Institute for Basic Research

Institute for Basic Research (IBR; also known as Advanced Scientific Inquiries) is an international non-profit academic institution established in the United States in 1981 by Ruggero Santilli, who retains the role of president. His wife Carla and daughter Luisa are the only other directors of IBR.
History
Institute for Basic Research was incorporated in Cambridge, MA, U. S. A., on March 2, 1981.
Prescott House
The Prescott House, a building within Harvard's compound was purchased in the same year by a Real Estate Trust to provide the main offices of the IBR as well as the main editorial office of the Hadronic Journal, Hadronic Journal Supplement and Algebras, Groups and Geometries,<ref name="history"/> all published by Hadronic Press, which Carla Santilli (spouse of Ruggero Santilli) is the sole officer/director.<ref name="sec-info"/> The inauguration of the IBR took place on August 3, 1981.<ref name="history"/>
The IBR received the federal tax exemption as a nonprofit academic institution in 1983 under the classifications 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.<ref name="history"/>
Palm Harbor, Florida
In 1990, the institute and associated journals moved to Palm Harbor, Florida.<ref name="history"/>
Castle Prince Pignatelli
On June 12, 1994, the Council of the Italian town of Monteroduni in the Molise region voted unanimously to authorise the permanent use of Castle Prince Pignatelli as the Italian branch of the IBR. On June 12, 1995 the Italian branch of the IBR was recorded in the Registry of Deeds of the Province of Isernia as a Consortium Not for Profit among Institutions and Towns in Molise., and the inauguration of IBR-Molise took place at the Castle on August 7, 1995, followed by the granting of the first IBR International Scientific Prizes, and seven days of international workshops in mathematics, physics and biology.<ref name="history"/>
On June 26, 1996, the Council of the Town of Monteroduni extended IBR to include the forestry of the Castle Prince Pignatelli.<ref name="history"/>
Pesche Technological Park
On February 6, 1996, the Council of the Molise Region granted authorisation for the construction of Pesche Technological Park, a technological park in the town of Pesche under the support of the Italian National Research Council and the European Community.
The first official meeting of the Pesche Technological Park was held on October 26, 1996, with the scientists of the Institute for Basic Research presenting laboratory suggestions, and construction started in mid 1997.<ref name="history"/>
IBR International Scientific Prizes
The IBR International Scientific Prizes are bells about half a meter high with the name of the winner cast in the bronze, designed and cast by the historical Marinelli Bell Foundry, located in the Italian town of Agnone.<ref name="history"/>
1995
* Gravitation: Prof. Anatoli Logunov, Director, Institute for High Energy Physics, Russia.
* Mathematics: Prof. Gr. Tsagas, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University, Greece.
* Biology: Prof. Christopher Roy Illert, Science Art Research Centre of Australia, East Corrimal, Australia.

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