Success of Cyprus in COST Open Call 2022 – New Opportunities for Participation in COST Actions

Cyprus has been successful in participating in thirty-three (33) out of the seventy (70) Proposals approved by the European Programme COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), for the establishment of new COST Actions, via the 2022…

Questionnaire for assessing CY R&I teams competencies

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) invites researchers active in all R&I entities in Cyprus to complete a short questionnaire to assess the main focus areas and technology readiness levels of their research activity in the priority…

Webinar to present the Calls for Applications for the services offered by the Central Knowledge Transfer Office

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), is organizing a webinar to present the Calls for Applications for the services offered by the Central Knowledge Transfer Office and address any questions. The services are offered free of charge…

ERC Proof of Concept 2023-1 results: One project with participation from Cyprus

The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the funding of 66 new ERC Proof of Concept projects, in the frame of the first cut-off deadline of the 2023 Call. The ERC Proof of Concept is part of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme…

Press Release: RIF’s Central Knowledge Transfer Office (CKTO) now accepting applications

Theodoros Loukaidis: “We encourage everyone who has made or may believe they have an invention or other intellectual assets to take advantage of our free CKTO Services.” The Central Knowledge Transfer Office (CKTO), operating within the…

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ΤΗΕ RIF’S SCIENCE COMMUNICATION COMPETITION “SCIENCE UNFOLD 2023”

The Research and Innovation Foundation announces the Science Communication competition “Science Unfold 2023”.  The competition is organised for the second year in a row, and is addressed to students of public and private Gymnasiums, Lyceums…

Completion of the Submission of Proposals for the STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 Call of the “Strategic Research Infrastructures” Programme

The submission of proposals for the STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 Call of the «Small Scale Research Infrastructures» Programme was completed on the 2nd of May 2023. A total of 39 Proposals were successfully submitted, involving 91 different…

Innovation Factory – Training seminars by international experts on 17 May and 7 June

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the organization of two seminars that will take place on May 17th and June 7th, 2023 in the frame of the Innovation Factory initiative with the aim of training Cypriot enterprises on issues…

Horizon Europe Calendar of ERC 2024 Calls and Important Changes

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) announced the tentative calendar of the 2024 ERC Calls, that is presented below: It should be highlighted, that the calendar will be finalised after the official adoption of…

Completion of the Submission of Proposals for the SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 Call of the “Small Scale Research Infrastructures” Programme

The submission of proposals for the SMALL SCALE INFRASTRUCTURES/1222 Call of the «Small Scale Research Infrastructures» Programme was completed on the 27th of April 2023. A total of 84 Proposals were successfully submitted, involving 127…

Reminder of the deadline for the ERC Advanced Grant 2023 Call for Proposals and proposal screening deadline

The Research and Innovation Foundation, would like to remind interested researchers that the deadline for the submission of proposals in the frame of the ERC Advanced Grant 2023 (ERC-2023-AdG) Call for Proposals, is on 23 May 2023. The European…

COST Open Call for Proposals – 6 months until the deadline

The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) would like to remind interested parties that the deadline for the submission of proposals for the creation of new COST Actions in the frame of the Open Call of the European Programme COST  (European…