Currently, I am the Principal Investigator of two projects in progress:

Project ATOM (Adaptations to Multilingualism and the Role of Linguistic Proximity) is funded by the National Research State Agency. It investigates the occurrence bilingual adaptations in neurocognition, tapping specifically into the role of L1-L2 distance and how this modulates the observed effects. The project has a strong comparative perspective, testing speakers of Basque, Catalan, Greek, and Spanish, in a variety of linguistic tasks, mainly focusing on the perception of grammatical illusions. You can read more about the ATOM team as well as the activities and the results of this project here.

Project TURING (The Language Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Applications) is funded by the National Research State Agency. The language abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) are a matter of intense, ongoing debate. On the one hand, some scholars believe that such models have passed the Turing test, because they exhibit linguistic behavior that looks indistinguishable from that of a human; possibly even showing strong parallels to how children extrapolate the morphophonological rules of language during first language acquisition. On the other word, other scholars have called for caution, arguing that LLMs are unable to master meaning and grammar. TURING will contribute towards filling the knowledge gap that surrounds the language abilities of LLMs by performing the first systematic investigation of different AI applications, in different languages, while tapping into various domains of language (syntax, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics).

Overall, my previous and current research has developed thanks to the generous support of the following institutions and funding agencies:

Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Programme of the European Commission

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Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

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Tromsø Research Foundation

UiT-The Arctic University of Norway

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Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation

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A. G. Leventis Foundation

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A complete list of my grants and awards is given in my CV, but if you are interested in some details about my experience in project management, since getting my PhD in 2015, I have been awarded two more major grants (ca. 500,000€ in total) as PI: a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship that funded the project DIVA (application year: 2016, project running: 2017-2019) and provided budget for two research assistants, and a Ramón y Cajal project and fellowship, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (application year: 2018, project running: 2020-2022).

Quite often I am asked to share my Marie Skłodowska-Curie proposal with prospective applicants. You can find it here.

I have also put together a list of tips based on my experience in applying for funding in the Horizon 2020 Programme. I have presented an extended version of these tips in various training events. If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to email me or use this contact form in order to consult my availability.