In the context of Horizon 2020, European Research Council (ERC) funding and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are of particular interest as they finance projects of high scientific excellence. In the period 2014-2020, 145 Greek proposals/ ERC scholarships were funded, of which 40 were women (27.6%). Accordingly, MSCA actions funded 1,637 scholarships from Greece, of which 1,016 were women (37.9%).