The Kurchatov Institute is one of the world’s leading research centres, and Russia’s largest national interdisciplinary laboratory. It is a centre of excellence in terms of its scientific, technological, and human resource potential. This enables it to truly break new ground in various areas of science and technology. The institute is also able to develop and capitalize upon promising industries through its overarching and unparalleled research and technological mega-installations and complexes. Indeed, a substantial part of Russia’s scientific sector is concentrated under the auspices of the Kurchatov Institute. The centre conducts research and development at the forefront of a wide range of scientific sectors. These range from nuclear energy, information technology, materials science and particle physics to high-tech medicine, genetics and nature-inspired technologies. Ever since it was first founded, the Kurchatov Institute has adopted an interdisciplinary approach aimed at covering the full cycle, from fundamental research to end result. The Kurchatov Institute is the leading scientific organization for several federal scientific and technical development programmes.