General Secretariat for Research and Innovation

Supports Greek science and innovation through funding, strategic coordination, and research capacity development for growth.

The General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) is Greece's public service for planning and coordinating national policy in research, technological development, and innovation. It sits under the Ministry of Development and works as the state channel for applied research and innovation calls financed through the Competitiveness Programme and Greece 2.0. The record places it at the centre of Greece's national RTDI architecture rather than as a narrow programme office.

Its funded routes include Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation and National Research Infrastructures, with the latter carrying an award ceiling of EUR 8 million. The agency also supports 28 national research infrastructures, bilateral and multilateral collaboration, and participation in European partnerships and ERA-NETs. Its activity sectors run through materials, agri-food, environment, healthcare, transport, sustainable energy, digital technologies, and related industrial themes.

GSRI is especially relevant where a Greek consortium needs state-backed co-financing for infrastructure, joint calls, or large thematic initiatives. The agency also sits behind the ELEVATE GREECE startup registry and regularly opens calls tied to national priorities such as climate, biosciences, and digital technology. Its role is strategic coordination first and direct programme delivery second, which makes it the right entry point for projects that sit between ministry policy and research execution.