The Research Institute is the largest organizational structure in the research area, whose objective is to meet the demands of sciences, technology, and innovation, including activities from all or some of the institutional research structures described above. It is an independent administrative unit, is interdisciplinary in nature, and has goals of research development and intellectual production. The Research Institute offers physical space, human resources, materials, and services to the academic and scientific community and the community in general (i.e., companies, government, and other organizations).
