National Institutes of Applied Research
The National Institutes of Applied Research (NARLabs; Chinese: 財團法人國家實驗研究院; pinyin: Cáituán Fǎrén Guójiā Shíyàn Yánjiùyuàn) is a research institution in Taiwan resulted from the combination of national laboratories into an independent nonprofit institute. It is located in Taipei. In 2025, it renamed to National Institutes of Applied Research.
History
NARLabs was established in 2003 through the merger of a number of existing laboratories and organizations. In 2019 the National Nano Device Laboratories and National Chip Implementation Center were merged to create the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute.
Taiwan's growing importance and leading edge in the semiconductor industry in the 2000s allowed NARLabs to expand their collaborations with research groups around the world. Collaboration has primarily been in the fields of semiconductors, biomedicine, high performance computing, artificial intelligence, marine technology, information and communications technology, and smart cities.
Divisions
- Taiwan Instrument Research Institute
- National Center for High-Performance Computing
- National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
- National Laboratory Animal Center
- Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Center
- Taiwan Ocean Research Institute
- Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute
Transportation
NARLabs headquarter office building is accessible within walking distance South West from Technology Building Station of the Taipei Metro.
See also
- National Science and Technology Council (Taiwan)
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Tsinghua Big Five Alliance