Research
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:
- Archaeological Research Unit
- KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence
- FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy
- Nireas International Water Research Center
- Electronics, Microwaves, Photonics and Sensor Research Center (EMPHASIS)
- Center for Applied Neuroscience
- Research Centre for Gender Studies
- Molecular Medicine Research Center
- Oceanography Centre
- Economics Research Centre
- Center for Banking and Financial Research
- Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BERC)