The Association has set the cooperation with the world's best scientists as a key objective. To this end, the organization has established the Helmholtz International Fellow Award, which targets outstanding senior scientists and research managers based outside Germany who have excelled in fields relevant to the Helmholtz Association, including science management at large international research institutions.

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2017 in Physics “Quantum physics frontiers explored with cold atoms, molecules and photons” Heraklion, Crete, July 24 - 28, 2017

The first AXA Chair on Epigenetics in Greece was announced on Monday, 10th of July at a formal event organized by AXA Hellas on the premises of the French Embassy in Athens.

On July 14, 2017, the second Community of Practice meeting for the URBANFLUXES project was organized in Heraklion. The event took place in the facilities of the Municipality of Heraklion. Participants of the meeting included, besides the URBANFLUXES scientists, representatives of the Municipality of Heraklion, the Region of Crete and the Decentralized Administration of Crete.

The management of the scientific data is of paramount importance as it can help to verify, reuse and exploit the scientific results.

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2017 in Computer Science” “BIG DATA and Applications” Heraklion, Crete, July 10 - 14, 2017.

The findings of the study published today in the premier international scientific journal Cell Metabolism, reveal an intricate molecular mechanism that regulates neuronal metabolism in the adult mammalian brain.

Panayiota Poirazi, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (IMBB-FORTH) has been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).

George Kiriakidis, Professor of the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and Head of the TCM research group at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), has been unanimously elected as the President of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) for the period 2017-2019. Prof. Kiriakidis has served as vice-President of the E-MRS for the last four years. It is the first time that a Greek materials scientist is voted in the E-MRS leadership.

Dr. Ioannis Talianidis, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH, was elected Director of the Institute on June 6, 2017. His official appointment is expected in the next few weeks.