Scientific and research infrastructures are platforms, resources, and associated services that scientific communities use to carry out R&D activities in specific scientific areas, across all fields of knowledge. They support the development of research and innovation by bringing together human and material resources capable of solving increasingly complex problems in all scientific fields.
R&D infrastructure includes large scientific equipment, sets of scientific instruments, collections and other knowledge-based resources, scientific archives and data, computing and programming systems, communication networks that promote open digital access, as well as other unique infrastructure essential to stimulating excellence in research and development activities.
Radiation sources, biological databases, earth and space observatories, imaging systems, and clean rooms for the study and development of new materials and nanoelectronics are research infrastructures that provide the basis on which new knowledge and innovations can be developed.
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Infrastructure included in the National Roadmap
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Thematic Domains
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Research Infrastructure
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Updated on June 20, 2024