NEWS

• 30 January 2013 / New grants from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as part of the initiative to respond to the crisis in Greece
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation continues to provide assistance in easing the effects of the socioeconomic crisis in Greece by approving 21 new grants.
• 11 January 2013 / Launch of the National Architecture Students’ Proposals/Ideas Competition for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Construction Site Visitors’ Center Project
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center S.A. announces the launch of the National Architecture Students’ Proposals/Ideas Competition for the “Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) construction site Visitors’ Center” project.
• 08 January 2013 / Peterson Institute for International Economics conference on Ethics and Globalization: The Tradeoffs underlying our Policy Choices
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation sponsors an all-day conference at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on the ethical dimensions of globalization.
• 31 December 2012 / Stavros Niarchos Foundation: “Person of the Year 2012”
  The Greek American daily, The National Herald, names the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as the newspaper’s “Person of the Year 2012”.
• 27 December 2012 / Architecture Student Competition for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center’s Visitors’ Center
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center S.A. announces its intention to carry out a Nationwide Competition for Architecture Students, for the construction of a Visitors’ Center at the site of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), which is currently under construction.
• 05 December 2012 / New grants from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
  In the course of its meeting this autumn, the Board of Directors of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation approved a series of new grants, which express its intention to continue to respond in a targeted and efficient manner to the multiple and constant challenges faced by contemporary societies, both on a national and a global level.
• 09 November 2012 / The Stavros Niarchos Foundation grants $750,000 to assist NYC boroughs devastated by Superstorm Sandy
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced today that it will grant $750,000 to assist a variety of relief and aid operations in those areas of New York City that have been devastated the most by Superstorm Sandy. The funds will be directed to support local communities throughout Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
• 07 November 2012 / $1 Million Commitment by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Celebrates 70 Years of Canada-Greece Relations
  The Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the University of Ottawa are proud to announce the establishment of the SNF Scholarships at uOttawa with a $1 million endowment fund. The announcement of their substantial gift marks the celebration of a 70-year partnership between Canada and Greece.The SNF Scholarships will give two Greek graduate students per year the opportunity to pursue their studies at the University of Ottawa, and contribute to building the foundation for future collaboration between Canada and Greece.
• 26 October 2012 / The Stavros Niarchos Foundation receives the Athenagoras Human Rights Award from The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America
  On October 20th, 2012, the Order of Saint Andrew presented the Stavros Niarchos Foundation with the 2012 Athenagoras Human Rights Award. The organization honored at their annual banquet the Foundation’s Co-President, Andreas Dracopoulos, who received the award on behalf of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.