The extended family that is the Onassis Scholar’s Association first emerged in 1978, when the Onassis Foundation launched its scholarship program for academics from all over the world. Just a few years later, in 1986, the Onassis Scholar’s Association began to take its current form on the initiative of the Public Benefit Foundation’s first scholarship fellows, who had by then completed their studies.
Today, the Onassis Scholars’ Association boasts more than 2,500 members, all of whom have been awarded research grants and/or scholarships as part of the Onassis Foundation’s scholarship program for Greek and international academics – young people who are leading lights from the spheres of science, letters, and the arts in the countries where they live and work.
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