The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) houses a frontier, multi-user and multidisciplinary scientific environment, with activities on different fronts of the Brazilian National CT&I System. A Social Organization supervised by the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), CNPEM is driven by research that impacts health, energy, renewable materials and sustainability. Responsible for Sirius, the largest scientific equipment ever built in the country, CNPEM is currently developing Orion Project, a laboratory complex for research into advances in pathogens. Highly specialized teams in science and engineering, advanced infrastructures open to the scientific community, strategic fields of investigation, innovative projects with the productive sector and training of researchers and students make up the pillars of this unique center in the country, capable of serving as a bridge between knowledge and innovation. CNPEM is responsible for the operation of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) and the Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR), and also for Ilum School of Science, a bachelor’s degree course in Science and Technology, with support from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC).
Information access
Legal foundation
This section contains documents related to the CNPEM’s qualifications as a social organization.
Management Contract
Information Access Law
Learn more about the Brazilian Information Access Law (12.527/2011).
Institutional documentation
Regulations for CNPEM Associates (under revision)
CNPEM Information Technology and Communications Committee Regulations
Regulations on Contracting of Works, Services, Purchases and Alienations
Regulations on Contracting Civil Engineering Works and Services