Mission

ICTP's goals are as follows:

• Foster the growth of advanced studies and research in physical and mathematical sciences, especially in support of excellence in developing countries.
• Develop high-level scientific programmes keeping in mind the needs of developing countries, and provide an international forum of scientific contact for scientists from all countries.
• Conduct research at the highest international standards and maintain a conducive environment of scientific inquiry for the entire ICTP community.

Thanks to the generous funding from the Italian Government, ICTP has been able to initiate and implement various schemes of support and assistance to scientists from developing countries. For more details about supporters of ICTP, please see the 2010 Summary of Activities.