IDEA pools laboratories, technologies, and know-how to foster research, monitoring, and development with an open approach to the world of innovation and sustainability. In fact, within IDEA, the technical/scientific activity is carried out for the benefit of both the CNR and other research organizations, universities, public or private administrations, and private companies, in compliance with current legislative provisions and regulations, in way that is compatible with the availability of resources and specialized personnel. The extended laboratory has a strongly interdisciplinary vocation, oriented toward thematic areas such as Environment, Bio-Agribusiness, Cultural Heritage, Functional Materials, Energy, Health and Wellness.

IDEA also serves as an idea incubator for the development of innovative and/or promotional nonprofit activities for companies interested in making instrumentation/facilities available to the infrastructure by entering into specific agreements between ARRM1 (and/or a specific Institute) and the company itself. In the context of scientific collaborations, please refer to the specific regulations for the modalities of access to IDEA laboratories and facilities and the direct use of instruments by personnel outside the laboratory.