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History: The National Research Centre (NRC) is the largest multidisciplinary R&D Center in Egypt devoted to basic applied research within the major fields of interest. It is the largest of all institutions affiliated to the Ministry of Scientific research and employs about 4057 research staff within 13 research divisions and 104 departments covering the following fields: Medical Sciences, Genetic Engineering, Human genetics, Biology, Veterinary, Food and Nutrition, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Mineral Resources, Engineering, Renewable Energies, Agriculture, Textile, Environmental Sciences, Physics, and New Materials.
  
It was established as an independent public organization at 1956, with the aim "to foster basic and applied scientific research particularly in public health, industry, agriculture and other sectors of national economy". Between the sixties and eighties 6 divisions of NRC developed into independent research institutes: The National Institute of Standards, Petroleum Research Institute, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Theodore Bilharz Research Institute, Ophthalmology Research Institute, and Electronics Research Institute.
 

Since its establishment, the NRC has evolved through 3 distinct stages. The initial stage extending from 1956 to 1968, focused on man power development and building research capacity in basic sciences. The second stage (1968-1973) was characterized by a growing interaction with the national production and services sectors. The third stage (1973 till now) concentrated on customer oriented research serving specific needs of end users.
  
Now, NRC is headed by Prof. Dr. Hani El-Nazer; a president with ministerial status, assisted by two vice presidents, one for research and the other for technical affairs. The minister of state for Scientific Research is the higher president of NRC.
  
Mission: The NRC mission is to conduct basic and applied research within the major fields of interest in order to develop production and services sectors. The NRC has to correspond to the country’s key production and services sectors through the research conducted in different areas of science, technology, scientific consultation and training as well. In order to implement its mission, NRC sets the following objectives:

• Conduct research in different fields of natural sciences and advanced technologies to serve the national economy and developmental plans.

• Undertake activities aiming at technology innovation to help the society attaining technological self- reliance.

• Provide services and scientific technological consultations to economic units to solve their problems and develop their production.

• Assist in transfer, absorption, adaptation and development of foreign technology.

• Train young researchers in various scientific fields as a basis for balanced growth of national technological capabilities.

• Contribute to the national efforts for upgrading of science and dissemination of knowledge.

• Strengthen scientific linkages and cooperation through agreements with local and international organizations.

For more info about National Research Centre (NRC); Please visit: www.nrc.sci.eg 
 

Medical Sciences Division is headed by Prof. Dr. Ashraf Shaalan. The division's mission is  to conduct research in Medical field for development, and technology transfer. It represents basic and applied research in Medical areas and converting their results into technologies for health care development.

In order to implement its mission, Medical Sciences Division sets the following objectives:

1. Facilitating collaboration with health care introducers.

2. Supply health care responsible with technical, scientific and consultative advices.

3. Offering specific training programs to health care providers.

4. Establishing new technologies in health care field.

5. Performing research and R&D projects, master degree and PhD degree in all medical lines.

Medical Sciences Division consists of the following departments:

Reproductive Health & Family Planning Research Department (RHFPRD) was founded in 2006. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. Osama Azmy.

National Mission; we are working to serve Egyptian community through research, education, and services in reproductive health and family planning fields. Such national goals and objectives are achieved with cooperation of a wide variety of partners including governmental and nongovernmental organizations, research institutions, community groups, and the private sector. Through our global view and local action we help Egyptian community to:

• Improve the quality of reproductive health services, especially safe, effective, and affordable family planning methods

• Improve women health, especially those who live in resource-constrained settings.

• Conduct research that helps prevent spread of female genital malignancies and sexually transmitted infections and care for those affected by them.

International Mission; we are working to share the international experience in reproductive health and family planning fields. Such international goals and objectives are achieved through a group of bilateral and multilateral cooperation protocols with the related international organizations.  In order to foster the scientific interaction and exchange of scientists, studies and researches on the international level, we promoted a newly designed international program IRIS (International Research and Innovative Studies Program) that creates true international chances for reproductive health and family planning scientists and organizations to share the most cutting-edge researches and studies recently done in Egypt and abroad.

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