ICRANet is an International Organization. The
Members are four States and three Universities and Research Centres: the Republic of Armenia,
the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Republic
of Italy, the Vatican State,
the University of Tucson (USA), the University of Stanford (USA) and ICRA. The coordinating Centre is located in Piazza della Repubblica n.10 in Pescara, Italy.
The Establishment and the Statute (signed on
March 19th, 2003) have been officially recognized by law by the
Italian Parlament on the 10th of February 2005 and published on Gazetta Ufficiale n.53 of March 5th,
2005. The ratification by the Republic of Armenia and the State of the Vatican
have followed respectively on October 30th, 2003 and on March 19th,
2003 and the ratification by the Republic of Brazil concluded on August 12th
, 2011.
The Organism consists of: the Director, The
Steering Committee, The Scientific Committee. Their activities are supported by
Administrative Staff and Secretariat personnel.
ICRANet aims are training/education and
research in the field of Relativistic Astrophysics. ICRANet financing is based by
Statute on the funds provided by the Governments and by voluntary
contributions, donations.
The main activities of ICRANet are addressed to
promote the international scientific co-operation; for this purpose many
projects of scientific research in the domain of Cosmology, Theoretical Physics
and Mathematical Physics have been planned. A series of seats for the
activities are being developed in order to achieve these goals. The first one
has been completed and it’s fully operative in Pescara. The second is in Rome at
University “Sapienza” and the third, the fourth and the fifth ones are being
established in Nice (France), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Yerevan (Armenia).
Training international projects by ICRANet have
been established, both at a doctoral and post-doc level, for young researchers
and teaching fellows. ICRANet also organizes seminars and international
meetings, promotes exchange projects for teaching staff, students and
associated training personnel coming from the major scientific institutes,
research centers and universities worldwide. ICRANet, has signed several
agreements of scientific co-operation with universities, national and
international research institutes, in order to fulfil the scientific goals
mentioned in its Statute.
Particularly noteworthy is the International
Doctorate Program, IRAP PhD, promoted and sponsored by ICRANet. The following
universities and institutes co-operate into this program: the Free University
of Berlin, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, the University
of Savoy, the University “Sapienza” of Rome, the Stockholm University and the University of Ferrara. The IRAP PhD is also sponsored
by: the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam, the Brazilian Center for Physics
Research, the Indian Center for Space Physics, the Institut des hautes Etudes
Scientifiques IHES, the Observatory of Côte d'Azur, the
Observatory of Shanghai and the Observatory of Tartu.
Vast publications on scientific Journals, books
both of advanced research and of teaching activities are pursued by ICRANet
Members. The activities in the Pescara Centre are promoted by the ICRANet Faculty Staff, Adjunct Professors of the Faculty,
Lecturers, Research Scientists, Short-Term Visiting Scientists, Long-Term
Visiting Scientists, International
Relativistic Astrophysics Ph. D. Students,
Administrative Staff.
ICRANet Mission and Activities 
