Background: The objective is to show variations in the number of non-tenured personnel (NTP) in a public health research centre (IRCCS) between 30th June 2016 and 31st December 2017. In this time interval, the issue of NTP was at the centre of governmental discussions.
Methods: Data collection was performed from CVs and scientific publications of NTP working at the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (INT).