Deadline:
February 28, 2025
Location(s)
Greece
Overview
The Foundation announces its annual Fellowships Program for research in Greece, which is addressed to foreign nationals university professors of all academic ranks & postdoctoral researchers
Details
This year’s campaign
Some people didn’t believe you could overcome darkness or harness the elements of nature by the sheer power of your mind or anticipate the future with your thinking alone. Ingrained in each grand dream and idea is a slight pinch of doubt. The Onassis Foundation enters the picture to shatter this doubt by believing in and supporting the vision of thousands of scholars who work systematically towards a better society.
The protagonists of the campaign are scholars who surpassed themselves. Through perseverance and effort, they made the impossible feasible across a marathon of research and studies. Because, after all, every achievement, every discovery, is not a singular ‘eureka!’ moment but a distillation of collective effort through time. Charalampos Antoniades changed the lives of thousands of people by discovering a pioneering heart-attack prediction method. Dimitra Pouli cast her gaze beyond the limits of knowledge to suggest a new skin cancer diagnostic method. Kostas Nikolopoulos shed light in the darkness and discovered, together with his group, the Higgs particle. Themis Sapsis developed an algorithm to predict natural calamities protecting thousands of people and properties from disastrous floods. Anna-Maria Kypraiou animated a more sustainable world through her research on energy saving.
International Scholars
With its primary focus on Greek culture, language, and society, the program for non-Greek researchers promotes Greece as a regional educational center and strengthens partnerships across the academic community.
The Fellowship Program for international scholars was introduced in 1995 and is aimed at academics of all rank―members of national Academies, PhD holders, and post-doctoral researchers―to conduct research in Greece in subjects relating to Greek culture and society. The fellowships are also aimed at citizens of Cyprus who are not Greek residents, while the Greek diaspora, second generation Greeks, and Greeks who permanently reside abroad and have been studying or have been employed in foreign universities for over 10 or 15 years, may also be accepted.
ABOUT
From 1978 until today, the Onassis Foundation has placed its faith in the grand dreams of 7,808 people through its Scholarship Program. With the support of the Onassis Foundation, which celebrates its fifty years of operation in 2025, thousands of young scientists and researchers have managed to surpass the obstacles they faced and provide groundbreaking work in their respective fields. From physics to medicine and from engineering to energy, the Onassis Foundation has invested in the knowledge, innovation, and creativity that shape the future. Supporting their work not only frames the lives of scholars but also positively impacts society by countering global challenges with concrete solutions.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The Program covers scholarly research in Greece only and in the fields stated above.
1. Eligible to participate are the following candidates:
a) Persons of non-Greek descent
b) Cypriot citizens are also eligible to apply provided they permanently reside and work outside Greece
c) Persons of Greek descent (second generation and on) are also eligible to apply provided they permanently reside and work abroad or currently study in foreign Universities
d) Scholars of Greek descent or citizenship provided they have a professional academic career of at least ten (10) years in a university or research institute abroad
e) The above mentioned clarification (d) also applies to Ph.D. candidates of Greek descent or citizenship, who pursue post-graduate studies outside of Greece, have conducted their high school studies and have obtained a degree outside Greece and permanently reside outside Greece for more than fifteen (15) years
2. all applicants must have already completed their Ph.D.
3. Former Fellowship Recipients of the Foundation can re-apply for a fellowship only if five (5) years have elapsed since their previous fellowship
4. Former Fellowship Recipients of the Foundation who have twice received a fellowship cannot apply again
5. No extension of the duration of the fellowship beyond the period mentioned in this announcement for each category will be permitted
6. It is not possible to postpone or defer the fellowship to a later academic year
Dates
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
- Coverage of the travel expenses for a round trip air-ticket from and to the country and place where the fellowship recipient permanently resides, for the beginning of the scholarship and upon definite departure from Greece, that amount: a) up to Three Hundred Euros (€300.-) for a european country or b) up to One Thousand Euros (€1,000.-) for a transatlantic travel to and from countries of Asia and Africa
- Fellowship recipients will be solely responsible for the purchase of their tickets
- A monthly allowance of One Thousand Three Hundred Euros (€ 1,300.-) for subsistence, accommodation and all other expenses.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
