Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche anga ari nhengo kubva 1919.
National Research Council isangano renyika rekutsvagisa rine ruzivo rwakasiyana-siyana rwesainzi iro rinoita zviitiko munzvimbo dzinonyanya kufarira kusimudzira sainzi uye kufambira mberi kwetekinoroji muItaly.
Yakatangwa muna 1923 sesangano risingabatsiri nechinangwa chekumiririra Italy kuInternational Research Council muBrussels, CNR yakawana nzvimbo yepamutemo muna March 1945. Muna 1979, yakaiswa pasi pekutonga kwakananga kweMutungamiri weDare reVashandi. uye, nemumiriri, pasi pekutungamira nekutariswa kweGurukota reCoordination of Scientific Research.
Kubva 1989, CNR yakaiswa pasi pekutariswa kweBazi reYunivhesiti neSainzi uye Tekinoroji Tsvagiridzo, uku ichichengetedza kuzvitonga kwesainzi, kwesangano uye kwemari.
Basa rekutsvagisa reCNR rinosimudzirwa uye rinoitwa kuburikidza ne107 masangano ekutsvagisa ari munyika yese. CNR ine chinangwa chekuzadzikisa zvinangwa zvayo kuburikidza nezvirongwa zvekutsvagisa zvine chekuita nehurongwa hwenyika pamwe nepasirese. Nekudaro, inoshanda mukati mehurongwa hwekudyidzana kweEurope nekubatanidzwa uye kuburikidza nekubatana kwemasangano ekutsvagisa emayunivhesiti nemamwe masangano ehurumende uye akazvimirira, nekudaro kuve nechokwadi chekupararira kwemhedzisiro inowanikwa padanho renyika.