Yiannis Trimithiotis is a project manager from Nicosia with more than 15 years of professional experience, most of it in research management and European funding programmes.

As Research Officer at European University Cyprus (2015–2018), he supported EU and international proposal development, advised academic staff on funding opportunities, eligibility and compliance, developed project monitoring systems, coordinated science communication, and liaised with stakeholders across and beyond the university. As Project Officer at the Cyprus Institute (2019–2021), he coordinated the implementation of EU-funded research, managed cross-institutional collaboration with European partner universities, and organised training sessions and high-level academic events supporting dissemination. From 2023 to 2025, he managed DISACT, a €1.9M ERC Consolidator Grant (Horizon Europe) at the University of Cyprus.

He has also managed civil society grant programmes under the EEA and Norway Grants Active Citizens Fund Cyprus, as part of its Fund Operator team, and the Civil Society Fund Cyprus, as Programme Director at the NGO Support Centre. In 2022 he co-founded ProjectSquared Ltd, a grants and project management consultancy.

Yiannis holds a BA in Political Science (minor in Sociology) from the University of Cyprus and an MA in Social and Political Thought from the University of Warwick, both with Merit. He is a certified Lifelong Learning Trainer (HRDA, Level 5) and speaks Greek, English and French.