Awards-Grants

  • 1968 - 1974: Six years Undergraduate Fellowship from the Papadakis Foundation, Greece, to study medicine.
  • 1975: Postgraduate Research Fellowship from the Medical School of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to work for two months at the Dept. of Psychobiology.
  • 1976: Postgraduate Research Fellowship from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, USA.
  • 1976 - 1979: Three years Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA, to work at the Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism.
  • 1979 - 1980: One year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust, to work at the Wellcome Surgical Institute, Glasgow University, UK.
  • 1980 - 1981: One year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, to work at the College de France: Groupe NB-INSERM u-114.
  • 1981 - 1982: Two 6-months Postdoctoral Research Fellowships from the European Science Foundation and the Fondation Fyssen, to continue working at the College de France.
  • 1982 - 1983: One year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Ministere Francais des Relations Exterieures to continue working at the College de France.
  • 1983 - 1985: "Cadre Position I" at Pharmuka-Labs., functioning as Research Consultant, while continue working at College de France: Groupe NB-INSERM U114.
  • Oct. - Jan. 1987: Appointment to the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins University as "Visiting Scientist" in Neuroscience with Fulbright travelling scholarship.
  • 1987 - 1988: Principal Investigator, Grant 8745012/004 from the Greek Ministry of National Education.
  • 1988 - 1989: Six months sabbatical from the University of Crete:
Three months: Collaboration with Prof. M.- J. Besson at the Institut des Neurosciences, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI).
Three months: Appointment to the National Institutes of Mental Health as " Visiting Scientist" to work with Dr. L. Sokoloff at the Laboratory of Cerebral Metabolism, NIH, MD, USA.
  • 1988 - 1989: Principal Investigator, Grant 86ΕΔ856 from the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GGSRT).
  • 1988 - 1989: Principal Coordinator, ERASMUS Grant ICP-88-0008-G from the European Community.
  • June - Aug. 1989: Appointment to the National Institutes of Mental Health as "Visiting Scientist" to work with Dr. L. Sokoloff at the Laboratoey of Cerebral Metabolism, NIH, MD, USA.
  • 1989 - 1990: Principal Investigator, Grant AÐ 2426 15/2/89 from the GGSRT and the Embassy of France.
  • 1989 - 1991: Co-investigator, Grant 87 ΕΔ 34 from the GGSRT.
  • 1990 - 1992: Principal investigator, Grant EO31, Greek Ministry of Health.
  • 1990 - 1991: Principal Coordinator, ERASMUS Grant ICP-90-G-0068 from the European Community.
  • 1991 - 1993: Principal Investigator, Grant 89 ΕΔ401 from the GGSRT.
  • 1991 - 1993: Principal Investigator, Grant from the European Community concerning the “Development of a neurophysiological unit in the Medical School of the University of Crete”.
  • 1993 - 1995: Principal Investigator, Grant 91EÄ863 from the GGSRT.
  • 1993 - 1996: Principal Investigator, Grant from the European Community: ERB4050PL 920809 Human Capital and Mobility (Fellowship Network, cooperation with France and Italy)
  • 1993 - 1996: Principal Investigator, Grant from the European Community: ERBCHRXCT 930266 Human Capital and Mobility (Grant Network, cooperation with France and Italy) 77 500 ECUs
  • 1996 - 1998: Principal Investigator, Grant 95 ΕΔ24 from the GGSRT $ 20 000
  • 1998 - 1999: Expert Contractor for BIOMED-2 Programme Monitoring (European Commision- Directorate General XII)
  • 1999 - 2000: Expert Contractor for Evaluation of Projects Fifth Framework (European Commision QLEV-CT99-01137)
  • 1998-2000: Co-Investigator, Grant EPEAEK for the Crete Graduate Programme “Neuroscience”, Greek Ministry of Education $ 750 000.
  • 1998 - 2000: Co-Investigator, BIOTECH (European Commision- BIO4-CT98-0546 $ 200 000
  • 1998 - 2001: Principal-Investigator, Human Frontier Science Program (RG0039/1998-B) $ 132 000
  • 1998 - 2001: Coordinator, Grant from the GGSRT $ 80 000
  • 2000 - 2001: Expert Contractor for Monitoring of the Quality of Life Programme (European Commision- Directorate General XII)
  • 2002 - 2005: Principal-Investigator, Fifth Framework Quality of Life Programme (European Commission- Directorate General XII, QLRT-2001-00746) 185 000 €
  • 2002 - 2005: Principal Investigator, Grant 01E 111 from the GGSRT 122000 €
  • 2006 - 2009: Co-Investigator, Grant 03E 803 from the GGSRT 117000 €
  • 2006 - 2009: Coordinator, Sixth Framework IST-027574 648000 €
  • 2010 - present: European Research Council referee in peer review evaluations
  • 2010 - present: Expert Contractor for the Seventh Research Framework Programme.