Funding
The members of the Institute of Astrophysics are able to attract competitive funding from various sources in order to support their research. We are proud to host, among our 10 researchers, six (6) recipients of the highly competitive ERC grands, of the 7 that have been awarded in the area of Universe Sciences (PE9) in Greece. From 2018 until November 2024 the members of the Institute have been awarded a total of ~14,1 MEuros of new funding. A detailed list of all grands received since 2005 is listed bellow, while a histogram is available here.
European Commission (FP7/H2020/HorizonEurope)
| Type | Title | Start (year) | Duration (years) | PI | Amount (Euros) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERC Synergy Grant | MW-Atlas: A comprehensive 3D atlas of the Milky Way Galaxy | 2025 | 6 | Pavlidou | 3.251.680€ |
| ERC Starting Grant | BOOTES: Black hOle Optical-polarization TimE-domain Survey | 2024 | 5 | Liodakis | 1.469.880€ |
| ERC Starting Grant | MMMonsters: The first multi-messenger detection of a supermassive black hole binary | 2024 | 5 | Charisi | 1.864.000€ |
| HORIZON-INFRA-DEV | ARGOS: Designing a next-generation radio facility for multi-messenger astronomy | 2023 | 3 | Antoniadis | 1.343.750€ |
| DIGITAL-SIMPLE | Deploying advanced national QCI systems and networks in Greece | 2023 | 3 | Charmandaris | 39.630€ |
| EU Space Programme | Financing of the provision of SST services and the upgrade of SST assets by the EU SST Partnership | 2023 | 3 | Charmandaris | 21.400€ |
| HORIZON-CL4-2023-SSA-SST-ART195 | New & improved EUSST Missions and Services. Horizon Europe TOP1 | 2023 | 3 | Charmandaris | 69.750€ |
| HORIZON-CL4-2023-SSA-SST-ART195 | SST & STM system architecture and evolutions - TOP 2 | 2023 | 3 | Charmandaris | 57.250€ |
| HORIZON-CL4-2023-SSA-SST-ART195 | SST Networking, Security & Data sharing. Horizon Europe TOP5 | 2023 | 3 | Charmandaris | 68.750€ |
| ERC Starting Grant | SMILE: Search for Milli-lenses to discriminate between dark matter models | 2022 | 5 | Casadio | 1.486.000€ |
| MSCA RISE | Astrostat-II: Development of Novel Statistical Tools for the Analysis of Astronomical Data | 2021 | 4 | Zezas | 220.800€ |
| Erasmus+ | Large Scientific Infrastructures enriching online and digital Learning | 2021 | 2 | Charmandaris | 53.330€ |
| H2020-INFRAIA-2018-2020 | Opticon-Radionet Pilot | 2021 | 4 | Charmandaris | 40.000€ |
| ERC Consolidator Grant | PASIPHAE: Polar-Area Stellar-Imaging in Polarization High-Accuracy Experiment | 2018 | 5 | Tassis | 1.850.000€ |
| MSCA Individual Fellowship | ORIGAMI: The Origin of the Galactic Magnetic Field | 2017 | 2 | Ntormousi (Tassis) | 150.000€ |
| MSCA RISE | Astrostat: Development of Novel Statistical Tools for the Analysis of Astronomical Data | 2016 | 4 | Zezas | 279.000€ |
| ERC Consolidator Grant | A-BINGOS: Accreting binary populations in Nearby Galaxies: Observations and Simulations | 2014 | 5 | Zezas | 1.250.000€ |
| MSCA Reintegration Grant | JetPop: Unveiling the Physics of the Most Active of Galaxies: Using Blazars as Laboratories to Study Supermassive Black Holes and Relativistic Jets | 2012 | 4 | Pavlidou | 100.000€ |
| MSCA Reintegration Grant | SFOnset: Onset of Star Formation: Connecting Theory and Observations | 2012 | 4 | Tassis | 100.000€ |
| MCA People IRSES | EUROCAL: The Physics of the Most Luminous Galaxies | 2011 | 4 | Charmandaris | 171.000€ |
| MCA REGPOT | AstroSpace: Development of Space Astrophysics in Crete | 2008 | 3 | Kylafis | 1.120.000€ |
| MSCA Reintegration Grant | X-ray-Gal: X-ray studies of nearby galaxies | 2008 | 4 | Zezas | 100.000€ |
| eContentplus | COSMOS: An advanced scientific repository for science teaching and learning | 2007 | 2 | Papamastorakis | 148.500€ |
| MCA Transfer of Knowledge | ASTROCENTER | 2006 | 4 | Kylafis | 546.500€ |
| eTEN Programme eLearning Action | Discovery Space | 2005 | 2 | Papamastorakis | 219.500€ |
| 16.020.720€ |