Friends of AIT, Athens

The Board of Directors of Athens Information Technology (AIT) announces, in the framework of its constitution, the creation of Friends of Athens Information Technology, known as Friends of AIT.

Purpose of “Friends of AIT”
The primary objective of Friends of AIT is to promote the academic and research goals of Athens Information Technology, support its vision and maintain its position as the internationally-recognized highest quality research center of excellence in our country.

To broaden and strengthen its international collaborations with distinguished scientific, academic, and research institutions in Europe and the United States, contributing not only to the intellectual capital of our country but also to the Greek scientific community abroad. This also expands our international student alumni network - the best ambassadors of our homeland.

Friends of AIT are also invited to become involved in various AIT events and activities and attract talented students, researchers, and professors.

To contribute to the economic support of educational and research programs and activities, through the procurement of the necessary funds for the Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Fund, for talented and financially deserving students, and to the enhancement of AIT’s facilities, equipment, and laboratories so that competitive research may continue to take place.

Members of Friends of AIT are updated by the respective committee on the center’s needs. They may contribute either through an “open donation” towards operational costs or through an “allocated donation” towards a specific need at AIT.

The primary commitment of Friends of AIT is the financial strengthening of the Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Fund, so that no student is deprived of a top quality education, due to economic hardship, and the opportunity to better not only their own professional future but that of our community as a whole.

Organization of Friends of AIT

• Under the jurisdiction of AIT’s Board of Directors
  Friends of AIT operates under the legal framework and constitution of the non-profit organization Athens Information Technology and its Board of Directors.
  
  
• Committee, new member registration
  Friends of AIT comprises an 11-member Committee, the members of which are approved by AIT’s Board of Directors. The Committee, among its 11 members, has a President, Vice President, and Secretary. It maintains a member list which is unlimited. Registration of members to “Friends of AIT” requires the approval of the Friends of AIT Committee and may be done following an invitation by two existing members of Friends of AIT.
  The Friends of AIT Committee determines new membership requirements and its annual membership fee, which may be allocated, according to its discretion, either to the Scholarship, Awards, and Financial Aid Fund or to meet other needs of AIT. Under the decision of the Ministry of Finance POL 1030/12.02.2008, each donation to AIT is tax-deductible.
  
  
• The Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Fund
  Friends of AIT has created the Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Fund, known as the Fund, which falls under the jurisdiction of AIT’s Board of Directors, for the sole purpose of providing scholarships and awards to talented students and to qualifying students who require economic assistance.
  The management of the Fund is carried out by the Friends of AIT Committee through the Administrative Committee of the Fund, according to its internal regulations.