1. National action: Investment Plans of Innovation, Research and Development of the Agrifood sector. Project title: Exploitation of Agro-industrial By-products for Production of Organic Compost Soil-AgroWasteCompost. Source of funding: Region of East Macedonia & Thrace and private industrial funds (EVRITIKA KELARIA S.A.). Budget: 127.835,50€ (cost of subcontractor: 50.130,00€). Starting/ending dates: December 2019-March 2023. Coordinator: V. Charovas. Subcontractor coordinator: Y. Kourkoutas.

2. National action: Investment Plans of Innovation, Research and Development of the Agrifood sector. Project title: Exploitation of the microbial terroir of “Pavlidis Winery” for the promotion of the distinct quality characteristics of the local wines-Pavlidis Terroir. Source of funding: Region of East Macedonia & Thrace and private industrial funds (Ktima Pavlidis S.A.). Budget: 183.313,83€ (cost of subcontractor: 57.856,00€). Starting/ending dates: December 2019-March 2023. Coordinator: P. Kyriakidis. Subcontractor coordinator: M. Grigoriou.

3. Action: Research-Create-Innovate. Project title: Innovative Functional Foods: Development, Production, Charecterization, Properties-iFUNFoods (Τ1ΕΔΚ-03846). Source of funding: EYDE-ETAK and private industrial funds (ACHAIKO ENTELWEISS S.A. and QLCON S.A). Budget: 952.434,78€. Starting/ending dates: September 2018-March 2023. Coordinator: Y. Kourkoutas.

4. National action: Investment Plans of Innovation, Research and Development of the Agrifood sector. Project title: Development of an innovative set of novel products from cow milk with increased levels of calcium and protein-JerseyMILK. Source of funding: Region of East Macedonia & Thrace and private industrial funds (EVROFARMA DAIRY COMPANY S.A.). Budget: 240.000,00€ (cost of subcontractor: 40.000,00€). Starting/ending dates: December 2019-December 2022. Coordinator: A. Papazilakis. Subcontractor coordinator: Y. Kourkoutas.

5. Operational Program: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPAnEK). Project title: FOOD INNOVATION RI: Research Infrastructure of the Development of Food Bioprocesses and Innovation Exploitation. Source of funding: Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT). Budget: 3.000.000,00€. Starting/ending dates: November 2018-October 2022. Coordinator: M. Kanellaki.

6. Emblematic Action: Establishment of National Research Networks in the framework of the GSRT. Project title: The roads of the vineyards. Source of funding: Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT). Budget: 2.500.000,00€. Starting/ending dates: March 2019-April 2022. Coordinator: S. Koundouras.

7. Action: RIS3-Region of Western Greece-Agro-Nutrition. Project title: Development of novel functional foods exploiting health-promoting microorganisms-NOVoody’s (ΔΕΡ6-0022891). Source of funding: Region of Western Greece and private industrial funds (QLCON S.A. and ACHAIKO ENTELWEISS S.A.). Budget: 240.000,00€. Starting/ending dates: December 2018-July 2021. Coordinator: P. Panas. Scientific Coordinator of Laboratory of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, DMBG, DUTH: Y. Kourkoutas.

8. Operational Program: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPAnEK). Project title: OPENSCREEN-GR: An Open-Access Research Infrastructure of Target-Based Screening Technologies and Chemical Biology for Human and Animal Health, Agriculture and Environment. Source of funding: Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT). Budget: 3.025.090,09€. Starting/ending dates: December 2017-January 2021. Coordinator: D. Kletsas.

9. Operational Program: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPAnEK). Project title: OMIC-ENGINE: Synthetic biology: From omics technologies to genomic engineering. Source of funding: Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT). Budget: 4.000.000,00€. Starting/ending dates: January 2018-May 2021. Coordinator: Mathiopoulos.