italian scientific community to the facility

Promotion and Marketing activities

Institutional Area

Our Promotion and marketing activities are focused on generating opportunities for sharing research infrastructures by leveraging Cnr’s IPR portfolio, our scientists’ know-how and skills, as wells as our network of stakeholders

Spin-off promotion and support

Institutional Area

The creation of spin-off companies is an instrument for Cnr to pursue its institutional objects even in conjunction with other public and private parties. It contributes to societal and economic development of knowledge and enhances relationships and interactions between research and industry

Protection and valorisation of IPRs

Institutional Area

CNR supports its researchers in protecting and valorizing the results of their research, promoting their exploitation in collaboration with industrial partners and/or other institutions. TTO of Cnr acts in coordination with the Departments and Institutes in order to regulate the procedures related to the different phases of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 

Technology transfer office

Institutional Area

The Technology Transfer Office of Cnr (TTO) is responsible for all the activities related to TT, such as protection of research results and promotion and support for Spin-off creation.  TTO is part of TTO CIRCLE sponsored by the JRC of the European Commission