 RTD focus of organization In the multi-disciplinary environment of the Institute more than 500 academic staff and graduate students work on problems in experimental and theoret
Description of RTD activities Ruđer Bošković Institute is the largest Croatian research centre in sciences and science applications. The mission of Ruđer Bošković Institute is to provide the science expertise indispensable for the development, prosperity and well being of Croatia. In the multi-disciplinary environment of the Institute more than 500 academic staff and graduate students work on problems in experimental and theoretical physics, chemistry and physics of materials, organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and medicine, environmental and marine research and computer science and electronics.
Within Croatia, RBI is a national institution dedicated to research, higher education and provision of support to the academic community, to state and local governments and to technology-based industry. Within the European Union, RBI forms a part of the European Research Area. Worldwide, RBI collaborates with many research institutions and universities upholding the same values and vision. Science at Ruđer Bošković is deeply involved in the modern global research system of 21st century.
All relevant information about RBIs Divisions can be found in Annual Report 2008 at the http://www.irb.hr/hr/geninfo/reports/ar2008.pdf/
Experiences in international Programmes Achieving a high rate of international collaboration is one of the RBI’s ultimate goals. The Institute is currently involved in international projects and collaborates with a number of international partners such as CERN (Switzerland), Jožef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Joanneum Research (Graz, Austria), Hungarian Academy of Science Institute SZTAKI (Budapest, Hungary).
Started with 2 FP5 projects, RBI is currently the Consortium member of 20 EU FP6 projects, such as SEE-GRID-2, EGEE-II, EURONS, LPAMS, NonCodDNA, INCOMAT, BIOCAPITAL, RBI-AF, AMS-14C, ReCompSols, HEARTFAID. Until 2010, RBI signed 8 EU FP7 contracts: CLUNA, EGEE III, SEE GRID SCI, UNCOSS, Preparing DARIAH, SPIRIT, HadronPhysich2, SOWAEUMED. In few of them RBI is in the role of Coordinator.
Beside EU Framework Programme, RBIs scientists also have great experience in international programmes funded by other scientific organizations: ESF - European Science Foundation, ERC - European Research Council, US NIH - National Institute of Health, US NSF - National Science Foundation.
Organisation is/was involved in projects funded by the following RTD programmes
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