INFN is mainly funded by the Ministry of University and Research via the FOE (Ordinary Fund for Financing of Research Institutes) implementing art. 7 of Legislative Decree 204/1998 containing “Provisions for the coordination, scheduling, and assessment of the national policies relating to scientific and technological research, pursuant to art. 11(1)(d), of Law No 59 of 15 March 1997”. In addition, there may be additional, extraordinary State funding provided by the Stability Law or by specific, regulatory provisions. Beyond State funding, INFN’s budget includes external funds, funding of external research or technological projects coming from various sources, including, for example, the European programme funds and the regional funds (NOP and ROP). To a much smaller degree, additional funds come from the income from technology transfer activities. Finally, INFN participates in projects funded as part of the PNRR (Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan) in various ways.
