CTY’s fundamental mission is to become a global voice, supporting and encouraging the academic ability of talented youth in Greece, while contributing actively towards their education and intellectual development,” said Simeon Brodsky, director of CTY International.
In order to provide an introductory look at CTY, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation is also offering full scholarships to 10 students ages 13 to 16 years old from Greece to participate in this year’s CTY summer programs held at sites at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, or in Dublin, Ireland from July 14 to August 2. Participating students will be selected by CTY.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth is focused on recognizing academic talent in exceptional pre-university students and supporting their growth by providing them with courses and other services and resources specifically designed to meet their needs. The center, which has reached more than 500,000 students since its founding in 1979, is an incubator of ideas and innovation for the United States and beyond.
The center enrolls international students from 120 countries in summer and online programs and partners with countries from around the world whose leaders seek to develop educational strategies to improve the creativity and innovation of their future citizens. Over the last decade, CTY has worked with countries in regions ranging from Central and Southeast Asia to Central and Southern Europe and from the Middle East and North Africa to the Balkans.
About the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation www.SNF.org is one of the world’s leading international philanthropic organizations, making grants in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare.
The foundation funds organizations and projects that exhibit strong leadership and sound management and that have the potential to achieve a broad, lasting and positive impact.
The foundation also seeks to support projects that facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships as effective means for serving public welfare.
Since 1996, the foundation has approved grant commitments of $1.36 billion through 2,470 grants to nonprofit organizations in 109 nations. Excluding the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens, the foundation’s grant funding is equally divided between Greece and other countries.
In response to the continuing socio-economic crisis in Greece, the foundation announced in January 2012 a grant initiative of $130 million over three years to help ease the adverse effects of the deepening crisis.
Since then, and as part of the initiative, the foundation has committed grants totaling $75 million in support of numerous not-for-profit organizations around the country, and is in the process of assessing additional grants.
The foundation’s largest single gift $796 million was to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. The foundation firmly believes that the project is of national importance, even more so under the current socio-economic conditions. It remains a testament and a commitment to the country’s future, at a critical historical juncture. It is also an engine of short- to mid-term economic stimulus, which is essential under the current circumstances.
About The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
A global leader in gifted education since 1979, CTY (cty.jhu.edu) is focused on recognizing academic talent in exceptional K-12 students and supporting their growth with courses, services, and resources specifically designed to meet their needs. Education Week called CTY “one of a set of remarkable nonpublic institutions dedicated to the discovery and nurture of the most talented young people for the highest levels of accomplishment.”
About the Anatolia College
The Anatolia American College is a not-for-profit organization with a long history and contributions at all educational levels. It was founded in 1886 in Merzifon in Pontus (modern-day Turkey), and relocated to Thessaloniki in 1924. Known for excellence, innovative educational activities, high quality teaching, a liberal spirit and social contribution, the Anatolia College has established itself as a nationally and internationally recognized educational center.
