The Foundation for Innovation and Research – Malta  (FIRM), is an independent, voluntary, non-profit and public purpose foundation. The Foundation is a research and knowledge dissemination organisation as well as a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO). It is strongly committed to promote the advancement of innovation and research for humanity throughout the Mediterranean, highlighting the role of Malta as a hub of knowledge between the EU and the region, to support the ongoing Maltese economy expansion into an innovation-led economy. The Foundation is the home to Maltese based innovators and researchers, with already a pool of personnel readily engaged and dedicated to research, acting as a vehicle to their success and Maltese reputation in research.