The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C), Unit of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), in collaboration with the Primorski Tehnološki Park of Slovenia, participated, once again, in the "EUSAIR POPRI youth" initiative this year. The "EUSAIR POPRI youth" competition is part of the European Commission's Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and promotes the education and training of young people in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) and its Biomedical Research Institute based in Ioannina, organized an Open Event, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 for the presentation of the new construction project of the Institute's new building on the Campus of the University of Ioannina, and the signing of the Contract with the Contractor.

Τhe Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, is organizing the 2^nd International Conference and Consortium Meeting of MIGRAMEDIA (Migration Narratives in European Media: Teaching, Learning, and Reflecting)

MIGRAMEDIA is a multilingual ERASMUS+ KA220 initiative.

On Monday, May 13, 2024, the FORTH’s Friends Association organized an event entitled: "Science, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and democracy" at the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The event was organized in memory of late George Grammatikakis, who had served as a Professor and Rector at the University of Crete.

One of the most important modern-day challenges is meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-growing population, while the earth's natural resources are dramatically decreasing. This essentially means that any loss in food production becomes extremely significant.

PRAXI Network, National Contact Point of the European framework program for research and innovation Horizon Europe, and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA), is organizing an event for ERC Grantees and Potential ERC Candidates on April 25-26, 2024 at the Hellenic Pasteur Institute in Athens, with the support of the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) and the Hellenic Pasteur Institute.

As part of the IMS Open Lecture Series 2023-2024, on Thursday, April 25 at 8:30 PM at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, the Department of Ottoman History will host a lecture by Merih Erol, Associate Professor at Özyeğin University in Istanbul, titled: "A prolonged refugeehood: The case of the Armenians in Greece in the interwar period"

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.