The National Centre for Scientific Research “NCSR Demokritos” is a multidisciplinary Centre having embraced exponentially evolving technologies, including but not limited to Nanotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics. The Centre has demonstrated prominence in Life Sciences and operates some unique for the Country infrastructure in Radio and Nuclear Technologies.

NCSR Demokritos’ Research Teams are very successful in attracting European (top-50 European Institution in FP7), State and Industry grants for projects in a multitude of fields including Environmental Science and Climate Change, Clean Energies and Fuels, Advanced Materials and Devices, Telecommunications, Health, Biotechnology, Security and Cultural Heritage.

In June 2018, NCSR Demokritos has a total of 190 Faculty Members and awards over 500 contracts for work in Research Programmes. The annual budget is 33.5 million Euros, 59% of which come from competitive grants.