The National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) was founded in 1958 originally under the name “Royal Research Foundation”. It is a non-profit Research Foundation supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs in Greece.
Today, NHRF consists of the following Institutes:
- Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology (IBMCB)
- Institute of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry (TPCI)
as well as the following units:
NHRF has become a key player both at the National and International levels in the development of new scientific knowledge. Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is at international level one of the most important places for the study of the Greek archaeology and history (ancient, medieval and modern) and, at the same time, a unique infrastructure of national importance. The two “Natural Sciences” Institutes have excelled in their individual fields of study whereas, in the framework of the strategic policy of the Foundation, they optimize the potentials for synergies due to their spatial and scientific proximity. In addition, the human capital as well as the logistics infrastructures for the common development of innovative interdisciplinary basic research actions and applications is present as well. Both the Humanities and the Natural Sciences Institutes collaborate closely with the National Documentation Centre in joint activities, thus increasing the potential and the outreach of the research carried out at NHRF.
NHRF has a long history in representing the country in international scientific organizations or other international fora on research and technology, and maintains scientific collaborations with numerous academic and research organizations in the country and abroad.
The promotion of collaboration and the provision of services towards industry, enterprises and the wider public sector, constitute a fundamental issue for the development of the NHRF.
The IBMCB was established to act as a focal point of Excellence, through an interdisciplinary approach in the area of Chemical Biology with the aim of providing solutions for state-of-the-art issues in the areas of health, drug research, and biotechnology. The IBMCB aspires to play a key role, nationally and internationally, in research for drug discovery and biological target identification, as well as in research on high added-value fine chemicals, biotech products and processes, relying on the exploitation of the synergy between Chemistry and Biology, the expertise of its research staff and its significant state-of-the-art infrastructure. In this capacity, IBMCB will promote national research priorities on ‘Biomedicine and Health’, ‘Agrobiotechnology and Food’, and ‘Energy and Environment’ as tools for national economic growth .
Project team member:
Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis, Senior Researcher