{"id":9121,"date":"2020-06-10T15:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/?page_id=9121"},"modified":"2020-06-10T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T13:39:29","slug":"messages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_testimonials  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 401px; max-width: 1280px; margin: 0 auto;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-9121'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='avia-testimonial-wrapper av-kb9b4fx9-5d13447bcfca7622ca0f1a007be7d9d9 avia-grid-testimonials avia-grid-1-testimonials avia_animate_when_almost_visible' >\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-6f90a4702f545b3a0d7bb5c49f1030a7 avia-testimonial-row-1 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic1.png\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic1.png 143w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic1-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><strong>Dr. Nikolas Mastroyiannopoulos<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Chief Scientist for Research and Innovation<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Chairman, Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The world is changing faster than ever before. Finding our path through change requires focused and sustained effort, as well as embracing innovation in all its manifestations.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting basic research and fundamental science is the stepping stone for innovation. It is a key success factor to expand knowledge conquering new frontiers, leading to discoveries, disruptive technologies and creating a strong and sustainable research base.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting and expanding an entrepreneurial mindset, is crucial in translating the best ideas, the most promising research results, into innovative products, services and technologies. By enhancing and supporting business orientated research and PhDs, in parallel to providing mentorship and motivation to the startup community, we can create opportunities for our young scientists and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>In order to realize all these, we commit to nurturing a culture for research and innovation at all levels of our society, businesses, Government and Organisations. We aim at educating the new generation, providing them with the knowledge and fundamental skills to respond to the changing needs of the society and the workplace. We aim at supporting social innovation and entrepreneurship, focusing primarily on building up the social economy, opening up public services and addressing acute social problems in synergy.<\/p>\n<p>In this journey, the team of the Research and Innovation Foundation works closely with the Government and all stakeholders involved, engineering, enabling and augmenting an efficient and well-performing ecosystem, fit-for-the-future and adding value horizontally across all sectors of the economy. An ecosystem, where research and innovation flourish and build opportunities for economic and social prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, I would like to reach out and extend a call to all individuals and stakeholders of our ecosystem: Drop indecision! Build on your passion and the work you have been doing and create your own momentum. As a famous quote goes \u201cInnovators succeed through momentum, and momentum comes from doing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our job is to enable that momentum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"avia-testimonial-row\"><div class='avia-testimonial av-av_testimonial_single-276816f018d5b7a615138b6e2a8e3daf avia-testimonial-row-2 avia-first-testimonial flex_column no_margin av_one_full'><div class='avia-testimonial_inner'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia-testimonial-image'  itemprop=\"image\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic2.png\" class=\"attachment-square size-square\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic2.png 143w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic2-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/message_pic2-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-content '><div class='avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><strong>Theodoros Loukaidis<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Director General<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation has a remarkable mission. To support our national research and innovation ecosystem grow further and be a pillar of sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>From a single programme, over 20 years ago, to a wide portfolio of programmes and services that address the needs of, what is today, a much bigger and far more developed ecosystem, RIF has always been leading from the front and we are very proud of our contribution to the evolution of our national ecosystem. We wouldn\u2019t have achieved it without the hard work of RIF\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p>Today, under its extended role as the execution arm of the newly formed Deputy Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, RIF has an even more important role to play in the delivery of the national strategy for R&amp;I and the country\u2019s vision to become a dynamic and competitive economy, driven by research, scientific excellence, innovation, technological development and entrepreneurship, and a regional hub in these fundamental areas.<\/p>\n<p>It is still very early days for me at RIF and in Cyprus, having spent the last 7 years living and working abroad. Nonetheless, I am seeing tremendous potential and I truly believe that through collaborative working and partnering, with innovative programmes and new initiatives and with our strong commitment to drive growth, we will bring the ecosystem even closer, strengthen its capabilities and allow R&amp;I to flourish in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>We may be a small country but there is some great talent here. While we support them deliver world class research and innovation, we nurture new talent to take further the work of past and present generations and we also demonstrate the great value and benefits of Research and Innovation to the wider public.<\/p>\n<p>Let us embrace the opportunities that lie ahead of us and focus on delivering outcomes that have true impact on our economy and our society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-testimonial-meta\"><div class=\"avia-testimonial-arrow-wrap\"><div class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class='avia-testimonial-meta-mini'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":45,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 08:21:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9144,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9121\/revisions\/9144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}