One of the most important modern-day challenges is meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-growing population, while the earth's natural resources are dramatically decreasing. This essentially means that any loss in food production becomes extremely significant.

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point of the European framework program for research and innovation Horizon Europe, and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA), is organizing an event for ERC Grantees and Potential ERC Candidates on April 25-26, 2024 at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens, with the support of the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) and the Hellenic Pasteur Institute.

As part of the IMS Open Lecture Series 2023-2024, on Thursday, April 25 at 8:30 PM at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, the Department of Ottoman History will host a lecture by Merih Erol, Associate Professor at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, titled: "A prolonged refugeehood: The case of the Armenians in Greece in the interwar period"

Thanks to new sophisticated techniques and state-of-the-art facilities, Astronomy has entered a new era in which the depth of the sky can finally be accessed.

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point of the European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe, organized an open event on April 23^rd, 2024, in the hall of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI), entitled: "EIC Accelerator: Funding opportunities, procedures and support". The event took place under the auspices of TCCI.

FORTH announces the 33rd call for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stefanos Pnevmatikos.

The Region of Crete, the Science and Technology Park of Crete/FORTH, the University of Crete, the Athens Startup Business Incubator (Th.E.A.) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the European Digital Innovation Hub for Smart Health: Precision Medicine and Innovative e-Health Services (smartHEALTH), and the European Digital Innovation Hub for Digital Governance (GR digiGOV-innoHUB) are co-organizing a Hackathon Competition, aiming at highlighting innovative ideas in the theme of “Health and Wellness”.

The 160th Conference of the Presidents of the Greek Research Centers and Technological Institutions was held on Monday, April 15, 2024, on the premises of FORTH, under the chairmanship of FORTH’s President, Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, who serves as Coordinator for the first semester of 2024.

The project PROTEAS was implemented in the framework of the action RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE and was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union and national resources through the Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (EPANEK) (project code: T2EDK-02428).

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C), of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), continues its collaboration with Slovenia's Primorski Tehnološki Park and participates in the "EUSAIR POPRI youth" initiative, which aims to foster startup entrepreneurship.