National Centre for Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS”

The National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR “Demokritos”) is multidisciplinary research centre. Founded in 1961, its community comprises approximately 1,300 scientific, technical, and administrative professionals, organised across six scientific institutes that cover a broad range of research fields. It is funded primarily through state resources, European programmes, and collaborations with industry, with interdisciplinarity constituting its core core operating model.

The Centre’s activities span artificial intelligence, energy and the environment, quantum technologies, biotechnology and health, defence and security, telecommunications, advanced materials, culture and digital cultural heritage, as well as nuclear and particle physics.

NCSR “Demokritos” hosts the Lefkippos Attica Technology Park, a vibrant innovation hub that supports pilot applications, technology transfer, and solution scale-up for high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises, startups, and research-driven spin-offs. In this way, it facilitates the translation of research outcomes into products, services, and industrial applications with scientific, societal, and economic impact.

The Centre actively contributes to shaping policies for the digital future of Greece and Europe by promoting the development and deployment of trustworthy artificial intelligence, supporting Digital Innovation Hubs, and strengthening digital transformation across the public and private sectors.Through research in artificial intelligence, Big Data, 5G networks, and cybersecurity, it participates in European projects such as AI-on-Demand Platform, hosts the hedd Digital Innovation Hub, and collaborates with international organisations, including NATO.

NCSR “Demokritos” provides scientific and technical leadership to the PHAROS, the Greek AI Factory, the first artificial intelligence factory in Greece, while also contributing to the implementation of the European Chips Act through the Hellenic Chips Competence Centre (HCCC).

By embedding ethics at every stage of research and institutional governance, NCSR “Demokritos” is guided by a commitment to harnessing the outcomes of science and technology for the benefit of a sustainable, inclusive and secure society.