The CHAngeing project invites students, researchers, healthcare professionals, and early-stage entrepreneurs to apply for the CHAngeing Entrepreneurial Programme, a fully online, 4-week (October 6–31, 2025) intensive course focused on driving innovation in health and active ageing.

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) and the Managing Company of the Science & Technology Park of Crete (EDAP STEP-C S.A.), in the context of their ongoing efforts to provide high-quality services to businesses, partners, and the research community, have successfully obtained ISO 9001:2015 certification. The certificate was awarded to the Director of STEP-C, President & CEO of EDAP STEP-C S.A., Dr. George Papamichail, by the CEO of TÜV NORD Hellas, Ms. Vasiliki Kazazi, in the presence of the President of FORTH, Prof. Vassilis Charmandaris, and Ms. Uxue Azpiroz, Director of the TÜV NORD Hellas office in Crete.

The competition was held this year on 6 and 7 May in Georgioupolis, Chania, coordinated by the Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Innovative Business Observatory (IBO) of the Region of Crete. STEP-C has been a long-standing participant in the EUSAIR POPRI Youth initiative, in the framework of its cooperation with Primorski Tehnološki Park in Slovenia, while this year it also took on the coordination of the Greek participation.

Recent publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters: New findings by an international team of astrophysicists, based on data collected by IXPE, have revealed the mechanism that creates the bright X-ray radiation, which is associated with the extremely powerful plasma jets that erupt from supermassive black holes.

FORTH announces the 34rt call for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Basilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos. For 2025, proposals that fall under the thematic cycle of Social Sciences and Humanities are accepted.

The closing date is Friday 18 July 2025.

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.

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.

Professor Dimitris Fotiadis, affiliated Researcher at Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, has been appointed as an EMBS Distinguished Lecturer for 2025.

The new Science and Cultural Center of the Foundation for Research and Technology- Hellas (FORTH), housed in the historic neoclassical building of FORTH, on the corner of Averof & Zografou Street, in the city of Heraklion, Crete, will be inaugurated on Monday February 17^th, 2025 at 18:30. The consecration ceremony will be performed by his Eminence Archbishop of Crete, Eugenios.