The Cyprus Institute

Sotia Nicolaou

Sotia Nicolaou joined the Cyprus Institute in December 2019. She currently the position of Project Officer at the Research Innovation Support Operations (RISO) at the Climate & Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), where she is responsible for:

• Identification of research and innovation funding opportunities
• Project administration/coordination and support in the development of competitive project proposals.
• Logistics support of research infrastructures
• Communication with funding agencies, the European Commission and the National Contact Points for clarifications on proposal writing and the relevant financial regulations.

Sotia Nicolaou holds a bachelor degree in Psychology from the University of Bradford in UK and her Master degree in Human Resource and Corporate Strategy in Cyprus Institute of Marketing. She has previously worked at the Association for the prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (NGO) as a Programme Officer and at Materia Group as an EU Project Officer through which she obtained extensive experience in designing, drafting and coordinating and implementing several EU projects under Justice and REC programmes, EEA and Norway Grants, Active Assisted Living programme (AAL) etc.