{"id":10212,"date":"2026-06-11T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10212"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:38:00","slug":"maximos-harakopoulos-310-new-doctoral-scholarships-investing-in-the-next-generation-of-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10212","title":{"rendered":"Maximos Harakopoulos: 310 new doctoral scholarships &#8211; Investing in the next generation of scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <b>a budget of 13.4 million euros<\/b>, the <b>program of ESPA<\/b> for <b>310 doctoral fellowships<\/b>, supporting <b>research<\/b>, <b>innovation and young scientists<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Once again at the center of the parliamentary intervention<\/b> he placed <b>support for the academic community<\/b> and young <b>researchers Maximos Charalampopoulos<\/b>, bringing <b>to the House the progress of the implementation of the scholarship program for doctoral candidates under the NSRF 2021-2027<\/b>. The response from <b>Deputy Minister of Finance Nikos Papathanasis<\/b> confirms that <b>the necessary institutional procedures for the program\u2019s activation<\/b> have been completed, paving the <b>way for the funding of hundreds of young scientists<\/b> who seek <b>to complete a doctoral dissertation at Greek universities<\/b>. The Secretary-General of the <b>New Democracy Parliamentary Group<\/b> emphasizes that <b>strengthening research<\/b>, knowledge, and the <b>scientific potential of the country is a critical pillar for the competitiveness<\/b> of the economy, the <b>generation of innovation<\/b> and the creation of strong <b>growth prospects<\/b>, particularly at a time <b>when young researchers<\/b> are called upon to <b>face increased economic and professional challenges<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>Supporting research and young scientists is a strategic investment<\/b> in <b>development<\/b>, innovation, and <b>the future of our country,\u201d<\/b>, emphasized the general <b>secretary of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group<\/b>, Member of Parliament for Larissa, <b>Maximos Harakopoulos<\/b>, in response to the <b>remarks by Deputy Minister of Finance, Nikos Papathanasis<\/b>, regarding the progress <b>of the implementation of the doctoral scholarship program<\/b> under the <b>NSRF 2021-2027<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>310 scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>In his response, the minister in charge states that \u201cthe institutional framework of the program has been finalized\u201d and announces that \u201cfollowing decisions by the Board of Directors of the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), 310 scholarships will be awarded for the completion of doctoral dissertations, with a total budget of 13.392 million euros.\u201d As noted in the response, \u201cthe signing of the revised Joint Ministerial Decision is pending, in order for the relevant announcement to be issued by IKY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Dr. Charakopoulos had highlighted in his parliamentary speech the delay in the implementation of Sub-project 2 \u201cScholarship Program for the Preparation of a Doctoral Dissertation,\u201d highlighting the need for its timely promotion in order to support young researchers who are called upon to continue their work under significant financial pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, she noted that supporting doctoral candidates constitutes a substantial investment in the country\u2019s human capital and a prerequisite for strengthening research, innovation, and Greece\u2019s development prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a budget of 13.4 million euros, the NSRF program for 310 doctoral fellowships is moving forward, supporting research, innovation, and young people &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}