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The Athens Urban area accounts for 13 Greek ERC Grants (54%) that are being implemented in 6 different host
institutions (HIs) (see Chart 16). Indeed, 6 out of the 14 Greek Starting grantees and 7 out of 10 Greek Advanced
grantees are located in the Attica region (see Chart 15). These data are directly related to Athens’ population
size, the number of researchers and the potential HIs. In this sense, Athens accounts for about 40% of the
Greek population and 50% of total researchers (Eurostat - 2005). The island of Crete is ranked second with 4
Starting and 1 Advanced grantees located in two distinct organisations and cities (Heraklion & Rethimno). Crete
accounts for 21% of the ERC Grants which represents a significantly higher proportion than its share in terms
of population, researchers and potential HIs. Patras is in third position, with 2 Starting and 1 Advanced Grants
being implemented in two different organisations. Other Greek cities exhibiting ERC Grants are Thessaloniki and
Ioannina (see Chart 15 & Chart 16)
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Chart 15
:
Geographical distribution of ERC
Grants in Greece per funding scheme
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Chart 16
:
Number of Greek HIs with ERC
grantees per type of organisation & per area
0
2
4
6
Athens (*)
Crete
Patras
Thessaloniki
Ioannina
2
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
Number of Universities with ERC grantees
Number of Research Institutes with ERC grantees
0 3 6 9 12 15
Athens (*)
Crete
Patras
Thessaloniki
Ioannina
6
4
2
1
1
7
1
1
1
ERC Starting Grants
ERC Advanced Grants
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