Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation

The General Secretariat for Research and Innovation runs Greece's Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation programme as part of its wider transnational cooperation work. The route supports joint research and innovation projects between Greek organisations and partner countries that have a bilateral R&T agreement with Greece, and it sits inside a public service that also coordinates transnational science diplomacy. Calls are issued jointly with the partner country's funding agency through a Joint Committee, and each side finances its own participants in parallel. Current partners include Germany, Cyprus, Israel, China and Russia, while the Greek side funds its share through the NSRF 2021-2027 Competitiveness Programme, co-financed by the ERDF and national resources. That structure means the Greek call rules are written call by call rather than fixed once for the whole umbrella. The theme set changes by protocol, but recent calls show the shape of the route: green hydrogen for Greece-Germany, and agri-food, health, smart cities and renewable energy for Greece-Cyprus. Each call sets its own budget, project cap, eligible costs and TRL range, and consortia must include at least one entity from each country. The programme is strongest for teams that already have a matched foreign partner and can build a project around one of the agreed bilateral themes.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.