PM Mitsotakis on a ministry of research & development, permanent funding for research in the state budget

The imaginable of a caller ministry specializing connected probe and improvement that volition besides see university-level acquisition was mentioned by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis connected Monday, during a chat with BioInnovation Greece co-founder Nikos Kyrpidis astatine the Bio3 Forum 2025.

Such a ministry would beryllium considered pursuing the adjacent elections, authorities sources clarified.

At the Forum, Mitsotakis said the intent would beryllium to consolidate probe activities, portion noting that Greece should permanently allocate backing for probe successful its yearly authorities budget, with strict criteria connected effectiveness of funding. He besides spoke of a caller emerging sector, that of utilizing technological innovation successful the defence sector, and cited the recently founded Hellenic Center for Defence Innovation SA (HCDI).

Greeks moving overseas tin lend precise precocious worth to their homeland, the premier besides noted, citing the illustration of galore Greek professors astatine 100 of the apical US universities. "Therefore, determination is an intelligence imaginable that nether definite circumstances could beryllium precise utile to Greece, particularly successful sectors similar artificial intelligence, arsenic good arsenic successful the biosciences. We genuinely person starring personalities successful academia arsenic good arsenic successful industry," Mitsotakis said.