The FORTH’s Friends Association was established in 2018, on the initiative of its President, philologist Professor Mr. Zacharias Karatarakis. The Association is governed by a 7-member Board of Directors with a four-year term. Since its founding, the Association established two annual awards, of 3,000 euros each:
A. The Miltiadis Karatzis Award and Β. The Heraklion Chamber of Commerce Award. These prizes are still awarded today to young researchers (PhD candidates, PhDs, Postdoctoral researchers) working in collaboration with FORTH. The winners are selected by a special committee set up for this purpose and the prizes are awarded during events that are open to the public and are organized twice a year.

The Municipality of Rethymnon and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) are organizing for the year 2025 a series of lectures addressed to the general public of Rethymnon. In these talks, open to everyone, the Institute's researchers will present elements of their research work in an accessible way, followed by a discussion.

The third lecture titled "Aristotle Onassis. The Myth and the History of Business Games", will take place on Monday, April 7, 2025 at 19.00 by Gelina Harlaftis Director of IMS-FORTH & Professor at the University of Crete.

The Seminar will take place at the Conference Auditorium of the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT), Stadiou str.-Platani Patras, on Friday, April 4, 2025 (12.00).

Speaker: Prof. Robert Pincus, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, USA.

For those who wish to attend the seminar remotely, please check the monitoring link: https://iceht-forth.webex.com/meet/Seminar

The Seminar will be in English.

Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis has been awarded a prestigious Research Grant from the 2025 Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) to investigate the eco-epidemiological dynamics of tick-borne pathogens, particularly the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV). The awarded project will receive $1.5 million in funding over three years.

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Crete University Press (CUP), a unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), is organizing a celebratory event on Friday, March 28th at its new bookstore, housed within the Science and Cultural Center of FORTH, at the intersection of Zografou and Averof Streets, in Heraklion city center.

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of FORTH and the Innovation Business Observatory (IBO) of Crete Region invite students of all ages to participate in a significant initiative that promotes youth innovation and entrepreneurship.

For the third consecutive year, Crete participates in the European initiative “EUSAIR POPRI youth”, in collaboration with Primorski Tehnološki Park (Slovenia).

To Δίκτυο ΠΡΑΞΗ, Εθνικό Σημείο Επαφής για το ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα πλαίσιο για την έρευνα και την καινοτομία «Ορίζοντας Ευρώπη», διοργανώνει διαδικτυακό σεμινάριο προς το ελληνικό οικοσύστημα, την Παρασκευή, 21 Μαρτίου, μεταξύ 10:00 – 13:30. Στόχος της εκδήλωσης είναι η ενημέρωση για τις κατευθύνσεις των μελλοντικών προγραμμάτων εργασίας, η παρουσίαση ανοικτών και επερχόμενων προκηρύξεων καθώς και η υπενθύμιση, ιδιαίτερα σε νεοεισερχόμενους, της δομής του προγράμματος καθώς και των βασικών νομικών και οικονομικών κανόνων που διέπουν τόσο την προετοιμασία των προτάσεων όσο και την υλοποίηση των έργων.

Under the theme "Innovation in Crete: Artificial Intelligence, the Day After," the Innovation Crete Conference returns to Crete for its sixth consecutive year! The central focus of this year’s conference is: What comes next in research and entrepreneurship following the advent of Artificial Intelligence? What initiatives are being undertaken by institutional bodies to integrate Artificial Intelligence?

RECLAIM’s participation in Greece’s leading environmental, Verde.Tec, which took place on 21-23 February 2025 at the MEC Exhibition Centre in Paiania, was a great success.

The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) and the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) announce the establishment of YPSILON Care Tech, a new spin-off company that marks a strategic expansion of the activities of the Center for eHealth Applications and Services.