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Was actively involved in the development of the national calls for proposals using structural funding to
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fund the runners-up of the 3rd and fourth call of the ERC Starting and Advanced Schemes
Supported ERC grantees. Special mention should be made of the assistance requested by the MEDI-
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GRA team upon the unfortunate death of Professor Vardoulakis. In collaboration with the National
representatives and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, EKT requested the ERCEA
to provide a transitional solution so as to avoid the sudden termination of the grant.
Awareness and communication activities among the general public and the media.
Since the launch of FP7, EKT has intensified its awareness-raising activities all over Greece, not only through the
organisation of ERC information days but also through the publication of numerous articles in EKT’s electronic
newsletter
(Research & Innovation, published every two weeks) and EKT’s bimonthly
magazine
(Innovation, Research & Technology). Particularly noteworthy
items are:
and
among others.
Thanks to the efforts of previous years, the ERC’s visibility has considerably increased, as witnessed by a grow-
ing number of articles in the media (printed and electronic press), and the number of visits to the ERC website
made from Greece (from 2007 to 2011, Greece was positioned in the top ten). Press activities have resulted in a
good number of articles in both the scientific and more general press and in many press releases and updates
disseminated to the media on ERC activities and achievements including information on funding schemes, calls,
ERC funded projects, and ERC grantees hosted in Greek research institutions.
More detailed information can be found in the
on activities and services provided by
EKT as National Contact Point for the 7
th
Framework Programme, covering the period 2007 to 2011
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the
case of
GREECE
5
years of
Excellence in
the European
Research Area
2007-2011