The FISPPA Department also includes among its entities Laboratories, Observatories and Study Centres, focused on transversal research and third mission initiatives.

- Laboratories are entities characterized by experimental activities and mainly refer to instruments, equipment, measurements.
- Observatories focus on specific phenomena and processes to investigate.
- Study Centres are more consolidated initiatives with a wider scope.

The updated list of these research entities will be updated at the beginning of 2022.