RESEARCH FUNDING

Dec. 1997 – Nov. 1999, Principal Investigator, Budget: 50,000 ECU
European Union, Training and Mobility of Researchers (EU, TMR, FP4): “New Avenues in Fullerene Chemistry: The Heterofullerenes”

Dec. 1999 – Dec. 2001, Scientist-in-Charge and Principal Investigator, Budget: 10,000,000 Yen
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): “Endohedral Metallofullerenes: Synthesis, Separation and Isolation - Electronic and Physicochemical Properties”

Oct. 2004 – Sep. 2009, Scientist-in-Charge and Principal Investigator, Budget: 1,211,706 Euro,
European Science Foundation (ESF) – EURYI 2004 Award, “Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Encapsulating Novel Carbon-based Materials”

Sept. 2006 – Aug. 2007, Scientist-in-Charge and Principal Investigator, Budget: 35,000 Euro,
ΠΑΒΕΤ, General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), “Functionalized Fullerenes with Aminoacids and Small Peptids Suitable for the Stabilization of Metal Nanoparticles”

Sept. 2006 – Aug. 2010, Participant, Budget: 60,000 Euro,
Transfer of Knowledge (ToK)/Marie Curie (EU, FP6), “Fullerene Derivatives for Photonic Applications: Design, Synthesis and Measurements”

Feb. 2008 – Jan. 2011, Scientist-in-Charge and Principal Investigator, Budget: 1,079,630 Euro,
Capacities, Research Potential (EU, FP7), “Carbon Nanohorn-based Hybrid Materials for Energy Conversion. Reinforcing and Expanding the Research Potential of Carbon-Nanostructures Laboratory to a Regional and European Kernel of Excellence”