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 Council of the Directors and 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.

In 2014 the Science journal featured an article on the bird tree of life, mentioning the essential role of algorithms and supercomputers that enable modern research in evolutionary biology for all types of living beings. Now, a decade and a giant leap in tool development later, part of the team that coordinated the computer analyses at that time co-authored another paper in Nature on the complexity of avian evolution.

These two major events took place under the auspices of the Region of Crete, on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 March 2024, in Heraklion, Crete, at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry and on the premises of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH).

The first event was a two-day Conference on Innovation, entitled “Innovation Crete 5.0: Innovation in Crete today and the institutions that support it", which was organized for the 5th time this year, on 28 & 29 March at 17:00 at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The Hellenic Society for Neuroscience under the auspices of the University of Crete & the Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas is organizing an event titled: Brain And Artificial Intelligence: A Fascinating Dynamic Interplay, in the context of the Brain Awareness Week 2024, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.