Central Institute for Research and Development

The Central Institute for Research and Development (Arvorian: Центральный институт исследований и разработок, Hallisised: Tsentral'nyy institut issledovaniy i razrabotok), also known by its acronym TsIIR (ЦИИР, often transliterated to TsIIR), is the national, government-funded research and development organisation of the Arvorian Democratic Republic.

Overview

Founded in 7568 RH from the merger of several previously independent research agencies formed in the Commonwealth period, TsIIR's purpose is to "expound upon the pursuit of scientific endeavours in fields deemed to be in the national interest." Its founding was meant to unify the critical national R&D establishment with the intent of keeping the fledgling republic at the forefront of science, technology, and engineering. It has gradually built a reputation as one of the world's leading organisations for scientific and technological development.

The current director general of TsIIR is Doctor Leonid Radeonovich Pavlov, the great grandson of Doctor Andrei Ivanovich Pavlov, the preeminent surgeon and medical researcher in whose honour the Pavlov Research Bureau is named. Leonid Radeonovich, like his famous ancestor, is a medical researcher, whose own work centres on immunology and virology.

Headquarters

Zelerino Research and Development Centre, also known as Facility 4125, is the main research park and headquarters of the organisation. It is the only TsIIR site to have facilities for all sixteen of the constituent research bureaus. It is located on the outskirts of the closed town of Zelerino (also known as Kaspirod-7) in southern Arvor.

Bureaus

TsIIR's R&D operations are divided between sixteen research bureaus, each focusing on a specific sphere of interest and named after a prominent and highly respected Arvorian scientist who worked within that discipline. These names include ten men and six women. The bureaus and their areas of specialisation are -

• Aleksandrova Research Bureau - TBD (Александрова).
• Andronova Research Bureau - Ballistics and weaponry (Андронова).
• Barsukova Research Bureau - Electronics and communications (Барсукова).
• Chelomey Research Bureau - Electromechanics and machine engineering (Челомей).
• Derevyanko Research Bureau - Space research (Деревянко).
• Leonov Research Bureau - Aviation (Леонов).
• Lysenko Research Bureau - Automation, cybernetics, and robotics (Лысенко).
• Mendeleev Research Bureau - Materials sciences (Менделеев).
• Orlova Research Bureau - Theoretical and experimental physics (Орлова).
• Pavlov Research Bureau - Medical, pharmaceutical, and surgical research (Павлов).
• Petrovskaya Research Bureau - Agricultural and environmental research (Петровская).
• Sechenov Research Bureau - Computational sciences (Сеченов).
• Tupolev Research Bureau - Optics and precision mechanics (Туполев).
• Vavilov Research Bureau - Marine engineering (Вавилов).
• Yershova Research Bureau - Chemical sciences and engineering (Ершова).
• Zeldovich Research Bureau - Nuclear sciences and engineering (Зельдович).