| Established: | 1967 |
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| Specialization: | Physics |
| Director: | Dr. Aram V. Papoyan |
| City: | Ashtarak |
| Country: | Armenia |
| Website: | www.ipr.sci.am |
The Institute for Physical Research (IPR) (Russian: Институт Физических Исследований (ИФИ); Armenian: Ֆիզիկական Հետազոտությունների Ինստիտուտ (ՖՀԻ)) of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is a physics research institute located in Armenia.
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IPR was founded in 1967 by a prominent Armenian scientist Mikael Levonovich Ter-Mikaelian and currently is one of the leading research institutions in Armenia.
It is situated near the town of Ashtarak in Aragatsotn province of Armenia, 20 km northwest of capital Yerevan and includes a small scientific settlement called Gitavan, inhabited by the part of its staff and by the scientists of the nearby Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (IRPhE).
The institute's main research topics are:
Besides the research, IPR organizes annually the National Conference on Laser Physics – an authoritative conference attended internationally.
Many of research groups from IPR have intensive collaboration with European and US research organizations and foundations. The basic research laboratories of the institute are the following: