Οn the initiative of Dr. Maria Klapa, Chair of the FORTH Gender Equality Committee (GEC), the first online meeting of the GECs of thirteen (13) Greek Research Centers and Independent Research Institutes took place on April 6, 2022.

Professor Spyros Pandis, Collaborating Faculty Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH / ICE-HT), Coordinating Member of the Center for the Study of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC) and Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras, was among the “Highly Cited Researchers (h> 100)” by Webometrics with h-index 101

The State, the research and academic community, the patients’ associations and the citizens joined forces against neurodegenerative diseases, at the National Precision Medicine Network for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDIAN) event.

A Cooperation Agreement between the University of Cyprus and FORTH was signed on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, by Prof. Ioannis Giapintzakis, Vice Rector for International Relations, Finance and Administration of the University of Cyprus, and the President of FORTH, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis.

The 2022 recipient of the FORTH/ICE-HT “Stratis Sotirchos Lectureship Award” is Professor Fengqi You, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, USA.

Professor Emeritus in Medical Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Patras and Affiliated Scientist of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas Nicholas Moschonas, was appointed Member of the National Commission for Bioethics and Technoethics.

The internationally recognized certification ISO 13485:2016 was received by the Center for eHealth Applications and Services (CeHA), of the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH -ICS).

An online Presentation Day on the Actions of the National Precision Medicine Network for Neurodegenerative Diseases was successfully held on Monday, January 24, 2022.

With great sadness, FORTH announces the loss of Vassilis Dougalis, Distinguished Member, former President and Vice President of FORTH, and former Director of the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, who passed away on January 1st, 2022, after a heroic battle with cancer.