On 2 September 2020, an executive delegation from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) toured the premises of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete to advance research collaboration in cybersecurity.

Prof. Gelina Harlaftis, Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of FORTH and head of the Centre of Maritime History was awarded the Efkranti prize for the international promotion of Greek Shipping, at the Benaki Museum, on 22 July 2019.

The EU Research and Innovation magazine Horizon featured the ERC project PyroTRACH that is hosted by the Center for Studies of Air Quality and Climate Change (C-STACC) of the Institute for Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT) @ FORTH in Patras.

The Institute of Computer Science and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) participate in the “National Network for Genetic Cardiovascular Diseases Study And Prevention Of Sudden Death In The Young On The Basis Of Precision Medicine” that is funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology through public funds. The Network started its operation in July 2019 and has a duration of 2 years.

During the 1st phase of the Global Talent Mentoring programme, 159 students from Greece and Cyprus expressed their interest to participate as mentees. Initially, FORTH had estimated the nomination of 50 mentee candidates from both countries. However, due to the high quality of applications, FORTH ended up nominating 74 students, 42 boys and 32 girls. The reaction of Global Talent Mentoring shows the impact of the programme among Greek students. “We send a very enthusiastic “thank you” to the FORTH team for sending us so many truly amazing nominees! Our team was extremely impressed to see what some of the students are working on”.

The President of the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Prof. Nektarios Tavernarakis, participated in the presentation of the national plan for the transition to electromobility, representing the Research Centres of Greece.

Three Academic Institutions of Crete - the University of Crete (Medical School, Department of Computer Science and Department of Materials Science), the Technical University of Crete (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering) and the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) - jointly founded and operate, as of the academic year 2020-2021, a new international postgraduate studies programme on Biomedical Engineering.

To Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας αποχαιρετάει με ανείπωτη οδύνη τον αγαπημένο φίλο, στενό συνεργάτη, και εξαίρετο επιστήμονα, Θοδωρή Παπάζογλου, που έχασε τη μάχη με την ασθένεια COVID-19, την Κυριακή, σε νοσοκομείο των Βρυξελλών.

The Board of Directors of FORTH, following the news of the death of the Distinguished former Researcher of IESL – FORTH and Head of Unit A.1 of the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA), Theodore Papazoglou, expresses their deepest sorrow and unanimously decides