CING has been awarded a Horizon 2020 grant of ~2.5 million Euros for the establishment of the Bioinformatics ERA Chair at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (BIORISE project, Grant Agreement Number: 669026). This will be the first Bioinformatics Chair to be developed in Cyprus. One of the objectives of the BIORISE project is to establish a core Bioinformatics Group at the CING, aiming at the increase and improvement of the research and innovation performance of the Institute as well as the education and training of the next generation of scientists.