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Activities & achievements
As National Contact Point for the European Research Council and the IDEAS programme. EKT’s activities and
major achievements during the period 2007-2011 have been:
Support for applicants of the ERC calls from 2007 to 2011:
More than 1.800 queries have been submitted to EKT
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More than 170 bilateral meetings between the ERC NCP team and potential
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Greek applicants have taken place
Through its ERC NCP services and activities, EKT has assisted at least 13
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out of the 24 applicants that ultimately received ERC funding in Greece
The organisation of information days and workshops:
Since the launch of the 7
th
Framework
Programme, EKT has organised 34 events including information on the ERC calls, 13 of which were fully dedi-
cated to the ERC and the IDEAS programme. The information days and workshops have taken place all over
Greece (Athens, Patras, Chania, Heraklion, Ioannina, Volos, Thessaloniki, Xanthi, Alexandropouli, Mitilini) in col-
laboration with major Greek R&I stakeholders (see table 9).
The first dedicated ERC event was organised in January 2007 at the National Hellenic Research Founda-
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tion and was graced with the presence of Prof. F. Kafatos (first ERC president) as keynote speaker. The
event promoted and informed about the first ERC call launched (ERC-2007-StG) and had more than 350
participants.
Since 2010, EKT has organised dedicated workshops for the IDEAS programme with the major involvement
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of the Greek ERC community consisting of evaluators, successful applicants, National representatives and
Dr Theodore Papazoglou of the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA).
In collaboration with the ERCEA, EKT organised at its premises two International workshops on Grant Man-
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agement, one for Principal Investigators (13/10/2011) and one for Institutions hosting grantees of the IDEAS
Programme (14/10/2011). Greek ERC grantees attended the PI workshop to learn how to efficiently and ef-
fectively implement their grants whereas the legal & financial departments of the Greek institutions hosting
ERC grantees were provided in-depth information on grant preparation, financial management and audit
issues.
EKT follows an open access information strategy on the events organised/co-organised. All events taking
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place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation are videotaped and live-broadcasted, with the presenta-
tions and videos (where applicable) made available from the repository of the National Hellenic Research
Foundation
). In this regard, a significant archive of presentations and videos with
advice on how to write a successful proposal for the IDEAS Programme has been built up over the years
and is available for future applicants.
Continuous communication and collaboration with the ERC National Representatives and
experts in Greece:
EKT organised and/or assisted 16 meetings with ERC National Representatives, experts
and other relevant R&I stakeholders in Greece in order to provide feedback on the ERC NCP Meetings organ-
ised by ERCEA, information on past and future calls, annual reports on activities and services as the Hellenic
ERC NCP as well as detailed report including an overview of Greece’s participation (statistical analysis, metrics
on Greek submissions, success rates and funding per ERC call). As major outcomes of this collaboration, the
National Documentation Centre:
Provided detailed feedback and comments on the draft ERC Grant Agreement at the beginning of FP7,
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EKT as the Greek NCP for the ERC