MUR - National Research Programme (NRP)

The National Research Programme (NRP) is the document that guides research policy in Italy by identifying priorities, objectives and actions aimed at supporting the coherence, efficiency and effectiveness of the national research system.

The system priorities of the PNR 2021-2027 are:

1. Support the widespread and inclusive growth of the research system;
2. Consolidate fundamental research;
3. Strengthen interdisciplinary research;
4. Ensure the centrality of the individual in innovation;
5. Enhance the circulation of knowledge and skills between the research world and the production system;
6. Accompany the development of a new generation of researchers, technologists and knowledge transfer professionals;
7. Promote the international dimension of higher education and research;
8. Ensure the coordination of national, European, and international research;
9. Toward the new horizons of research.

The major areas of research and innovation use the six aggregations of Horizon Europe as a framework. The six areas are in turn declined into areas of intervention that the MUR has identified consistent with the specificities of the national context:

1. Health

Areas of focus:

• General topics
• Pharmaceutical and pharmacological technologies
• Biotechnology.
• Health technologies

2. Humanistic culture, creativity, social transformation, inclusive society

Areas of focus:

• Cultural heritage
• Historical, literary and artistic disciplines
• Antiquities
• Creativity, design and Made in Italy
• Social transformations and the society of inclusion

3. Security for social systems

Areas of focus:

• Security of facilities, infrastructure and networks
• Natural systems security
• Cybersecurity

4. Digital, industry, aerospace

Areas of focus:

1. Digital Transition - i4.0
2. High performance computing and big data
3. Artificial intelligence.
4. Robotics
5. Quantum technologies
6. Innovation for the manufacturing industry
7. Aerospace

5. Climate, energy, sustainable mobility

Areas of focus:

• Sustainable mobility
• Climate change, mitigation and adaptation
• Industrial energy
• Environmental energy

6. Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture, environment

Areas of focus:

• Green technologies
• Food science and technology
• Bioindustry for the bioeconomy
• Knowledge and sustainable management of agricultural and forestry systems
• Knowledge, technological innovation and sustainable management of marine ecosystems

MUR - National Research Programme (ita)