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FORTH is the leading organisation in terms of ERC Starting grantees, hosting three. It is followed by the Bio-
medical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, the University of Patras and the National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, with 2 ERC Starting Grants each. Six Greek institutions host just one Principal Investigator:
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Computer Technology Institute & Press Diophantus, the Centre for
Research & Technology Hellas, the Biomedical Sciences Research Centre Alexander Fleming, the University of
Ioannina and the University of Crete. However, the University of Crete actually plays a more significant role in the
Greek mapping of excellence if the dual affiliation of some Principal Investigators is taken into consideration. In
this sense, four Principal Investigators display a professorship at the University of Crete (see Table 4).
Greek ERC Reviewers as an Indicator of Excellence
The chair and members of the ERC panels involved in the evaluation of applications submitted to the ERC pro-
posals are high-level scientists and/or scholars that have been proposed by the ERC Scientific Council on the
basis of their scientific reputation and therefore should also be considered in the mapping of excellence. From
now on, “Greek ERC reviewers” refers to ERC reviewers hosted by Greek research institutions.
Table 7 shows the 15 researchers located in Greek host institutions that have acted as chair or panel members in
the evaluation of ERC Starting or Advanced Grant calls completed so far. Five researchers were ERC reviewers in
the PE domain, eight in the LS domain and two in the SH domain (see Chart 21). In addition, 14 acted as panel
members whereas only 1 was chair of an ERC panel. The Greek ERC reviewers are located in Host Institutions
where ERC grantees are already based, with the exception of the organisations that have panel members of the
SH domain since there have not been any grantees in this domain thus far. The National and Kapodistrian Uni-
versity of Athens boasts 5 ERC panel members whereas the Biomedical Sciences Research Centre Alexander
Fleming and the Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas each have 2 ERC reviewers. If we consider the
double affiliation of some researchers, 3 ERC reviewers have a professorship at the University of Crete. Finally,
the National Technical University of Athens has 1 ERC panel member among the 8 completed calls.
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Chart 21
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ERC reviewers in Greek organisations per funding scheme & domain
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PE Domain LS Domain SH Domain
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Chair Panel - Advanced Grant Scheme
Member Panel - Advanced Grant Scheme
Chair Panel - Starting Grant Scheme
Member Panel - Starting Grant Scheme
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MAPPING OF EXCELLENCE in the greek research and innovation landscape