Mr. Tarantilis was impressed by his visit to the research laboratories, and the high level of research carried out at FORTH.

The ERC Starting Grants are awarded to talented early-career scientists, who have already produced excellent work and show potential to be research leaders, to launch their own projects.

For the fourth consecutive year, the innovative actions of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH were rewarded with HealthCare Business Awards at an award ceremony held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the Athens International Airport.

An important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) and the «Primorski tehnološki park» (Technology Park of Slovenia) in the context of 'EUSAIR POPRI youth' initiative.

The 5-year 2.5 million euros “MicroBioPest” program will implement multidisciplinary approaches to discover microbial and natural product-based biopesticides originating from highly variable Mediterranean microbial environments.

The Center for eHealth Applications and Services (CeHA) of the Institute of Computer Science of FORTH has been selected by four procurers, representing healthcare providers from Italy, Germany and Spain, to develop BONVITA

The Vice President of the European Commission, Mr. Margaritis Schinas, visited FORTH on Friday, September 30, 2022.

FORTH participated, once again, at the 86th International Exhibition of Thessaloniki on 10-18 September 2022, at the stand of the Ministry of Development and Investments, General Secretariat for Research and Innovation.

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy entered into two important strategic partnerships with FORTH, signing a program agreement and a special memorandum of cooperation, on Monday, September 5, at FORTH’s headquarters, in Heraklion, Crete.

Prof. Savvas Christoforidis, Research Director at the Biomedical Research Institute of FORTH, was elected Director of the Institute on June 18^th, 2022 by a seven-member Evaluation Committee appointed by the Ministry of Development and Investments, chaired by Professor Efthimios Kaxiras, Department of Physics, University of Harvard.