Central Research Laboratories
Our headquarters hosts state-of-the-art laboratories across our research domains
Center for Convergent Technologies
Morego, Genoa
The Center for Convergent Technologies (CCT) is the largest research infrastructure of the IIT network and is where the Foundation started its activity in 2006.
Center for Human Technologies
Erzelli, Genoa
The Center for Human Technologies (CHT) takes a multidisciplinary approach in collaboration with research hospitals and clinical institutions to conceive new technologies or improve the existing ones.
Center for Joint Industrial Research
Business Innovation Center, Genoa
The Center for Joint Industrial Research (CJIR), launched in 2020 in an agreement with Regione Liguria (FILSE) with 1.500 m² of space, hosts the robotics industrial laboratories.
Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems
San Quirico, Genoa
The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS) hosts IIT roboticists in a collaborative environment. Here, indoor and outdoor spaces simulate the operational environments where our robots have to operate.
Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology
University of Genoa, Genoa
The Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology (NSYN) applies multidisciplinary approaches to study brain function and diseases and seeks to develop novel technologies for neuroscience applications.
Network Centers
Our researchers can count on a wide network of laboratories throughout Italy
Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Health Care
Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Naples
The Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Health Care (CABHC) develops materials and technologies to engineer bio-logically inspired platforms and systems for applications in the biomedical sector.
Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies
University of Salento, Lecce
The Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies (CBN) is a large-scale facility for bio-molecular and organic materials and nanoscale biomolecular interactions.
Center for Cultural Heritage Technology
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice
The Center for Cultural Heritage Technology (CCHT) aims to research and promote new technologies for the analysis and preservation of Cultural Heritage, both tangible and intangible, by expanding and improving current approaches.
Center for Genomic Science
European School of Molecular Medicine, Milan
The Center for Genomic Science (CGS) applies modern genomic technologies to understand complex biological processes and diseases, with a particular emphasis on cancer.
Center for Life Nano- & Neuro-Science
Sapienza University, Rome
The Center for Life Nano- & Neuro-Science (CLN2S) focuses on a biomedical topic, the neuroscience, where technological innovation is key to achieving the objectives.
Center for Materials Interfaces
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
The Center for Materials Interfaces (CMI) is dedicated to investigating, developing, characterizing, and exploiting of materials at the nanoscale, with a special focus on interface effects.
Center for Nano Science and Technology
Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan
The Center for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) aims at "innovation" and the goal of the CNST scientific team is to transfer new basic knowledge into new applications.
Center for Nanotechnology Innovation
National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
The Center for Nanotechnology Innovation (CNI) is an interdisciplinary R&D center dedicated to investigating and exploiting phenomena at the nanoscale.
Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems
University of Trento, Trento
The Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems (CNCS) focuses on neuroscience in human subjects and animal models, using psychophysical techniques, functional imaging, and computational approaches.
Center for Sustainable Future Technologies
Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin
The Center for Sustainable Future Technologies (CSFT) has embraced sustainability in its mission statement and is engaged in the global scientific and technological endeavors to address sustainability challenges.
Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication
University of Ferrara, Ferrara
The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) investigates the brain processes of communicative behaviors related to communicative intentions.
Outstations
IIT network can count on two outstations based in the US, in collaboration with MIT and Harvard
The current strategic plan will launch a program of internationalization called IIT Global.
This program aims to activate student and faculty exchanges (including sabbaticals, extended stays, and visiting researcher periods), create dual-site Joint Labs, thus initiating longer-term collaborations, and enrich the IIT Outstation Network at selected locations.