Statute of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
TITLE III - University facilities
Art. 36 - Interdepartmental Research Centres
For research activities of significant interest and commitment to the University, which involve multi-year projects and the activities of several Departments, the Board of Directors may to approve the establishment of Interdepartmental Research Centres for a renewable period of three years, upon proposal of the Departments concerned and after consulting the Academic Senate.
Interdepartmental Research Centres will also be able to carry out services to the territory. In this case, they will be referred to as Interdepartmental Research and Service Centres.
The Departments that propose the establishment of an Interdepartmental Centre must ensure the minimum resources of personnel, financial support and space for carrying out the planned activity. Interdepartmental Centres can be endowed with decision-making autonomy within the resources of the structure, within the framework defined by the three-year development plan of the Departments referred to in art. 27, paragraphs 7 and 8, of this Statute.
Interdepartmental Centres usually have their administrative headquarters in one of the proposing Departments. The Board of Directors can assign an autonomous administrative headquarters to Interdepartmental Centres of particular importance.
The University General Regulations establish the procedures for the establishment, organisation, operation, three-year evaluation, renewal and deactivation of Interdepartmental Centres with decision-making autonomy within the resources of the structure; they define the number of professors and researchers deemed adequate and significant for the establishment of these Interdepartmental Centres; they indicate the requirements of the three-year development plan of activities, which must include any provision for the creation of temporary permanent positions, research grants and scholarships, the planning of the use of spaces and personnel resources, the quantification of the costs incurred by the Departments and the relative degree of coverage from the resources of the Interdepartmental Centre.
Interdepartmental Centres are subject to a three-year evaluation by the Evaluation Board, also for the purpose of their possible renewal.
