Kalypso Sepou (f) holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Birmingham, UK. She joined the Research and Innovation Foundation in 1999 and she is Heading the European Programmes Department, which is responsible for the participation of Cyprus in the EU’s Framework Programmes, COST and EURAXESS. She is the Horizon Europe NCP Coordinator, the JRC NCP and one of the representatives of Cyprus in the Strategic Configuration Programme Committee. Moreover, she has been representing Cyprus in a number of Committees (COST CSO, Deputy Representative in the High Level Group of EUREKA and Representative of Cyprus in the Standing Working Group on Gender in R&I). Dr Sepou has been participating in a number of EU-funded projects as a Task or Work Package Leader.