Research

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UCY is considered the leading university and the most active research institution in Cyprus. So far, it has implemented a large number of research projects funded by the European Commission, the national Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) and several public and private Research Organizations.

  • In H2020 UCY:
  • ranked 1st in securing funding from all organizations from the 27 WIDENING countries, with 94 research projects with total funding of € 41.8 million
  • ranked 1st in Cyprus with 95 research projects and with a total funding of over €56 million from January 2014 until September 2019.
  • ranked 167th in the EU in securing funding among the nearly 31,000 organizations and 107th among all the academic institutions involved.
  • secured 2 Teaming in Excellence projects (for the development of independent research centres aiming at becoming Centres of Research Excellence) as a Host Organization with funding of €15 million each.
  • secured €15.2 million from the Excellence pillar with 7 grants from the European Research Council, 34 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Projects, 2 Future and Emerging Technologies Projects (FETs) and 2 Research Infrastructure projects. 
  • Secured 23 projects in the pillar "Societal Challenges”, 12 of which were in the field of Energy, 5 in the field of Health, 4 in Social Sciences, 1 in Digital Security and 1 in Marine Biology.
  • secured 7 projects under the "Industrial Development" axis with 5 projects in Information and Communication Technologies, 1 project in Space Action and 1 in Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, as well as 1 project under the EURATOM initiative and 2 projects in the horizontal priority "Science with and for the Society". 
  • Currently, UCY implements 21 Marie Skłodowska-Curie projects. Apart from Individual Fellowships, it participates in ITN and RISE Actions. UCY has successfully implemented 52 Marie Skłodowska-Curie projects.
  • From the beginning of 2017 until August 2019, UCY secured over 116 research projects with total funding of over €20 million under the “RESTART 2016-2020 Programme for Research, Technological Development and Innovation” Cyprus (RIF).
  • 12 Research Centres/Units:
  1. Archaeological Research Unit
  2. KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence
  3. FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy
  4. Nireas International Water Research Center
  5. Electronics, Microwaves, Photonics and Sensor Research Center   (EMPHASIS)
  6. Center for Applied Neuroscience
  7. Research Centre for Gender Studies
  8. Molecular Medicine Research Center
  9. Oceanography Centre
  10. Economics Research Centre
  11. Center for Banking and Financial Research
  12. Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BERC)